【解碼英文成語】have sb's number 的精準用法


今天談have sb's number ,
這句話用於運動新聞時只有一個意思,就是吃定,如:
In fact, I have had his number lately, beating him in each of our last two meetings. (例句來源:高階英漢翻譯辭典/京文出版)事實上,我最近已經吃定了他,我們上兩次交手,我都打敗他。

用於日常生活交談時,則依使用語境而定,有不同的意思,如:
have/get sb’s number 摸清...的底細
Oh, don't worry — I won't let him cheat me. I've got his number.(source: The Free Dictionary)
例:呃,別擔心,我不會讓他欺騙我,我已經摸清他的底細。

have/get sb’s number 知道⋯是哪種人
例:我第一次看到他就知道他是哪種人,他自私極了。
I got his number the first time I saw him; he is completely selfish. (資料來源:英漢漢英成語常用語翻譯辭典)

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