雅思词汇："eat one's words"是什么意思？不是“食言”哦~

　　eat one's words

　　收回说过的话，承认前言有失

　　例句

　　If you are right，I'll eat my words.

　　I am sorry. I will eat my words.

　　I'll make him eat his words.

　　I really regretted criticizing her badly and I wanted to eat my words.

　　1、A word

　　Word的意思很简单，就是“词、字、单词、话语”等，那“A word”是什么意思呢?可不能简单的将其理解成“一个单词”，真正意思是“私下里沟通，悄悄话，也可指商谈，谈话”。

　　例句：Can I havea word with you?

　　可以借一步说话吗?

　　2、Have words

　　Have words，难道是有话说的意思?其实不然，Have words的意思是“拌嘴，争论，吵架”。

　　例句：I had to have wordswith him about his behaviour.

　　我得批评他几句，他的举止太过分了。

　　Parents had wordslast night.

　　爸妈昨晚吵架了。

　　3、Eat one's words

　　Eat one's words字面意思是“把文字吃下去”，很多人自然就会将其理解成“食言”，当然其也有这个意思，需要注意的是这里的“word”必须是复数形式。但其还有“收回说过的话，承认前言有失，说错了”的意思，相当于“take back one's words”。如果想更确切的表达“食言”，我们可以用“break one's word”。

　　例句：Tom said Nancy would never succeed in her business, but after seeing her business grow, he had toeat his words.

　　汤姆曾经说南希不可能把生意做好，但是看着她的事业风生水起，他不得不承认自己说错了。

　　What he said proved wrong, so he had toeat his words.

　　事实证明他说错了，所以他只好收回前言。

　　Tom said he'd help us move, but hebroke his word and failed to show.

　　汤姆说他会帮我们搬家，但他食言了，他根本没露面。