这次过年好几个同事都回不了家了，大伙儿就决定置办个麻将机在春节期间好好切磋一下。但没想到跑了好几家都没买到心仪的，这时行政老张突然想起他表哥就是专业做这个的，于是大伙儿纷纷向老张投去了期盼的眼光，外教 Tony 还深情地来了一句“I'm pinning all my hopes on you!”

看到这儿有的同学可能就疑惑了，Tony要把他所有的希望都钉在老张身上吗？呵呵，其实“To pin your hopes on something/somebody”是个习语，意思就是把“把你的希望寄托在某事/某人身上”，细一想也对，把希望钉进某个地方，不就是热切地期盼嘛~所以Tony 刚才是在说“我把所有的希望都寄托在你身上啦！” 但同时，“pin something on somebody/something”还有责备某人的意思在里面。

pin something on somebody/something

使某人承担；把某事归罪与某人

【En】To blame someone for something, often unfairly. 为某事责备某人，通常是不公平的。

pin your hopes/faith on something/somebody

把你的希望/信念寄托在某事/某人身上; 对某事[某人]寄予希望/信念

【En】To hope that something will happen or someone will help you, because all your plans depend on this. 希望某事会发生或有人会帮助你，因为你所有的计划都依赖于此。To hope very much that something or someone will help you to achieve what you want. 非常希望某事或某人能帮助你实现你想要的。To have expectations that are tied to the success, performance, etc., of a particular person or thing. 对某人或某事抱有与成功、表现等相关的期望。

• Don't try to pin the blame on me!

别想把责任推到我身上!

• They're trying to pin the murder on the boyfriend.

他们想把谋杀案归咎于男朋友。

• Chris is pinning his hopes on getting into Yale.

克里斯寄希望于被耶鲁大学录取。

• I don't think it's a good life plan to pin all your hopes on winning the lottery.

我认为把所有希望都寄托在中彩票上不是一个好的人生规划。

• If you pin your hopes on something, you hope very much that it will help you succeed. You attach your hopes to it. When we pin our hopes on something, we really want it to happen.

如果你把希望寄托在某件事上，就是非常希望它能帮助你成功。你把你的希望寄托在它身上。当我们把希望寄托在某件事上时，我们真的希望它发生。

【活学活用 give an example】

• And how would it be possible, in any event, to pin the blame on an individual?

无论如何，怎么可能把责任推到个人身上呢？

• Many observers pin the blame on the army, whose all-powerful generals are seeing their grip weaken.

许多观察家将责任归咎于军队，他们拥有无上权力的将军们发现自己的控制力正在减弱。

• In so doing, he pins the blame on the symptoms of our present stasis, not its causes.

这样一来，他就把责任归咎于我们目前停滞的症状，而不是其原因。

• I didn't get the feeling they were after me particularly, but they were desperate to pin something on someone.

我不觉得他们是专门找我的，但他们不顾一切地想嫁祸于某人。

• Ministers are pinning their hopes on a big spending Christmas this year to give the High Street and struggling businesses a boost.

部长们寄希望于今年的圣诞大消费，以提振商业街和陷入困境的企业。

• I had pinned my hopes on this promotion, so I was crushed when I didn't get it.

我把希望寄托在这次升职上，所以当我没有得到升职的机会时，我就崩溃了。

• Why are we pinning our hopes on him when we know he's not popular enough to defeat the incumbent?

既然我们知道他不够受欢迎, 不足以击败现任总统为什么还要寄希望于他?

• He's pinning his faith on the revival of the economy.

他把他的信心寄托在经济的复苏上。

• He is pinning some hope on a cabinet reshuffle.

他寄希望于内阁改组。

• This year it is pinning its hopes on an 8% uplift in passenger growth to around the 82m mark.

今年，该公司把希望寄托在客流量增长率提高8%，达到8200万人次左右。

• Stores, pinning their hopes on a brighter Christmas, were cheerful.

商店都很高兴，寄希望于一个更加美好的圣诞节。

• The idea that he'll be out of prison in five years is all she's got to pin her hopes on.

她唯一的希望就是他五年后就能出狱了。

• He seems to pin his hopes on it.

他似乎把希望寄托在这上面。

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