實(shí)用英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):Big Bang之這是約會(huì)嗎？

　　Penny：So are the rest of the guys meeting us here?

　　Leonard：Oh, yeah... no. It turns out that Raj and Howard had to work, andSheldon... had a colonoscopy and he hasn't quite bounced back yet.

　　Penny：My uncle just had a colonoscopy.

　　Leonard：You're kidding.Then that's something we have in common.

　　Penny：How?

　　Leonard：We both have people in our lives who... want to nip intestinalpolyps in the bud.

　　nip intestinal polyps in the bud

　　(1)nip… in the bud

　　【釋】消滅于萌芽狀態(tài), 剛開(kāi)始就消滅掉(海詞,下同)

　　【例】nip the evil in the bud.

　　壞事應(yīng)該在一開(kāi)始就加以根除。

　　(2)intestinal polyps

　　【釋】腸息肉