(1) ①sneak本义为“偷偷走,潜行”,常与in, out, away, back, past, into等连用。与into连用时,可表示“以不正当方法混入某一组织”。
- To sneak into a place is to enter in such a way as not to be noticed.
潜入某地就是用一种不被察觉的方式进入。
②sneak sth. into表示“偷偷把某物带入(放入)某处”。
- The naughty boy sneaked a frog into the teacher's bag.
那个淘气的男孩把一只青蛙偷偷放进老师的包里。
(2) ①worm本指“(像虫子一样)蠕动”,暗含不正当或隐蔽的意味,可作及物动词和不及物动词。
- How did the thieves worm into the house?
那些小偷怎样混进了屋内?
②worm one's way/oneself into sb.'s favor意思是“赢得某人的欢心,得宠”。
- Over the years, he wormed his way into the director's favor .
这些年来,他赢得了经理的欢心。