劃船的時(shí)候，故意把船搖晃，可能會(huì)引起很嚴(yán)重的后果。Rock the boat從字面上來看，意思就是“把船搖晃”，rock在這里不是指石頭，而是作動(dòng)詞用，解釋為“搖晃”，例如：The earthquake rocked the buildings violently. （地震使建筑物搖晃得很厲害。）
船只搖晃得很厲害，甚至有傾覆的危險(xiǎn)，所以，rock the boat這個(gè)成語往往引申為“興風(fēng)作浪、使事情不能順利進(jìn)行、破壞良好的現(xiàn)狀、搗亂”的意思，帶有貶義。
例如：
We've been doing it this way for years; don't rock the boat by trying to introduce new methods.
我們多年來一直是這么做的，別打算引進(jìn)什么新方法來搗亂。
The other boys said that Henry was rocking the boat by wanting to let girls into their club.
其他男孩都說亨利想讓女孩進(jìn)他們的俱樂部破壞了現(xiàn)有的良好現(xiàn)狀。
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