3PHRASE 冒着遭受失败(或指责)的风险;处于孤立无援的境地 If someone goes out on a limb, they do something they strongly believe in even though it is risky or extreme, and is likely to fail or be criticized by other people. 冒着遭受失败(或指责)的风险;处于孤立无援的境地
They can see themselves going out on a limb, voting for a very controversial energy bill.
他们可以预见到要是给极具争议性的能源法案投赞成票,可能会陷入孤立。
SYN independently, separately, in a dangerous position, sticking your neck out [informal]
4PHRASE [VERB inflects]撕裂…的肢体 If someone threatens to tear you limb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you. 撕裂…的肢体
The police were lucky they found him before I did. I would have torn him limb from limb.