特朗普被“翻舊賬”

特朗普被媒體“翻舊賬”，有媒體根據(jù)30多年前公開的特朗普個人所得稅申報文件，得出意外發(fā)現(xiàn)，即這位億萬富翁至少有兩年沒有繳半分錢給聯(lián)邦政府。今天咱們就來看看英文里怎么描述“翻舊賬”。

dredge it up

It's the media who keep dredging it up.
是媒體一直在翻舊賬。

rake up the past

Raking up the past will only make things worse.
重翻舊賬只會使事情更糟。

quibble over the appetizers

When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers
和親近的朋友吵架時要就事論事，不要扯出那些陳年舊事。

settle scores with the past

Ukraine does not want to settle scores with the past, which cannot be changed.
烏克蘭不想翻過去的舊賬，因為過去已無法改變。

bring up old scores again

We do not want to bring up old scores.
我們也不想翻老賬。

dig up the past

If you dig up the past, all you get is dirty.
如果你翻舊帳，你看得的只會是骯臟。

bringing up the ancient problems

Why do you insist on beating a dead horse by bringing up these ancient problems of ours?
你為什么總是翻舊賬呢？這毫無意義。

bring up the past

Don’t bring up the past.
不要總翻舊賬，過去的就讓它過去吧。

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 yaning）