中英慣用短語:
  • adv.  他買那輛車前草草看了一下.   Before buying the car he gave it the once-over
  • n.  他們經有過一段曖昧關係, 但現在那已成為遙遠的過去了.   They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now
  •   他們自己就有過相似的經歷.   They themselves had had a similar experience
  • prep.  他在講話過程中停下三次等待掌聲落下.   He stopped for applause three times during his speech
  •   他小小年紀以為祖母死了是因為他經想過讓她死.   As a child he thought that his grandmother's death had happened because he had willed it
  • n.  他年輕時有過崇高的理想, 但漸漸地他的全部希望都破滅了.   He had high ideals in his youth but gradually the whole edifice crumbled
  • v.  他在地區的綜合中學受教育.   He was educated at the local comprehensive school
  • n.  他是個紅歌星, 但現在風華已去.   He was a great singer once but now he's had his day
  • adj.  他是優秀演員, 但現在最紅時期已過.   He was a fine actor but he's a bit passe now
  • adj.  他經過著邪惡的生活.   He led a bad life
  • adj.  以前的, 某一時間, 經是…的, 從前的, 昔日的   sometime
  • adj.  似來過這裏的奇怪感覺   a peculiar feeling that one has been here before
  •   似經歷, 似相見(認為自己經歷過或見過某事物的幻覺)   feeling that one remembers an event or scene that one has not experienced or seen before
  •   你剛纔提到的事, 我有一種似經歷過的奇怪幻覺.   I had an odd sense of deja vu just as you said that
  • adv.  你希望過自己很富嗎?   Do you ever wish you were rich?
  • v.  你提到需要一筆額外資金. 你詳細談談好嗎?   You mentioned the need for extra funding. Would you expand on that?