而中英惯用短语:
  • n.  她轻而易举赢得了全校数学奖和理科奖.   She waltzed off with the school prizes for maths and science
  • adj.  她轻诺而手紧.   She's very liberal with promises but much less so with money
  • v.  她遭遇不幸, 因而对别人的生活也无动於衷.   Unhappiness had deadened her to the lives of others
  • v.  她避而不提她这一计画费用之巨.   She slurred over the high cost of her plan
  • n.  她避而不谈巨额费用问题.   She skirted round the problem of the high cost
  • n.  她那些开明的观点很快地就暴露出只不过是做做样子而已.   Her liberal views were soon revealed as mere posturing
  • n.  她那因睡眠不足而发黑的眼圈.   dark rings round her eyes from lack of sleep
  • n.  她那漫长而成就斐然的生涯已告结束. =>illus at App   The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career, ie Her career has ended.
  • n.  她零零星星地付给我钱, 而不是一次付清.   She paid me in dribs and drabs, not all at once
  • n.  她面临可能早逝而手足无措.   She's finding it difficult to face up to the possibility of an early death
  • v.  她）为考试而用功   swotting for her exams （
  • adj.  她）因狗咬她的鞋而发怒.   with the dog for eating her shoe （
  • n.  她）夜里长时间守护在儿子床前而疲惫不堪   tired out by long nightly vigils at her son's bedside （
  • n.  好东西太多而难以处理、 难以选择等.   an embarrassment of `riches too many good things to do, choose from, etc
  •   好得过头反成坏事; 凡事适可而止   (it is)too much of a good thing
  • adj.  好搞派系的, 好捣乱的, 闹派别的, 起于派别的, 由于搞宗派而产生的, 好搞宗派活动的   factious