说中英惯用短语:
| - n. 我为了说服她, 费了好大的劲. I had the greatest difficulty in persuading her
- v. 我事先跟他说过, 可他就是不听. I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen
- 我今天要讲的是我们社会面临的一大危害, 就是艾滋病. We use ie (or that is) to explain an unclear statement or word by rephrasing it *ie（或that is）的用法是通过重新措辞来解释一个不清楚的说法或词语 I want to talk today about a major threat facing our society, namely AIDS.
- v. 我从别人说话中总算弄清楚他不来了. From what people said, I managed to glean that he wasn't coming
- v. 我从她说的几句话中猜出发生什麽事了. I guessed what was happening from a few words she let fall, ie from what she said
- v. 我从未听说过他的名字. I never learned his name
- v. 我从未听说过有七月下雪的事. snow in July before
- adj. 我从未听说过有这样不会讲话的人. I've never heard anyone so inept at making speeches
- prep. 我从未听说过这些地方. I've never heard of such places
- v. 我从未听说过那个地方. I've never heard of the place
- v. 我以前从未见过他, 我说的是实话. I've never seen him before, I swear it
- v. 我以前说过这件事吗? Am I repeating myself? ie Did I say this before?
- n. 我们一听说你病了, 欢乐的气氛一扫而光. It took all the fun out of the occasion when we heard that you were ill
- n. 我们不能付再高的工资了, 话就说到这里. We can't pay higher wages, period, ie that is final
- v. 我们不要再细说你过去的错误了. Let's not dwell on your past mistakes
- n. 我们从几方面粗略的说法中设法弄清了真相. We managed to piece together the truth from several sketchy accounts
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