中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  現存的希望、 在信奉的信仰、 活生生的現實.   a living hope, faith, reality
  •   生活在貧睏綫以下的人數然過多.   There are still too many people living below the poverty line
  • indef det  用於復數名詞或代詞之前, 然而動詞用單數   of和every one of
  • v.  用馬耕作的現象在貧苦農民中然十分普遍.   The use of horses for ploughing still prevails among the poorer farmers
  • adj.  由於年久、經常使用或事故頻等原因而走樣的   out of shape because of age, regular use or frequent accidents
  • adj.  瘧疾是否為此地居民的多發病?   Is malaria still prevalent among the populationhere?
  • adj.  直到二十世紀五十年代, 結核病然使人不寒而慄.   As late as the 1950s tuberculosis was still a threat
  • n.  真正的種族平等似乎遙遙無期.   Genuine racial equality still seems light-years away
  • v.  社會上然歧視女性[厚待男性].   in favour of men
  • v.  空屋裏然飄溢著她的香水味.   The smell of her perfume lingered in the empty house
  •   經受苦難仍泰然自若.   a very stoical response to hardship
  • adj.  結果仍不明朗.   The outcome is still uncertain
  • n.  老師雖盡力開導卻勞而無功, 我像以前一樣糊塗.   The teacher's attempts at enlightenment failed; I remained as confused as before
  • n.  能說某種外國語的英國商人可算是新奇人物.   A British businessman who can speak a foreign language is still something of a novelty
  • indef det  自從實施速度限製, 這條路上的交通事故已經少些了. However, this is still thought to be incorrect English, and careful speakers prefer fewer 但是, 此用法視為誤用, 言詞謹慎者願用fewer   There have been less accidents on this road since the speed limit was introduced.
  • n.  至今在作祟的邪惡勢力.   the forces of evil still at work today