而中英慣用短語:
| - n. 我正在學做飯, 做著玩兒而已. I'm learning to cook, just for the fun of it
- n. 我愛喝清咖啡而他喜歡加奶油的. I drink black coffee while he prefers it with cream
- n. 我由於健康原因而辭去了工作. A motive for doing something is a feeling or desire within people which makes them act *motive指想做某事的感覺或願望 I left my job on medical grounds.
- v. 我的依據衹是謠傳而已. I have only reports to go on
- 我的申請書由於郵政部門罷工而延誤了. My application was held up by the postal strike
- 我竟然看見自己的孩子因販毒而被捕! That I should see a child of mine arrested for selling drugs
- n. 我竭力為他擋駕, 攔住那些鍥而不捨的記者. I tried to shield him against prying journalists
- v. 我給本地的報紙寫文章衹用半小時就可一揮而就. I can toss off my article for the local newspaper in half an hour
- v. 我脫口而出說她那麽年輕. I couldn't help remarking on her youth
- n. 我要為遲到失禮而道歉. I must apologize for my discourtesy in arriving late
- adj. 我認為她是健美而不是貌美. I would describe her as handsome rather than beautiful
- v. 我負責償還他們為我而用的全部花費. I undertook to indemnify them for expenses incurred on my behalf
- n. 我起得很早, 而他還睡呢. I got up early, but he slept on
- adv. 我遲到了, 幸而會議推遲了. I arrived late but luckily the meeting had been delayed
- n. 我隊今天未能真正載譽而歸（如遭慘敗）. Our team didn't exactly cover itself with glory today, eg was heavily defeated
- v. 我隊今年賽季贏五場而未輸過. Our team has had five wins and no losses this season
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