中英慣用短語:
  • n.  那一醜聞玷污了他的聲.   His reputation was tainted by the scandal
  • n.  那兩拳擊手彼此都以重拳出擊.   The boxers gave each other a terrific pummelling
  • n.  那個囚犯夾在兩偵探的中間.   The prisoner was flanked by the two detectives, ie There was a detective on each side of him
  • n.  那個孩子是按他父親的字取的.   The child was named after its father, ie given its father's first name
  • n.  那個年輕的音樂傢很快就出了.   The young musician rose quickly to fame
  • n.  那個最有希望獲勝的卻跑了個第三.   The favourite came in third
  •   那醫生因不稱職而被除.   The doctor was struck off for incompetence
  • n.  那工會代表受到了指責, 說他是資方的傀儡.   The union representative was accused of being a puppet of the management
  • v.  那場火並未波及這些畫.   The valuable paintings were not touched by the fire
  • n.  那孩子在他那張圖畫的下面用印刷體大寫字母仔細地書寫了自己的字.   The child carefully printed his name in capitals at the bottom of his picture
  •   那年輕的女高音歌手受到一著指揮傢的提攜.   The young soprano was taken up by a famous conductor
  • n.  那廣告用語與其産品稱一語雙關.   The slogan was a pun on the name of the product
  • pron.  那篇匿文章的作者原來是個叫作斯坦利·卡特的人.   The author of the anonymous article turned out to be one Stanley Carter
  • n.  郡治安官, 州長, 譽郡長, 行政司法長官, (英國)郡長, (美國)縣治安官   sheriff
  • n.  部隊的)檢閱、 點等   formal gathering of troops for inspection, a roll-call, etc (
  •   都是副詞, 均可與動詞, 副詞, 形容詞和詞連用.   Almost, nearly, scarcely and hardly are adverbs and can be used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns. *almost, nearly, scarcely和hardly