儿中英惯用短语:
  • n.  他们的儿子老是给他们惹麻烦.   Their son is a constant headache to them
  • n.  他们的女儿很可爱.   Their daughter is a perfect pet
  • v.  他们的女儿死去已一年多了, 但他们现在仍很悲痛.   Their daughter died over a year ago, but they are still grieving
  • n.  他们的恋爱结局是皆大欢喜(有如大多数儿童故事的结尾).   Their love affair had a story-book ending, ie ended happily,as most children's stories do
  • v.  他们的父亲希望他们早点儿回家.   Their father prefers them to be homeearly
  • n.  他们知道了价钱之後心气儿就低了.   Their enthusiasm has toned down since they discovered the cost
  • n.  他们聊天儿没别的, 全是废话!   Their chatter was nothing but froth
  • v.  他们聘请他照料婴儿.   They employed him to look after the baby
  • conj.  他们要是赶上了早班火车, 现在都该到这儿了.   They would have been here by now if they'd caught the early train
  • adv.  他们认为她可能来电话.要是这样的话, 就得有人守在这儿.   They think she may try to phone. If so, someone must stay here
  • v.  他们说的这事儿看来是真的.   Their story has the stamp of truth, ie seems very likely to be true
  • n.  他们邀请我们参加他们女儿的婚礼.   We have been invited to their daughter's wedding
  • n.  他们那伤残的女儿.   their crippled daughter
  • v.  他们都极喜爱这个新生儿.   They all enthused over the new baby
  • n.  他们错误地把工作与养育儿女两者对立起来.   They set up a false dichotomy between working and raising a family, ie wrongly claim that one cannot do both
  • n.  他们闻到做菜的味儿, 知道眼看要吃饭了.   The smell of cooking told them there was a meal in the offing