中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  他受到這些指控仍處之泰.   He remained unruffled by the charges
  • n.  他口口聲聲支持女權主義, 但全部傢務仍是妻子的事.   He pays lip-service to feminism but his wife still does all the housework
  • conj.  他可是個正人君子, 雖有時略顯得傲慢了些.   He's a real gentleman, if a little pompous at times
  • adj.  他聽到有人叫他, 就突停了下來.   He stopped short when he heard his name called
  • n.  他和他弟弟生活方式截不同.   He and his brother have quite different life-styles
  •   他在學校的迪斯科舞會上偶結識了那姑娘.   He picked up the girl at a college disco
  • v.  他在聚會中突出現, 使她心煩意亂.   She was agitated by his sudden appearance at the party
  • n.  他坐在那兒發表他對法製的高論, 雖他對此一竅不通.   He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it
  • n.  他妻子比他聰明而有風趣, 顯得他黯失色.   He is eclipsed by his wife, who is much cleverer and more amusing than he is
  • n.  他妻子突去世, 他感到六神無主.   His wife's sudden death upset the balance ofhis mind
  • adj.  他對死刑存廢的見解許多人都不以為.   His views on capital punishment are unpalatable to many
  • adv.  他對那個决定大發雷霆, 這是很自的.   He was rightly furious at the decision
  • adj.  他射門得分時, 顯並未越位.   He was definitely onside when he scored that goal
  • v.  他盡量不去想她, 而無濟於事.   her memory from his thoughts
  • n.  他已竭盡全力, 但仍失敗了.   In spite of all his efforts he failed
  • v.  他已經死了, 希望他再活過來的想法也是枉.   He's dead and it's no use wishing him alive again