中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  他在比賽堅持跑完了全程, 不像大部分選手那樣半途而廢.   He managed to finish the race, unlike more than half of the competitors
  • n.  他在測驗做的不夠好.   His performance in the test was not good enough
  • n.  他在火災損失了所有的財産.   He lost all his possessions in the fire
  • v.  他在獄關了三年之後, 又與妻子和傢裏人團圓了.   After three years in prison he was again united with his wife and family
  • n.  他在短短的一生, 從小偷小摸到殺人, 什麽罪都犯過.   In his short life he had run the entire gamut of crime, from petty theft to murder
  • v.  他在第一次世界大戰的一埸戰鬥受傷緻殘.   He was maimed in a First World War battle
  • abbr.  他在第二回合被擊倒.   in the second round
  •   他在第五個回合將對手擊昏.   He put his opponent out in the fifth round
  • v.  他在第四輪(從比賽)被淘汰.   in the fourth round
  • v.  他在聚會突然出現, 使她心煩意亂.   She was agitated by his sudden appearance at the party
  • n.  他在股票交易買賣精明, 賺了很多錢.   His clever manipulation of the stock markets makes him lots of money
  • v.  他在股票交易發了財.   He made a fortune on the stock market
  • prep.  他在講話過程曾停下三次等待掌聲落下.   He stopped for applause three times during his speech
  • n.  他在設計對傳統的亦步亦趨.   the timid conventionality of his designs
  • n.  他在評論的威脅意味. Cf 參看 undertone.   threatening overtones in his comments
  • n.  他在辯論的策略是先直接抨擊政府的政策.   His opening gambit at the debate was a direct attack on Government policy