中英惯用短语:
  • n.  他是无意损坏的吗?'`不, 是故意的.'   Did he break it accidentally?' `No, on purpose.' `
  • v.  他曾在地区的综合学受教育.   He was educated at the local comprehensive school
  • n.  他有幽默感, 这使他在逆境聊以自慰.   His sense of humour was a useful buffer when things were going badly for him
  •   他来找我时是想到我或许有可能正在家.   He came on the off chance of finding me at home
  • v.  他极力克制郁积在心的怒气.   He managed to subdue his mounting anger
  • adj.  他正是谚语所说的那种方枘圆凿不得其所的人.   He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole
  • n.  他正考虑辞去(委员会的)职务.   He is considering resignation (from the Board).
  • v.  他毫无保留地(直言不讳地)述说了他在监狱的事.   of his time in prison
  • n.  他永远留在我们的记忆.   His memory will always remain with us, ie We will always remember him
  • v.  他没有看出第一页有个拼写错误.   He overlooked a spelling error on the first page
  • n.  他注定在贫困中死去.   He was fated to die in poverty
  • adj.  他演讲配上幻灯片, 比其他演讲人更吸引听众.   He upstaged the other speakers by illustrating his talk with slides
  • n.  他熟悉自己管辖区每所房子.   He knows every house in his patch
  • n.  他猛然从水挑起鱼竿.   He jerked the fishing-rod out of the water
  • v.  他现已从风病完全康复了.   He's now fully recovered from his stroke
  • n.  他生活中颇多不幸.   He has had many sorrows in his life