中英惯用短语:
  •   他窗框上漆时, 用遮蔽胶带把玻璃边缘贴住.   He put masking tape round the edges of the glass while he painted the window frame
  • n.  他自己倒了两指幅的威士忌.   He poured himself two fingers of whisky
  • n.  他给芹菜培上了土.   He earthed up the celery
  • v.  他这本书取名为《野性的爱》.   He entitled the book `Savage Love'.
  • n.  他这本日记写了序言, 简述日记发现的经过.   He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered
  • adj.  他老是把钱借她, 心肠也太软了.   He's always lending her money; he's too soft-hearted
  • adj.  他衣冠不整往往人一种假象.   His untidy clothes give one a misguided impression of him
  • v.  他要求对未使用之票予退款.   He demanded a refund on the unused tickets
  • n.  他要求他一次机会表达自己的观点, 这也不无道理.   He demanded, with some justice, that he should be given an opportunity to express his views
  • v.  他让电锯锯掉了一条胳膊.   He had his arm lopped off by an electric saw
  •   他说服父亲把汽车借他了.   He talked his father into lending him the car
  • n.  他说的笑话极沉闷的讲话增加几分轻松气氛.   His jokes provided some comic relief in what was really a dull speech
  • adj.  他还不成熟, 不宜他重任.   a house with a mature garden, ie one where the plants, trees, etc are fully grown and well established 有花木繁茂的花园的住宅 *He's not mature enough to be given too much responsibility
  • n.  他送她一件昂贵的毛皮衣服作生 日礼物.   He gave her an expensive fur for her birthday
  • n.  他送我们一件他观光的小纪念品.   He sent us a small remembrance of his visit
  • adv.  他间或给我写写信.   He sometimes writes to me