能中英惯用短语:
| - n. 我想让这封信赶得及能随下午收取的邮件走. I want this letter to catch the afternoon mail
- 我愿第一个承认我可能错了. I might be wrong
- v. 我承认他是病了, 但是那也不能原谅他. I grant he's been ill, but that doesn't excuse him
- n. 我把孩子抱到凳子上, 她就能够到那架子了. I stood the child on a stool so that she could reach the shelf
- 我担保你的手表准有一天能找到. I'm sure your watch will turn up one of these days
- conj. 我拿不准主意是辞职还是留任. After a preposition whether must be used 在介词之後只能用whether I'm not sure whether to resign or stay on.
- v. 我推荐他一定能当个极好的会计. I can recommend him as an extremely good accountant
- v. 我无法设想计划能否行得通. working
- adj. 我星期二不能来参加宴会, 我有别的事. I can't come to dinner on Tuesday; I'm otherwise engaged, ie I've already arranged to do something else
- adj. 我是个能忍的人, 但你的行为我已忍无可忍. I'm a tolerant man but your behaviour is more than I can bear
- n. 我是实事求是的人--知道不可能在一夜之间改变人们的看法. I'm a realist I know you can't change people's attitudes overnight
- adv. 我有些怀疑我们可能犯了个大错. I rather suspect we're making a big mistake
- v. 我未能多帮忙, 十分抱歉. I feel rather mean for not helping more
- n. 我本想要张床, 但是叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦, 所以我就睡在沙发上了. I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can't be choosers so I slept on the sofa
- adj. 我本能地抬起手臂护著脸. I instinctively raised my arm to protect my face
- n. 我梦见我能飞翔. I could fly
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