休中英惯用短语:
| - adj. 我们请了比尔、 汤姆和休--最後提到的这位是比尔的妹妹. We invited Bill, Tom and Sue -- the last being Bill's sister
- n. 我可不愿意牺牲一天休假日单单陪简去买东西. I'm not sacrificing my day off just to go shopping with Jane
- v. 我可不能退休, 否则大家会失望的. I can't disappoint my public by retiring
- v. 我喜欢在晚上什麽也不做, 好好休息. I like to sit back and rest in the evenings
- n. 我因健康的缘故不得已才退休了. on the grounds of ill health, ie because I was ill
- v. 我对我一生的事业十分满意, 现在退休甚为欣慰. and now I'm happy to retire
- indef det 我已厌烦了她喋喋不休的闲谈. I've had enough of her continual chatter
- v. 我打算休一天假. to take the day off
- n. 我正在休假两星期. I'm taking two weeks' holiday
- adj. 我算是放了暑假了, 但却未能真正休息. sort of holiday in the summer but I couldn't really relax
- v. 我虽已退休, 但仍做些义务工作, 以便了解当前的情势. Although I'm retired, voluntary work keeps me in the swim (of things).
- v. 我逐渐对电视上无尽无休的暴力镜头感到厌恶. I began to sicken of the endless violence shown on television
- n. 打字员本周休假. The typist is away on holiday this week
- 把教师的退休年龄降低到 55 岁. reduce the retirement age for teachers to 55
- 把某人当牛马使唤， 不给某人休息［喘息］的机会 keep sb. up to the collar
- 折磨某人; 不给某人片刻休息 keep [hold, bring, put]sb.'s nose to the grindstone
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