能中英惯用短语:
  • n.  我认为她是个很能干的经理.   I summed her up as a competent manager
  • v.  我认为能向各位贵宾演讲十分荣幸.   I esteem it a privilege to address such a distinguished audience
  • n.  我说几句好听的, 也许能说服他去做这工作.   With a little flattery I might persuade him to do the job
  • adj.  我踮著脚才刚能够著架子.   just reach the shelf, if I stand on tiptoe
  • n.  我还以为能剩下些饼乾, 但是他们都给吃光了.   I thought there would be some biscuits left but they've wolfed the lot
  • adj.  我还有一个小时才能完事.   I won't be finished for another hour
  •   我还能再说什麽?   What more can I say (ie in addition to what has already been said)?
  • n.  我迟到了, 没能赶上火车.   I missed my train
  • n.  我队今天未能真正载誉而归（如遭惨败）.   Our team didn't exactly cover itself with glory today, eg was heavily defeated
  • adj.  我隐约感到这事可能发生.   feeling this might happen
  • v.  我需要几周的时间了解情况後才能对公司的未来做出决定.   I'll need several weeks to discover the lie of the land before I can make any decisions about the future of the business
  • n.  我马上就能给你炒点鸡蛋.   I can easily whip you up some scrambled eggs
  • n.  戒备, 提防（可能发生麻烦 等）   watch `out be on one's guard; keep looking out for possible trouble, etc
  • n.  或might have用以表示过去发生过某事的可能性   Could have, may have or might have are used to show the possibility of something having happened in the past *could have、 may have
  •   或是全部要或是什么也不要; 不能全得, 宁可全失   the whole tree or not a cherry on it
  • adv.  或者, 偶然, 不料, 也许, 可能, 万一   peradventure