中英惯用短语:
  • adj.  他拚命喝酒, 似乎命都不要了.   He seems hell-bent on drinking himself to death
  • v.  他掷出一连三个六点.   He threw three sixes in a row
  • adv.  他根本不愿见我们, 其实他门都不开.   He wasn't exactly pleased to see us; in fact he refused to open the door
  • n.  他洗衬衫时, 胳膊肘都弄上了肥皂泡沫.   He was up to his elbows in soapsuds, washing his shirts
  • n.  他的书简直是废话(篇).   rubbish
  • n.  他的衬衫很薄, 里面穿的背心都能看见.   His shirt was so thin that his vest showed through (it).
  • n.  他穷得一个子儿也没有.   He hasn't a sou, ie He's very poor
  • v.  他细看天水相的地方, 寻找陆地.   He scanned the horizon, looking for land
  • n.  他给她的那点钱给孩子买衣服都不够.   She can hardly dress her children on the allowance he gives her
  • n.  他获选连任总统.   He was elected to a second presidency
  • n.  他讲的话有些地方贯不起来.   his story
  • n.  他说出了一串下流话.   He uttered a stream of profanities
  • adv.  他走了, 甚至`再见'都没说.   Off he went, without so much as a `goodbye'.
  • n.  他这人疑心太重, 自己的母亲也不相信.   He's so suspicious he would distrust his own mother
  • adj.  他连我的信都不回.   He didn't answer even `my letter, ie so he certainly didn't answer any others
  • adv.  代替, 顶替, 更换, 替代, (与of用)代替, 改为, 抵作   instead