当中英惯用短语:
  • n.  他找到个兼职工作, 当花匠.   He got a part-time job as a gardener
  • v.  他把刀子当杠杆用.   He employed his knife as a lever
  • adj.  他把她的汽车当成自己的车在城里开著到处跑, 她对此十分不满.   She resented the proprietorial way he used her car for trips about town
  • n.  他把母亲的结婚戒指典当了.   his mother's wedding ring
  • adv.  他抱怨了吗?'`他当然抱怨了.'   Did he complain?' `Indeed he did.' `
  • n.  他拿一块旧布当作手绢用.   rag
  • adj.  他描述得相当详细.   He described it in great detail
  • adj.  他早早退休, 摆脱了工作的羁绊而加入了当地的几个俱乐部.   Retiring early from his job freed him to join several local clubs
  • n.  他是个相当乏味的家伙.   He's a rather boring old stick
  • adj.  他是当今公众事务中最受大家爱戴的人.   figures in public life today
  • n.  他是当代最有才智的人.   He is one of the greatest minds of the age
  • n.  他是当前传播媒介中最红的人(最受欢迎的人).   of the media just now
  • n.  他有个不大讨人喜欢的特点, 就是爱当众责备妻子.   One of his less attractive traits is criticizing his wife in public
  •   他正打算参政(如争取当下院议员).   He's thinking of going into politics, eg trying to become a Member of Parliament
  • n.  他没打好--时间掌握不当.   He's not playing his shots well his timing is faulty
  • n.  他没有当教师的精力.   He doesn't have the stamina to be a teacher