而中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  （令人氣惱、 悲傷或痛苦因而）難以接受的   soft sell => sell n. hard to `take difficult to accept without annoyance, grief or bitterness
  •   （使某物）因電流過強而熔化   melt with too strong an electric current
  • v.  （使某物）經消化而吸收   become absorbed into the body after digestion
  • n.  （做某事）輕而易舉   very easily
  • n.  （劇本、 樂麯等）頻頻演出而令人感到厭倦不願再看或再聽   so often that people become tired of seeing or hearing it
  • vi.  （可）轉變為, 兌換為, 轉而使用, 改變信仰   convert
  • adj.  （因與海浪高度相當而）被海水漫過的或淹沒   covered or flooded with sea water, being at or near the level of the waves
  • n.  （因加入而有的）聯繫或關係   link or connection made by affiliating
  • n.  （因成功等而）得意洋洋, 自鳴得意   express gleeful triumph (about one's success, etc)
  • v.  （因有減低價值或樂趣的事物而）使（某事物）減弱或受損   by sth that reduces value or pleasure
  • n.  （因某原因需區別對待而）體諒, 照顧某人   allowance for sth consider sth when making a decision, etc （在做决定等時）考慮到某事物. make allowances for sb regard sb as deserving to be treated differently from others for some reason
  • n.  （因經常用跪著姿勢而引起的）髕前滑囊炎.   woman servant in a house, esp one who cleans rooms, etc （尤指清掃房間等的）女僕, 女用人. housemaid's `knee inflammation of the kneecap, caused by kneeling too much
  • adj.  （因勝負未决而延長比賽）加賽一分或一場以决勝負   All of a sudden, the tyre burst. 輪胎突然爆裂了. ,sudden `death deciding the result of a drawn or tied game by playing one more point or game
  • n.  （在某地區因無名聲而受排斥卻希望獲勝的）政治上的候選人等.   political candidate, etc who hopes for success in an area where he is not known and is therefore resented
  • n.  （對事物）粗略但實用的估計方法（通常指憑經驗而不作精確的計量等, 故並非時時處處均可靠）   As a rule I'm home by six. 我通常六點鐘到傢. bend the rules => bend1. the exception proves the rule => exception. a rule of `thumb rough practical method of assessing or measuring sth, usu based on past experience rather than on exact measurement, etc (and therefore not completely reliable in every case or in every detail)
  • adj.  （對某事物）視而不見, 不以為意, 一無所知   ; unaware (of sth)