中英惯用短语:
  • conj.  您愿意坐在哪儿都行.   Sit wherever you like
  • adj.  您昔时可常去那里?   Used you to go there?
  • adj.  昨晚在电视上妙语如珠.   You were scintillating on TV last night
  •   是什麽时候住在西班牙的?   When were you living in Spain?
  •   是跟谁一起去的? In defining relative clauses whom is also unusual. 在限定性关系从句中也很少用 whom 这个词. The object pronoun is often omitted or replaced by who or that 在这种从句中, 宾格代词 whom 往往省去不用, 或用who或that代之   Who did you go with?
  • v.  来和我一起散散步好吗? Want is the most direct and informal *want一词最直接也最通俗   Would you care to come for a walk with me?
  •   的忠实的(信函末尾签名前之敬语)   Yours truly
  • prep.  您的电话接通了.   You're through now, ie You can begin to speak
  •   您的病诊断为~   You are suffering from ~
  •   您的病诊断为~   Your disease was diagnosed as ~
  • adv.  的论证我尚未尽以为然.   I'm not wholly convinced by your argument
  • n.  您的货已到.   Your order has arrived
  • v.  您能帮帮忙吗?   May I entreat a favour of you?
  • adj.  要什麽样的咖啡?'`请来一样一半(即一半咖啡一半牛奶).'   , please.' `
  • n.  您要点儿什麽, 先生?   What can I get you, squire?
  • n.  该给我增加点儿零用钱了.   It's time you jacked up my allowance