中英惯用短语:
  • n.  我们还没点菜呢.   We haven't ordered yet
  • adj.  我倒是很愿意来, 但是我还得工作.   I'd love to come, only I have to work
  • v.  我到那儿的时候, 杰克还在(跟朋友们)谈论那场比赛.   when I got there
  •   我前後左右都找遍了--你是在哪儿找到的? right and left => right5.   I've been looking for it left, right and centre where did you find it?
  • n.  我厨房用的围裙在哪儿?   Where's my kitchen pinny?
  • v.  我可不愿在那儿生活, 嗳, 要是有别的办法我才不住那儿.   I wouldn't live there; well, not if I could help it
  • v.  我可以永久保留它还是要我还给你?   Can I have it for keeps or do you want it back?
  • prep.  我吃了早饭後到现在还什麽都没吃.   I haven't eaten since breakfast
  • n.  我在淋浴室呢.   I'm in the shower
  • adj.  我在爵士舞俱乐部见到他时很感意外, 我还一直以为他是个挺古板的绅士.   I was surprisedto see him at the jazz club; I always thought of him as a rather staid old gentleman
  • adv.  我天真地以为你很在乎.   I fondly imagined that you cared
  • n.  我妻子认为我太胖--你说?   My wife thinks I'm too fat what do you say?
  • v.  我干吗要帮她--她自作自受得吃点苦头才好.   I don't see why I should help her -- she can stew in her own juice for a bit
  • n.  我怎样才能摆脱困境?   How am I going to get out of this jam?
  •   我怎麽知道呢?   How should I know?
  • v.  我怎麽能报答你的恩惠?   your kindness?