中英慣用短語:
  • v.  她因頭腦冷靜、 敢作敢為而為人道.   She distinguished herself by her coolness and bravery
  • n.  她因這一成績而獲得第三個冠軍號.   With this performance, she has notched up her third championship title
  • n.  她堅稱自己無罪.   She protested her innocence, ie kept saying she was innocent
  • v.  她聲稱她是皇室後裔.   She claims to be descended from royalty
  • adj.  她當老師全然不稱職.   She is totally ineffective as a teacher, ie She cannot teach satisfactorily
  •   她想要什麽就能得到什麽, 堪一絶.   She's a past master at the art of getting what she wants
  •   她把新歌劇院作`那討厭的龐然大物'.   She calls the new opera house 'that hideous erection'.
  • n.  她的作品以簡潔著稱.   Her work is known for pithiness of style
  • n.  她有權得到的事物之業經證實.   the vindication of her claim
  • n.  她稱贊他為人正直.   She admired his straightforwardness
  • v.  她自對那事一無所知.   She professed total ignorance of the matter
  • adv.  她自稱是女權運動者.   She is professedly a feminist
  • n.  她自是記者, 這衹是個看戲不買票的花招而已.   Her claim to be a journalist was simply a subterfuge to get into the theatre without paying
  • adj.  她自有特異功能, 能預知未來.   She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future
  • v.  她自精通計算機, 其實她是假充內行.   She claims to know all about computers but really she's a sham
  • n.  她薪金與職責的不相.   the disproportion between her salary and her responsibilities