中英慣用短語:
  • v.  他很不喜歡從鄉的居所遷居到了喧鬧的城市裏.   He hated being transplanted from his home in the country to the noise and bustle of life in the city
  • adv.  他總在夜間工作.   He works nights
  • n.  他悻悻然踱出了房間.   He stalked angrily out of the room
  • v.  他意識到須在很短時就得把文章寫完, 立即動手寫起來.   He was jolted out of his lethargy and into action when he realized he had only a short time to finish the article
  • v.  他感覺房好像在他眼前[在他周圍]旋轉.   around him
  • v.  他找了很長時纔把它找到.   He found it after a long hunt
  • n.  他把所有的時都用在做縱橫填字遊戲和其他無聊的活動上.   He spends all his time on crosswords and other trifles
  • v.  他把時花在和村子裏的姑娘們調情上了.   He spent his time philandering with the girls in the village
  • v.  他把時都消磨在賭場的賭博上.   He spends all his time gambling in the casino
  • v.  他把時都荒廢在看電視上了.   He dawdles the hours away watching television
  • n.  他把空餘時都用在園藝上了, 沒有任何其他愛好.   He spent his spare time gardening, to the exclusion of all other interests
  • n.  他提的意見引起了他們之的爭吵.   His comment sparked off a quarrel between them
  • n.  他每隔一段時就回 來看看我們.   He comes back to see us at regular intervals
  • adj.  他毫不吝惜自己的時.   He is very free with his time, ie gives it willingly
  • n.  他沒打好--時掌握不當.   He's not playing his shots well his timing is faulty
  • n.  他渴望當演員, 你就得容他時讓他施展自己的抱負.   He desperately wants to be an actor, so you'll have to give him time to get it out of his system