中英慣用短語:
  • n.  晚我看見和你一道的那個金發女郎是誰? Cf 參看 brunette.   Who was that blonde I saw you with last night?
  • adj.  昨晚我睡得很少.   I slept very little last night
  • v.  晚鮑勃和利茲設宴招待了我們.   Bob and Liz entertained us to dinner last night
  • n.  曼徹斯特市夜降雨三英寸.   Three inches of rain fell in Manchester last night
  • indef det  有些人天出席了會議.   Some were at the meeting yesterday
  • prep.  考慮到我晚聽到的情況, 我們需要一個新主席了.   From what I heard last night we're going to need a new chairman
  •   花園不用澆水了--夜剛下過雨.   The garden doesn't need watering it rained last night
  •   蒙面歹徒天在倫敦南部搶劫了一輛護衛車.   Masked men held up a security van in South London yesterday
  • n.  誰是晚節目的主持人? Cf 參看 MC 1.   emcee of the show last night?
  •   談論昨天的事   Talking About Yesterday
  • adj.  這個瓶子天是滿的, 現在已經空了. Vacant and occupied relate to the long-term use of a building, etc *vacant和occupied指對建築物等的長期使用   This bottle was full yesterday and now it's empty.
  • v.  這張支票天才存入銀行, 所以尚未兌現.   The cheque was only deposited yesterday, so it hasn't been cleared yet
  • n.  那個可憐的傢夥天給辭退了.   The poor old sod got the sack yesterday
  • n.  那四架飛機天各出動兩次.   The four planes each made two sorties yesterday
  •   金融時報》的股票指數天上升了五點.   The Financial Times share index went up five points yesterday. 《