中英慣用短語:
  • n.  若揭露來可能使某人難堪的)秘密   a skeleton in the `cupboard secret which would embarrass sb if it became known (
  • conj.  若能稍有把握地說來, 其實是這樣   if anything definite can be said, this is it
  • conj.  若非要說像誰不可來, 我倒認為他略微像他父親.   I'd say he was more like his father, if anything
  • n.  苦幹了那麽多年, 卻拿不成績來.   All those years of hard work, and nothing to show for it
  • adj.  苦悶的, 痛苦的, 表現極度痛苦的, (亦作agonised)   agonized
  • adj.  苯乙烯的, 肉桂的, 由肉桂提煉來的, 肉桂酸的   cinnamic
  • n.  英勇, 勇敢, 超凡技術, 卓越的技能, 傑的才能, 本領, 威力   prowess
  • adj.  英國全國最大鑽機口商   Britain's premier exporter of drilling equipment
  • n.  英國和美國的)政黨的紀律委員(尤指敦促黨員席政府重要辯論會進行投票者).   official of a political party who has the authority to maintain discipline among its members, esp to make them attend and vote in important government debates (
  • n.  英國國教教區的)教會執事(通常為選的兩名執事之一, 負責教會財務和財産).   one of usu two elected officials responsible for church money and property (
  • n.  英國在援外方面做多少貢獻?   foreign aid does Britain give?
  • n.  英國安全局醜聞發生後, 安全問題顯得格外突.   The MI5 scandal throws the security issue into stark relief, ie draws attention to its real nature
  • n.  英國廣播公司在播放那部電視連續劇以後, 即將版一部有關的書.   As a follow-up to the television series the BBC is publishing a book
  •   英國政府的緑皮書(提建議或意見以供討論的政府文件, 因用緑色封皮而得其名)   Green P-
  •   英國最傑的科學家之一   one of Britain'stop scientists
  • v.  英格蘭湖區的美景給了華茲華斯靈感而創作他最偉大的詩篇.   The Lake District scenery inspired Wordsworth to write his greatest poetry