中英慣用短語:
  • v.  那位畫要求她擺好姿勢以便為她畫像.   The artist asked her to pose for him
  • v.  那作常以細枝末節來混淆實質問題.   The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details
  •   那公共汽車失去控製, 撞到了一商店的門臉.   The bus went out of control and ran into a shop front
  • n.  那可憐的! 他剛失去了工作.   The poor bastard! He's just lost his job
  • n.  那可憐的夥看著就叫人難過.   The poor fellow was a sad spectacle
  • v.  那孩子因其母帶他回而生氣地捶打著母親.   The child pummelled his mother angrily as she carried him home
  • adj.  那孩子沒有按時回, 她父母都要急瘋了.   The child's parents were frantic when she did not return home on time
  • n.  那傢夥多讓人泄氣呀!   What a downer that guy is
  •   那公司一直經營得鬆鬆垮垮.   The firm had been run rather slackly
  • n.  那公司因負債2百萬英鎊而告破産.   The company crashed with debts of £2 million
  • n.  那公司在汽車設計上多年來一直領先.   That firm was the pace-setter in car design for many years, ie introduced new ideas which were copied by others
  • adj.  那商號自動停業清算債務.   The firm went into voluntary liquidation
  • n.  那工廠一倒閉, 成千的工人都失業了.   Thousands of workers lost their jobs when the factory closed
  • n.  那旅館可真敲了我們竹杠.   That hotel really rooked us
  • n.  那餐館位於幾影院附近因而沾光.   The restaurant benefits from its proximity to several cinemas
  • adj.  那飯館的價錢貴得能把人坑死. ruinously adv   The prices in that restaurant are absolutely ruinous.