中英惯用短语:
  • adj.  人是群居的动物.   Man is a social animal
  • n.  今晚我们在起室生火吧.   Let's light a fire in the living-room tonight
  • vi.  从外国移来, 迁移, 移入境, 移来   immigrate
  • n.  从山上高远望, 日出景象蔚为奇观.   The sunrise seen from high in the mountains was a tremendous spectacle
  • v.  从英国移到澳大利亚寻找工作. Cf 参看 immigrate.   emigrate from Britain to Australia to find work
  • v.  从邻的窗户可看到我家的花园.   Our garden is overlooked by our neighbours' windows, ie They can see into our garden from their windows
  • n.  他以上帝自(控制人与事).   He likes to play God, ie behave as if he could control people and events
  • n.  他们以前住在苏格兰, 後来移南方了.   They used to live in Scotland but they moved down south
  • n.  他们决定在她的公寓里同.   They've decided to shack up together in her flat
  •   他们分前婚姻早已破裂了.   Their marriage was washed up long before they separated
  • n.  他们在悬崖上高临下, 能看到来来往往的船.   From their vantage-point on the cliff, they could watch the ships coming and going
  • prep.  他们在毗邻而期间只见过两次面.   They only met twice during the whole time they were neighbours
  • adj.  他们婚後十年决定分了.   After ten years of marriage they decided to separate
  •   他们有意移居美国.   They're thinking of moving to America
  • adv.  他们现在分居了.   They are now living separately
  •   他们花言巧语哄得邻同意, 便把不喜欢的客人打发到他们那里去了.   They palmed their unwelcome guests off on the neighbours