中英慣用短語:
  • n.  她還做出什麽成績來. 但她確實很努力.   She hasn't had much success yet. Mark you, she does try hard
  • v.  她還沒學過用厠所.   She isn't toilet-trained yet
  • adv.  她還有把握確定是否相信他.   She was not yet sure if she could trust him
  • adv.  她還給我來信--倒不是她說過要給我寫信.   She hasn't written to me yet not that she ever said she would
  • v.  她還沒起床.   She hasn't stirred yet, ie She is still in bed
  • n.  她這頓飯沒吃多少.   She didn't eat much dinner
  • n.  她那求救的呼聲有激起任何、 激起了一些、 有激起什麽...反應.   Her cries for help met with no, some, little, etc response
  • adj.  她那沒有功底的書法   her ,unformed `handwriting
  • prep.  她除了他以外有好朋友.   She has no close friends other than him
  • n.  她除了兄弟姐妹以外有真正的朋友.   Outside her brothers and sisters she has no real friends
  • prep.  她除了有一個年老的伯母以外, 再有親戚了.   She has no relations besides an aged aunt
  • n.  她駕駛測驗沒合格.   She hasn't passed her driving test yet
  •   好心腸的人,有壞心眼的人   the salt of the earth
  •   好,沒問題   Check.
  • n.  如果不識字, 買字典就有什麽用了.   There is little advantage in buying a dictionary if you can't read
  •   如果工作有目標,那就不是工作,而是空洞的行為。--《刀鋒》,裏茲(薩伊德•傑弗瑞   “If work has no intention, it's not work at all. It's an empty motion. ”The Razor's Edge (1984) - Raaz (Saeed Jaffrey)