中英惯用短语:
  • n.  他下棋也像她下得一样好吗?'`本不能比(她下得好得多).'   Is he as good as her at chess?' `There's no comparison', ie She is much better. `
  • n.  他不据前提推理因而论证无效.   This non sequitur invalidates his argument
  •   他买游艇只是为了显示身分--其实他本不喜欢玩游艇.   He only bought the yacht as a status symbol he hates sailing
  • adv.  他从未[本没]主动提出帮忙.   He didn't once offer to help
  • adj.  他们有优先获得该房地产的权利(如据先前的合法契约).   , eg because based on an earlier legal agreement
  • n.  他们的友谊在求学时已深蒂固.   Their friendship flowered while they were at college
  • v.  他划了火柴, 点著了导火索.   He struck a match and ignited the fuse
  • n.  他创建起来的组织到头来却成为促使他倒台的本原因了.   The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall
  • n.  他在地上树起了一杆子.   He set a post in the ground
  • n.  他提出了一些盘究底的问题.   He was asking probing questions
  • v.  他援引数字以表明自己的说法确有据.   He quoted figures to prove his case
  • adv.  他本不愿见我们, 其实他连门都不开.   He wasn't exactly pleased to see us; in fact he refused to open the door
  • n.  他用一消过毒的针扎破他脚後跟上的水泡.   He pricked the blister on his heel with a sterilized needle
  • adj.  他的时间排得很满, 学生本无法和他接触.   His busy schedule made him completely inaccessible to his students
  • n.  他的论据听起来似乎有理, 但本上是欺骗性的.   His arguments sound convincing but they're based on delusion
  • n.  他考试及格实在是侥幸, 因为他本没下过功夫.   Passing the exam was a real fluke he didn't work for it at all