英中英惯用短语:
  • abbr.  成）为英帝国二等勋位爵士   a CBE （
  • n.  我一时不慎借给了他 5 英镑.   I lent him ￡5 in a moment of rashness
  • n.  我们买房花了5万英镑.   We paid 50000 for our house
  • v.  我们今天已走了100英里.   We've made 100 miles today
  • n.  我们估计他一年的收入大约8000英镑.   to be about 8000 a year
  • indef det  我们偏离原定路线走了好几英里.   miles out of our way
  •   我们到目前为止才筹集到2000英镑, （离所需数目）还差500英镑.   We've only raised 2000 so far; we're still 500 short (of the amount we need).
  • indef det  我们在一场比赛中赢了多达500英镑.   We won no less than 500 in a competition
  • indef det  我们在一场竞赛中赢了足足500英镑.   We won 500, no less, in a competition
  • adj.  我们工资一年要增加?w40英镑, 未扣除所得税. 有什麽了不起! a big fish (in a little pond) an important and influential person (in a small community or restricted situation) （小地方或小范围内的）大人物. a big noise/shot (infml 口) important person 要人. the big stick the threat of using force, esp of great military strength 大棒政策（以实力, 尤指以强大的武力相威胁）. the   We're getting a wage increase of 40 a year, before tax. Big deal!
  • n.  我们已从英国的这一头旅行到另一头.   We've travelled from one end of Britain to the other
  • v.  我们开出约五十英里汽车就抛锚了.   We had gone about fifty miles when the car broke down
  • n.  我们有 4 亿英镑的贸易顺差.   We have a trade surplus of 400 million
  •   我们每 月要付300英镑抵押贷款.   We're paying out 300 a month on our mortgage
  • n.  我们每人凑2英镑, 让约翰去给大家买吃的.   We each put 2 in the kitty, and then sent John to buy food for everybody
  • prep.  我们的价格起码是2.50英镑一瓶.   Our prices start from 2.50 a bottle