先中英慣用短語:
| - adj. 仔細研究市場情況是取得成功的先决條件. Careful study of the market is a prerequisite for success
- n. 他事先沒和她商量便做好旅行安排, 她對他自作主張很生氣. She was infuriated by his presumption in making the travel arrangements without first consulting her
- n. 他們全都想知道我做出的决定, 但我想先讓他們 一陣子急（先不告訴他們）. They all want to know my decision but I think I'll let them sweat a little, ie by not telling them yet
- n. 他們早先受過的教育已把他們訓練得俯首帖耳、 唯命是從. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive
- adj. 他們有優先獲得該房地産的權利（如根據先前的合法契約）. , eg because based on an earlier legal agreement
- n. 他們沒給我什麽[任何]優先權. any start
- v. 他們都爭先恐後搶購廉價貨. They were all scrambling to get the bargains
- v. 他先天斜視. He was born with a squint
- n. 他出牌前先把紙牌在手裏展成扇形. the cards in his hand before playing
- v. 他原先不大的生意後來擴展成了超級市場集團企業. His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire
- n. 他在抽彩中捷足先登贏得1000英鎊. He scooped 1000 in the lottery
- n. 他在辯論中的策略是先直接抨擊政府的政策. His opening gambit at the debate was a direct attack on Government policy
- n. 他在閱讀方面不如別人, 但算術卻遙遙領先. He's behind the others in reading but a long way ahead in arithmetic
- v. 他心事重重、 疾病纏身, 落得個未老先衰. Worry and illness had made him prematurely old
- v. 他把面試時要說的話預先想好了. He rehearsed the interview in his mind beforehand
- adj. 他是個好好先生. He's a harmless enough chap
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