中英惯用短语:
  • adj.  仔细研究市场情况是取得成功的决条件.   Careful study of the market is a prerequisite for success
  • n.  他事没和她商量便做好旅行安排, 她对他自作主张很生气.   She was infuriated by his presumption in making the travel arrangements without first consulting her
  • n.  他们全都想知道我做出的决定, 但我想让他们 一阵子急(不告诉他们).   They all want to know my decision but I think I'll let them sweat a little, ie by not telling them yet
  • n.  他们早受过的教育已把他们训练得俯首帖耳、 唯命是从.   Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive
  • adj.  他们有优获得该房地产的权利(如根据前的合法契约).   , eg because based on an earlier legal agreement
  • n.  他们没给我什麽[任何]优权.   any start
  • v.  他们都争恐後抢购廉价货.   They were all scrambling to get the bargains
  • v.  他先天斜视.   He was born with a squint
  • n.  他出牌前把纸牌在手里展成扇形.   the cards in his hand before playing
  • v.  他原不大的生意後来扩展成了超级市场集团企业.   His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire
  • n.  他在抽彩中捷足登赢得1000英镑.   He scooped 1000 in the lottery
  • n.  他在辩论中的策略是直接抨击政府的政策.   His opening gambit at the debate was a direct attack on Government policy
  • n.  他在阅读方面不如别人, 但算术却遥遥领.   He's behind the others in reading but a long way ahead in arithmetic
  • v.  他心事重重、 疾病缠身, 落得个未老衰.   Worry and illness had made him prematurely old
  • v.  他把面试时要说的话预想好了.   He rehearsed the interview in his mind beforehand
  • adj.  他是个好好先生.   He's a harmless enough chap