中英惯用短语:
  • n.  他小心翼翼地沿著突出的檐向那惊惶失措的男孩近.   He eased himself along the ledge to reach the terrified boy
  • adj.  他是不太可, 但我仍很喜欢他.   He's not very reliable, but I like him just the same
  • n.  他有该国最有势力的人作山, 准能成功.   As the protege of the most powerful man in the country, his success was guaranteed
  • adv.  他的成功主要靠运气.   His success was largely due to luck
  • v.  他的说法靠不住.   His statements are suspect
  • v.  他突然离去表明他不可[他多麽不可].   how unreliable he is
  • n.  他获得作家的名气的是作品的数量而不是质量.   His reputation as a writer depends more on quantity than quality, ie He writes a lot but he doesn't write very well
  • v.  他认为他的成功是运气而不是因为自己有能力.   He owes his success more to luck than to ability
  • n.  他他有钱的太太生活.   His rich wife is his meal ticket
  • n.  他靠写作为生.   He lives by his pen
  • n.  他靠卖废料发了大财.   He made a considerable fortune selling waste materials
  • v.  他靠吃米饭和水过活.   He exists on rice and water, ie by eating rice and water
  •   他向友人借贷过寄生生活.   He lives a parasitic existence, borrowing money from his friends
  •   他多做家庭作业, 很快在班上名列前茅.   By doing extra homework, he soon got ahead of his class-mates
  • v.  他花言巧语混进了那所楼房.   He wheedled his way into the building, ie got into it by wheedling
  •   他著很少的钱过日子.   He gets by on very little money