中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  她穿著黑色衣裙, 在這種歡樂的場合未免太素了.   Her plain black dress was too severe for such a cheerful occasion
  • v.  她穿那件衣裙顯得高了.   That dress exaggerates her height
  • adv.  她能續幾個小時坐在那兒看書.   She can sit reading for hours together
  • n.  她走時句感謝話都沒說.   She walked away without so much as a thank-you
  • v.  她走起路來, 絲質的衣裙作響.   Her silk dress rustled as she moved
  • n.  她身著一款時髦的紅色衣裙.   She was wearing a snappy little red number
  • adj.  她一個問題都答不對.   She couldn't answer a solitary question correctly
  • v.  她給最窮的乞丐一個便士都捨不得.   She would grudge a penny even to the poorest beggar, ie She is very mean
  • adj.  好鬥的, 生氣勃勃的, 愛吵架的, 好打架的, 鬥志旺盛的, 不讓步的, (看似)零散的, 片斷的, 雜亂無章的, 愛打架的, 細小的, 碎屑的, 雜湊的, 不貫的   scrappy
  • vi.  好象, 似乎, 看來好象, 感到好象, 覺得似乎, (常與to用), 似乎是, 仿佛, 好像是對的, 好像是真的, 象是   seem
  • n.  婦女衫褲, 泰迪, 婦女衫襯褲, 玩具熊, 衫襯褲   teddy
  • adj.  妒忌的, 吃醋的, 猜疑的, 嫉恨的, 註意的, 保衛的, 珍惜的, 戒備的, 羨慕的, 嫉慕的, 忠實的, 審慎的, 要求絶對崇拜或相信的, 嫉妒的, (常與of用)妒羨的, (常與of用)過於愛護的, 過於看重的, 警惕的   jealous
  • vt.  妨礙, 阻礙, 延緩, 製止, 使躊躇, (常與from用)使不敢, 威懾, 嚇住, 阻攔, 不許   deter
  • adj.  始終如一的, 一致的, 堅持的, 一貫的, 和...一致的(with), 堅實的, 濃厚的, 有節操的, 相容的, 相符[合]的, (常與with用)與…一致的, 調和的, 堅固的, 相容的   consistent
  • n.  委屈, 苦衷, 牢騷, 不滿, 怨恨(尤與下列示例中動詞用)   real or imagined cause for complaint or protest (used esp with the vs shown)
  • vt.  委托, 交付, 移交, 托運, 寄售, 寄存, 存(款), 用作, 當作, (常與to用), 托賣, 托管   consign