中英惯用短语:
  • n.  你切实保证把钱退还给我吗?'`是的, 我保证.'   Do you promise faithfully to pay me back?' `Yes, I promise.'`
  • adj.  你匀给我几升汽油吗?   Can you spare me a few litres of petrol?
  • n.  你向我多提供一些有关该公司财务状况的资料吗?   Can you give me more background on the company's financial position?
  • v.  你能向我证实吗?   Can you prove it to me?
  • n.  你否以同样的方式再编写一个程序?   Could you write another programme on the same lines?
  • n.  你否借给我点儿钱, 帮我维持到发薪时?   Will you lend me some money to tide me over until I get my pay cheque?
  •   你听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗?   Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage?
  •   你回忆起多久以前的事情?   How far does your memory go back?
  • prep.  你在离汽车五十米远处看清车牌号码吗?   Can you read a car number-plate at fifty metres?
  • v.  你在这些伞中认出你自己的那一把吗?   Can you identify your umbrella among this lot?
  • n.  你在那个架子上腾出些地方再放些书吗?   Can you make room on that shelf for more books?
  • v.  你将这两个品种区别开来吗?   Can you differentiate one variety from the other?
  • n.  你能屏住呼吸多久?   How long can you hold your breath for?
  • v.  你能帮助我吗?   Can I reckon on you to help?
  • v.  你想像出生活中没有电会是一幅什麽样的情景吗?   Can you imagine what it would be like to live without electricity?
  • n.  你想出是怎麽回事吗?   Can you fathom it out?