中英惯用短语:
  •   女士先请(男子请女子先进屋、 先上车等时的话).   Ladies first, ie said by a man, allowing a woman to enter a room, car, etc before he does
  • n.  女妖, 魔鬼, 娼妓, (传与睡梦中男子性交的)女淫妖, 妓女   succubus
  • adv.  她6英尺4英寸, 比较高, 这话留有余地(她高极了).   At 64", she's tall, to put it mildly, ie She's extremely tall
  •   她不但会西班牙语, 还会打字呢.   she also knows how to type
  • adj.  她不好话(很难随便亲切交谈).   She's heavy going, ie hard to talk to in an easy, friendly way
  •   她仍然信守自己的每一句话.   She still stands by every word she said
  • n.  她从没发过脾气, 这足以明她多有耐性.   It says a lot for her that she never lost her temper, ie It shows how patient she is
  • prep.  她从那天以後就再也不和他话了.   She never spoke to him again from that day on
  • n.  她以圆滑的手腕服他们接受这些变动.   She gets them to accept these changes by tactful management
  • v.  她以悲伤的语调接著往下.   Her speech continued in the same dismal strain
  • adv.  她会法语, 德语, 还会一点儿俄语.   She speaks French and German and also a little Russian
  •   她会说法语吗?   Does she speak French?
  • adv.  她低声跟我话以免别人听见.   She whispered to me so no one else would hear
  • n.  她偶然出她还没交税呢.   She let slip that she had not paid her tax
  • n.  她写的书用的是取笑传统侦探小的笔法, 令人捧腹.   Her book is a hilarious send-up of a conventional spy story
  • n.  她写的浪漫小谁也比不了.   in the field of romantic fiction