中英惯用短语:
  • v.  她冲他一些刻薄的挖苦话.   She makes mean little digs at him
  • v.  她冷嘲热讽把我噎得一句话都不出来.   I felt completely squashed by her sarcastic comment
  •   她劝他说实话.   She persuaded him to tell the truth
  • v.  她原谅了他的轻率的话.   She forgave him his thoughtless remark
  • n.  她又是小家又当大学讲师, 有两手准备.   As both a novelist and a university lecturer, she has two strings to her bow
  • n.  她反驳我提出的各点都很有服力, 很快就将我的论点驳倒.   She replied to my points so convincingly that my argument was soon in tatters
  • v.  她反驳, `一派胡言!'   Nonsense!' she retorted
  • n.  她发誓再也不跟他话了.   She vowed never to speak to him again
  •   她受聘虽是临时性的, 但却是一大成功.   albeit temporary success
  • v.  她叙述曾看见那持枪歹徒.   having seen the gunman
  • n.  她只要认为谎有利, 就连犹豫都不犹豫.   She wouldn't scruple to tell a lie if she thought it would be useful
  • v.  她可不胆小--任何场合都能为自己话.   She's no shrinking violet always ready to speak up for herself
  • pron.  她可不说人闲话.   She was never one to gossip, ie who would gossip
  • v.  她向孩子们解释学校已经关门了.   She explained to the children that the school had been closed
  • v.  她向老板明了自己那种表现的原因.   She explained her conduct to her boss
  • adj.  她吓唬孩子要狠狠打他们一顿.   She threatened the children with a walloping