中英慣用短語:
  • adv.  時間像我們預料的那麽久.   It didn't take so long as we expected
  • adj.  時間表變動得如此頻繁, 似乎有什麽道理.   It seems illogical to change the timetable so often
  • vi.  昏暈, 昏厥, 昏倒, 變得微弱, 變得氣力   faint
  • adj.  易壞的, 脆弱的, 淺薄的, 薄的, 無力的, 浮誇的, 有價值的, 輕而薄的, 不足信的   flimsy
  • indef det  星期日從來就有多少新聞.   There's never very much news on Sundays
  •   星期日是什麽人上班的日子.   Sunday is the day when very few people go to work
  • prep.  昨夜我們這裏風雨很大, 這孩子卻一直睡著醒.   We had an awful storm last night but the baby slept right through
  • pron.  昨天我收到賀卡, 但今天有幾張.   I didn't get any cards yesterday but today there were a few
  • n.  昨天有[因雨停止]比賽.   Rain stopped play yesterday
  • n.  是你同意和我結婚的, 我又掩飾缺陷.   You agreed to marry me, warts and all
  • adj.  顯得有點精打采的政治討論.   rather low-powered political discussions
  • adv.  最少, 最不, 最有, 最小   least
  • n.  有[有些/有/什麽]重點的故事、 意見等   little point (to it)
  • n.  有[]理性、理智、體統、禮貌等   go beyond the bounds of reason, sanity, decency, propriety, etc
  • n.  有[沒有]...的可能性   no possibility of
  • n.  有[沒有]住處   no place to live