中英惯用例句:
  • 杰克好就好在拒不与.
    Jack, to his credit, refused to get involved.
  • 逆风很强刮得船难以离港. Cf 看 cross-wind. > crossly adv. crossness n [U].
    Strong cross breezes make it difficult for boats to leave harbour.
  • 电压突然增加烧断了保险丝而使电灯熄灭. Cf 看 alternating current (alternate2), direct current (direct1).
    A sudden surge in the current made the lights fuse.
  • 我们若不能增加货物的销售量, 就必须大幅度降低产量. Cf 看 cut-back.
    production.
  • 定餐菜单上列出的都很实惠. Cf 看 a la carte.
    The table d'hote menu offers good value.
  • 我说他懒惰, 他就狠狠地瞪了我一眼. Cf 看 cloak-and-dagger (cloak).
    He looked daggers at me when I told him he was lazy.
  • 虽然他做国王的身分为人诟病, 但他仍大权在握. Cf 看 de jure.
    Though his kingship was challenged, he continued to rule de facto.
  • 驾驶员汇报了空袭情况. Cf 看 brief2.
    Pilots were debriefed on the bombing raid.
  • 切勿讲不雅的故事. Cf 看 indecent.
    Never tell stories that are not decent, ie that are obscene.
  • 这消息很使人泄气. Cf 看 dispirit.
    The news is very demoralizing.
  • 无可否认.... Cf 看 affirm.
    There is no denying the fact that..., ie Everyone must admit that...
  • 我们为避开洪水得绕道而行. Cf 看 diversion.
    We had to make a detour round the floods.
  • 你今天的答覆跟你上星期说的恰好相反. Cf 看 indirect.
    Your reply today is in direct contradiction to what you said last week.
  • 我怎麽也学不会发动 引擎. Cf 看 invent1.
    I never discovered how to start the engine.
  • 客人一到, 他立刻笑脸相迎. Cf 看 doff.
    He quickly donned a welcoming smile as his guests arrived.
  • 他弯身拾起他的手套. Cf 看 up 1a.
    He bent down to pick up his gloves.
  • 我们已落後两分. Cf 看 up 2.
    We're two goals down already, ie The other team has scored two goals and we have scored none.
  • 她已(从校长)降为副校长. Cf 看 upgrade.
    to deputy.
  • 他们在楼下等我们. Cf 看 upstairs.
    They're waiting for us downstairs.
  • 他住在埃克塞特的东边. Cf 看 north, south, west.
    Exeter.
  • 在莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中, 由福丁布拉斯念收场白. Cf 看 prologue.
    Fortinbras speaks the epilogue in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.
  • 麦克佩斯退场. Cf 看 exeunt.
    Exit Macbeth.
  • 她去见他时带著有所期待的神情. Cf 看 life expectancy (life).
    She went to meet him with an air of expectancy, ie as if expecting him to bring sth.
  • 这一新闻节目只报道国外消息. Cf 看 internal.
    This news programme only covers external events, ie foreignnews.
  • 他们把自己的老师叫作`胖子', 但却从未当面叫过. Cf 看 behind sb's back (back1). wipe sth off the face of the earth => wipe.
    They called their teacher `Fatty' but never to his face.
  • 全镇沉浸在节日的气氛之中. Cf 看 festal.
    The whole town is in festive mood.
  • 工地上事故不多. (Cf 看 There are few accidents on site. ) =>Usage at less 用法见less. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1.
    Accidents on site are few.
  • 别说这种傻乎乎的谎话了. Cf 看 lie1 n.
    Stop telling such silly fibs.
  • 事实往往比小说更离奇. Cf 看 non-fiction.
    Truth is often stranger than fiction.
  • 房价包括不合我们心意的许多固定装置和附 加设备. Cf 看 fitting2 2, movables (movable).
    The price of the house included many existing fixtures and fittings that were not to our taste.
  • 他过去在外交部工作. Cf 看 FCO.
    He used to work at the FO.
  • 我希望你能道歉--那事你做得太莽撞了. Cf 看 backward.
    I hope you'll apologize that was a very forward thing to do.