参中英惯用例句:
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Jack, to his credit, refused to get involved. - 逆风很强刮得船难以离港. Cf 参看 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 参看 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 参看 cut-back.
production. - 定餐菜单上列出的都很实惠. Cf 参看 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 参看 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 参看 de jure.
Though his kingship was challenged, he continued to rule de facto. - 驾驶员汇报了空袭情况. Cf 参看 brief2.
Pilots were debriefed on the bombing raid. - 切勿讲不雅的故事. Cf 参看 indecent.
Never tell stories that are not decent, ie that are obscene. - 这消息很使人泄气. Cf 参看 dispirit.
The news is very demoralizing. - 无可否认.... Cf 参看 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 参看 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 参看 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 参看 invent1.
I never discovered how to start the engine. - 客人一到, 他立刻笑脸相迎. Cf 参看 doff.
He quickly donned a welcoming smile as his guests arrived. - 他弯身拾起他的手套. Cf 参看 up 1a.
He bent down to pick up his gloves. - 我们已落後两分. Cf 参看 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 参看 upgrade.
to deputy. - 他们在楼下等我们. Cf 参看 upstairs.
They're waiting for us downstairs. - 他住在埃克塞特的东边. Cf 参看 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 参看 prologue.
Fortinbras speaks the epilogue in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'. - 麦克佩斯退场. Cf 参看 exeunt.
Exit Macbeth. - 她去见他时带著有所期待的神情. Cf 参看 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 参看 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 参看 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 参看 festal.
The whole town is in festive mood. - 工地上事故不多. (Cf 参看 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 参看 lie1 n.
Stop telling such silly fibs. - 事实往往比小说更离奇. Cf 参看 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 参看 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 参看 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 参看 backward.
I hope you'll apologize that was a very forward thing to do.
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