参中英慣用例句:
  • 你要是在墻上挂幾幅畫, 這個房間就更有生氣. Cf 參看 any1.
    If you put some pictures on the wall the room will look brighter.
  • 我們的女兒給我們發來了再要點錢的求救信號. Cf 參看 mayday.
    Our daughter sent us an SOS for some more money.
  • 他在工作上不特別賣力. Cf 參看 especial.
    He takes no special trouble with his work.
  • 手術室應該完全無菌. Cf 參看 fertile.
    An operating theatre should be completely sterile.
  • 他因患中風而致半身不遂. Cf 參看 apoplexy.
    The stroke left him paralysed on one side of his body.
  • 文學評論傢的看法不應太主觀. Cf 參看 objective.
    A literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach.
  • 在if I were you這一短語中, were是虛擬式的. Cf 參看 imperative 3, indicative.
    In the phrase `if I were you', `were' is subjunctive.
  • 財富與慷慨未必同義（富人不見得都慷慨）. Cf 參看 antonym.
    Wealth is not necessarily synonymous with generosity, ie Rich people are not always generous.
  • 褲腿逐漸嚮裏收窄了一些. Cf 參看 flare2.
    The trouser legs are slightly tapered.
  • 這衹是暫時的安排. Cf 參看 impermanent.
    This arrangement is only temporary.
  • 我那時還跟父母住在一起. Cf 參看 this.
    in those days, ie at that particular time in the past.
  • 我們應該努力擺脫勞資關係中｀那群人和我們＇這種對立的態度. Cf 參看 they.
    We should try to get away from a `them and us' attitude in industrial relations.
  • 她到那時就要退休了. Cf 參看 now.
    She'll have retired by then.
  • 先去教堂再問一下--就在那兒附近. Cf 參看 here.
    Go to the church and ask again it's near there.
  • 上面（負責人）又送來一個表格讓我們填寫. Cf 參看 them.
    sent us another form to fill in.
  • 她穿過來往的車輛走到路的對面. Cf 參看 across2.
    She made her way through the traffic to the other side of the road.
  • 他會說英語, 但他的母語是德語. Cf 參看 mother tongue (mother).
    He speaks English, but his native tongue is German.
  • 他們的幸福可惜是短 暫的. Cf 參看 transitory.
    Their happiness was to be sadly transient.
  • 我認為她沉默不語就是同意了. Cf 參看 interpret.
    I translated her silence as assent.
  • 千萬不要低估對手. Cf 參看 overestimate, underrate.
    Never underestimate your opponent, ie think that you will beat him easily.
  • 以下為本合同之見證人. Cf 參看 above-mentioned (above1).
    The undermentioned is witness to this contract.
  • 他這個演員受到的評價過低. Cf 參看 overrate, underestimate.
    As an actor, he's seriously underrated.
  • 這些煤的重量少了六磅. =>Usage at thin 用法見thin. Cf 參看 overweight.
    underweight by six pounds.
  • 這件事發生時我正在樓上. Cf 參看 downstairs.
    I was upstairs when it happened.
  • 在（我們）上遊的工廠污染了河水. Cf 參看 downstream.
    are polluting the water.
  • 她似乎時來運轉了. Cf 參看 upswing.
    to be on the upturn.
  • 在該實驗中溫度是一個變量. Cf 參看 constant n.
    Temperature was a variablein the experiment.
  • 全村人都知道那件醜事了. Cf 參看 hamlet, town.
    The whole village knew about the scandal.
  • 她面部表情顯得對什麽都不感興趣. Cf 參看 devoid.
    Her face was void of all interest.
  • 屋子裏的聲音把我吵醒了. Cf 參看 awake1, awaken.
    by a noise in the room.
  • 我喜歡加牛奶或奶油的咖啡. Cf 參看 black1.
    I like my coffee white, ie with milk or cream in it.
  • 你反倒把事情弄得更糟了. Cf 參看 worst.
    You are only making things worse.