中英慣用例句:
  • 他在內戰為共和事業而戰.
    He fought for the republican cause in the civil war.
  • 在霧開車要極為小心.
    You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.
  • 我們住在倫敦中部.
    We live in central London.
  • 我們的房子就在市心.
    Our house is very central, ie is in or close to the centre of the town.
  • 首相是內閣文件泄密政治糾紛的心人物.
    The Prime Minister is at the centre of a political row over leaked Cabinet documents.
  • 她的觀點是間偏左還是偏右?
    Are her views to the left or right of centre?
  • 村民的社交活動都集在當地的體育俱樂部.
    The social life of the village centres round the local sports club.
  • 在許多棋類遊戲, 大多靠碰運氣取勝.
    Chance plays a big part in many board games.
  • 竊賊走後房屋一片凌亂.
    chaos.
  • 你從她的畫法看到她有什麽個性?
    What does her handwriting tell you about her character?
  • 我方一前鋒受到對方後衛的猛衝攔截(足球賽).
    One of our strikers was violently charged by a defender, ie in a game of football.
  • 你在咖喱食品放了多少辣椒?
    How much chilli did you put in the curry?
  • 這些商店沒有多少可挑選的東西.
    There's not much choice in the shops.
  • 血液膽固醇含量高可導致心髒病.
    A high cholesterol level in the blood can cause heart disease.
  • 我們得從五位候選人挑選新經理.
    We have to choose a new manager from a short-list of five candidates.
  • 電路中一定有斷路.
    There must be a break in the circuit.
  • 她在政府行政機關工作(如在內政部).
    She works in the Civil Service, eg in the Home Office.
  • 新經理清除了部門的冗員.
    The new manager made a clean sweep of the department.
  • 他設法從燃燒著的汽車跳了出來.
    the burning car.
  • 間諜的活動是在外交的掩護下暗進行的.
    The spy's activities were concealed by the cloak of diplomacy.
  • 他手中緊握著錢.
    His hand closed over the money.
  • 社會黨人在選舉會輕易獲勝.
    in the election.
  • 他在大街上暈倒, 在送往醫院途死去.
    He collapsed in the street and died on the way to hospital.
  • 在 The radio's on the blink(收音機壞了)一句的 on the blink(壞了)這一詞組是口語用語.
    is a colloquialism.
  • 花園中五彩繽紛.
    The garden was a mass of colour.
  • 在現代戰爭, 戰鬥人員與非戰鬥人員(平民)都可能死亡.
    are killed.
  • 心的建築風格是古今結合, 渾然一體.
    The architecture in the town centre is a successful combination of old and new.
  • 她在這次考試得第一.
    in the examination.
  • 在字母表A在B的前面.
    A' comes before `B' in the alphabet.
  • 她在面試給人留下很好的[很壞的]印象.
    badly in interviews.
  • 社會黨人在上次選舉當選.
    The socialists came in at the last election.
  • 他在拳擊比賽總是很糟糕.
    He always comes off badly in fights.