中中英慣用例句:
  • 在美式英語中, hunting指hunter獵殺鹿或野鳥.
    In US English hunting relates to the shooting of deer or game birds by a hunter.
  • 在`Go away!'中用的是祈使語氣的動詞.
    In `Go away!' the verb is in the imperative.
  • 在`It's a bloody miracle!'一句中, `bloody'是用作加強語氣的詞.
    In `It's a bloody miracle!', `bloody' is used as an intensive word.
  • 空氣自氣球中逸出. =>Usage at drip1 用法見drip1.
    Air leaked out of the balloon.
  • 那影片招致許多人的反感, 尤其是工人不滿其中對工人生活的描寫. last but not least => last2.
    The film caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described.
  • 她望著他, 眼中閃露出柔情. Cf 參看 dark1.
    came into her eyes as she looked at him.
  • 我看不出社會黨人能在大選中獲勝. =>Usage at feel1 用法見feel1.
    It doesn't look to me as if the Socialists will win the election.
  • 假期中我見過她很多次. =>Usage at much1 用法見much1.
    during the holidays.
  • 委員中贊成提出修改意見的占大多數. the silent majority => silent.
    Among the members of the committee those who favour the proposed changes are in the majority.
  • 她在那出劇中當喜劇演員而一舉成名. wipe sth off the map => wipe.
    Her performance in that play really put her on the map as a comedy actress.
  • 關於March的用法見April詞條中的示例.
    mad as a March hare => mad. For the uses of March see the examples at April.
  • 在dumb一字中b不發音.
    The `b' in `dumb' is mute.
  • 他年輕時即已惡貫滿盈. win/lose by a `neck (in horse-racing, etc) win/lose by a small margin （賽馬等中的）稍勝[負], 小贏[輸]. wring sb's neck => wring.
    Even as a young man he was up to his neck in crime.
  • 關於nine和ninth的用法見five和fifth詞條中的示例.
    For the uses of nine and ninth see the examples at five and fifth.
  • 在Oxford一詞中有兩個O.
    There are two O's in Oxford.
  • 從幾個例子中僅給你舉出一例....
    To give you only one example out of several....
  • 集中供暖設備一定要關掉. Cf 參看 on1 4.
    Make sure the central heating is off.
  • 你當過推銷員, 這一經歷就比其他申請人強. For the uses of one see the examples at five. 關於one的用法見five詞條中的示例.
    Your experience as a sales assistant puts you one up on the other candidates.
  • 你不可過高估計他在談判中的作用. Cf 參看 underplay.
    You must not overplay his part in the negotiations.
  • 郵遞員按門鈴叫門投遞包裹. A package in British English is usually carried and not sent. 英式英語中package通常指攜帶的而不是寄送的包裹. Packaging is the material used to wrap and protect products sold in shops or sent through the post. *packaging是指商店售出商品或郵遞物品的包裝材料.
    package to deliver.
  • 她看來資歷很好. a ,paper `tiger person or thing that is less powerful or threatening than he/it seems or claims to be 紙老虎（外強中乾的人或事物）. put pen to paper => pen.
    She looks good on paper, ie has good qualifications.
  • 在break down和tell sb off兩詞組中, down和off都是副詞小詞.
    In `break down' and `tell sb off', `down' and `off' are adverbial particles.
  • 人人均有自衛權. When referring to a particular situation, we can say I saw someone/a man/a woman riding a horse instead of I saw a person riding a horse. 在特指時, 可以說｀我看見有個人[男的/女的]騎著馬＇（英文句中可以不用person, 用someone/a man/a woman）.
    People have the right to defend themselves.
  • 我去買了份報紙, 回來就找不到我排隊中的位置了. =>Usage at space 用法見space.
    I went to buy a newspaper and lost my place in the queue.
  • 我們在雨中跋涉了幾小時. =>Usage at stump 用法見stump.
    We plodded on through the rain for several hours.
  • 在危難中有了她就穩定了人心. Cf 參看 absence.
    Her presence during the crisis had a calming effect.
  • 他已提升為中士. Cf 參看 demote.
    He was promoted to sergeant.
  • 本定義中的英文字使用的是羅馬字體. Cf 參看 italic.
    are set in roman type.
  • 第2幕中我有些大段臺詞要記.
    I've got some very long speeches to learn in Act 2.
  • 中士的袖子上有幾道V形條紋?
    How many stripes are there on a sergeant's sleeve?
  • 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.
  • 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.