中中英惯用例句:
| - 在美式英语中, hunting指hunter猎杀鹿或野鸟.
In US English hunting relates to the shooting of deer or game birds by a hunter. - 在`Go away!'中用的是祈使语气的动词.
In `Go away!' the verb is in the imperative. - 在`It's a bloody miracle!'一句中, `bloody'是用作加强语气的词.
In `It's a bloody miracle!', `bloody' is used as an intensive word. - 空气自气球中逸出. =>Usage at drip1 用法见drip1.
Air leaked out of the balloon. - 那影片招致许多人的反感, 尤其是工人不满其中对工人生活的描写. 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, 眼中闪露出柔情. Cf 参看 dark1.
came into her eyes as she looked at him. - 我看不出社会党人能在大选中获胜. =>Usage at feel1 用法见feel1.
It doesn't look to me as if the Socialists will win the election. - 假期中我见过她很多次. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1.
during the holidays. - 委员中赞成提出修改意见的占大多数. the silent majority => silent.
Among the members of the committee those who favour the proposed changes are in the majority. - 她在那出剧中当喜剧演员而一举成名. wipe sth off the map => wipe.
Her performance in that play really put her on the map as a comedy actress. - 关於March的用法见April词条中的示例.
mad as a March hare => mad. For the uses of March see the examples at April. - 在dumb一字中b不发音.
The `b' in `dumb' is mute. - 他年轻时即已恶贯满盈. win/lose by a `neck (in horse-racing, etc) win/lose by a small margin (赛马等中的)稍胜[负], 小赢[输]. wring sb's neck => wring.
Even as a young man he was up to his neck in crime. - 关於nine和ninth的用法见five和fifth词条中的示例.
For the uses of nine and ninth see the examples at five and fifth. - 在Oxford一词中有两个O.
There are two O's in Oxford. - 从几个例子中仅给你举出一例....
To give you only one example out of several.... - 集中供暖设备一定要关掉. Cf 参看 on1 4.
Make sure the central heating is off. - 你当过推销员, 这一经历就比其他申请人强. For the uses of one see the examples at five. 关於one的用法见five词条中的示例.
Your experience as a sales assistant puts you one up on the other candidates. - 你不可过高估计他在谈判中的作用. Cf 参看 underplay.
You must not overplay his part in the negotiations. - 邮递员按门铃叫门投递包裹. A package in British English is usually carried and not sent. 英式英语中package通常指携带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邮递物品的包装材料.
package to deliver. - 她看来资历很好. a ,paper `tiger person or thing that is less powerful or threatening than he/it seems or claims to be 纸老虎(外强中乾的人或事物). put pen to paper => pen.
She looks good on paper, ie has good qualifications. - 在break down和tell sb off两词组中, down和off都是副词小词.
In `break down' and `tell sb off', `down' and `off' are adverbial particles. - 人人均有自卫权. 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. 在特指时, 可以说`我看见有个人[男的/女的]骑著马'(英文句中可以不用person, 用someone/a man/a woman).
People have the right to defend themselves. - 我去买了份报纸, 回来就找不到我排队中的位置了. =>Usage at space 用法见space.
I went to buy a newspaper and lost my place in the queue. - 我们在雨中跋涉了几小时. =>Usage at stump 用法见stump.
We plodded on through the rain for several hours. - 在危难中有了她就稳定了人心. Cf 参看 absence.
Her presence during the crisis had a calming effect. - 他已提升为中士. Cf 参看 demote.
He was promoted to sergeant. - 本定义中的英文字使用的是罗马字体. Cf 参看 italic.
are set in roman type. - 第2幕中我有些大段台词要记.
I've got some very long speeches to learn in Act 2. - 中士的袖子上有几道V形条纹?
How many stripes are there on a sergeant's sleeve? - 他因患中风而致半身不遂. Cf 参看 apoplexy.
The stroke left him paralysed on one side of his body. - 在if I were you这一短语中, were是虚拟式的. Cf 参看 imperative 3, indicative.
In the phrase `if I were you', `were' is subjunctive.
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