中英惯用例句:
  • 在美式英语, 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!'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, `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.
  • 假期我见过她很多次. =>Usage at much1 用法见much1.
    during the holidays.
  • 委员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.
  • 从几个例子仅给你举出一例....
    To give you only one example out of several....
  • 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, 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.
  • 他已提升为士. Cf 参看 demote.
    He was promoted to sergeant.
  • 本定义的英文字使用的是罗马字体. Cf 参看 italic.
    are set in roman type.
  • 第2幕我有些大段台词要记.
    I've got some very long speeches to learn in Act 2.
  • 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, were是虚拟式的. Cf 参看 imperative 3, indicative.
    In the phrase `if I were you', `were' is subjunctive.