他中英慣用例句:
  • 對他說話可得小心.
    what you say to him.
  • 他用錢很仔細.
    He's very careful with his money, ie He doesn't spend it on unimportant things.
  • 她撫摩他的手.
    She caressed his hand.
  • 汽車載著他行駛了500英裏以後拋錨了.
    The car had carried him 500 miles before it broke down.
  • 他在比賽中撞斷了腿而被擡走.
    He broke his leg during the match and had to be carried off.
  • 他能把這一經歷記一輩子. =>Usage at wear2 用法見wear2.
    for the rest of his life.
  • 他主持著這個部門.
    , ie It is only functioning because of his efforts and abilities.
  • 他謙虛得過分.
    He carries modesty to extremes, ie is too modest.
  • 他一看電視中的摔跤就很興奮.
    He tends to get carried away when watching wrestling on TV.
  • 儘管他感到非常緊張, 但總算把演講順利地講完了.
    He carried the speech off well despite feeling very nervous.
  • 他們决定不管天氣好壞都堅持著（如繼續走）.
    in spite of the weather.
  • 這一悲劇在他們的生命中投下了一片陰影（使他們愁悶、 沮喪）.
    over their lives, ie made them gloomy and depressed.
  • 選派他扮演奧賽羅的角色.
    cast in the role of Othello.
  • 他的身體是鐵打的.
    He has a ,cast-iron consti`tution.
  • 他們無法給她定罪. 她的答辯無懈可擊.
    They won't find her guilty. She's got a,cast-iron de`fence.
  • 他的頭腦不尋常.
    He has an unusual cast of mind.
  • 他的工作態度不太認真.
    His attitude to his job is rather casual.
  • 他正要離開大樓的時候, 我把他截住了.
    just as he was leaving the building.
  • 他一隻腳被樹根絆住而跌倒了.
    He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled.
  • 那塊石頭擊中他頭部的側面.
    The stone caught him on the side of the head.
  • 他是個好對象（值得嫁給他）.
    He's a good catch, ie worth getting as a husband.
  • 他在內戰中為共和事業而戰.
    He fought for the republican cause in the civil war.
  • 那些人叫他賠償由他造成的損失[他被迫賠償自己所造成的損失].
    He was made to pay for the damage he had done.
  • 他的詩很有理性.
    His poetry is very cerebral.
  • 肯定他會同意[他一定同意].
    He is certain to agree.
  • 他們除非今天獲救, 否則必死無疑.
    They face certain death unless they can be rescued today.
  • 我說不準他什麽時候到.
    I couldn't say for certain when he'll arrive.
  • 你不請大夫來, 他就得死了. Cf 參看 surely.
    He will certainly die if you don't call a doctor.
  • 他們一定遲到.
    certain to be late.
  • 我肯定他們得遲到.
    they'll be late.
  • 有一件事是確定無疑的, 他們得遲到.
    they'd be late.
  • 我確信他能辦到（即我認為[希望]他能辦到）.
    hope he will.