他中英惯用例句:
  • 他私下的行为跟公开的言论完全是两码事.
    his publicly expressed opinions.
  • 他不听医生的吩咐, 又回去工作了.
    Contrary to the doctor's orders, he had gone back to work.
  • 他的白头发与黑皮肤形成了鲜明的对比.
    his dark skin.
  • 我们的制度与他们的相比, 显得过於守旧了.
    In contrast with their system, ours seems very old-fashioned.
  • 他们兄弟俩截然不同.
    There is a remarkable contrast between the two brothers.
  • 他装设了一种贮存雨水的器具.
    He erected some contrivance for storing rain-water.
  • 他们突如其来的发作显然是真的, 这是装不出来的.
    Their sudden outburst was obviously genuine; it couldn't have been contrived.
  • 他弄巧成拙.
    He contrived to make matters worse, ie unintentionally made them worse by what he did.
  • 他控制不住自己的感情.
    He has no control over his emotions.
  • 他气得无法自制.
    , ie started to behave wildly.
  • 我气得不得了, 就打了他.
    I was so furious I couldn't control myself, and I hit him.
  • 我现在不便见他.
    I can't see him now; it's not convenient.
  • 他说了几句关於天气的客套话.
    He made a few conventional remarks about the weather.
  • 他一向赞同货币经济理论, 然而当他看到这种理论加重了失业现象之後, 他彻底改变了看法.
    when he saw how it increased unemployment.
  • 他已皈依天主教.
    He's converted to Catholicism.
  • 这家新报纸已经逐渐把其他报纸的读者争取过来.
    gaining converts, ie people who used to read other newspapers.
  • 他因窜改帐目而入狱.
    He was sent to prison for cooking the books, ie dishonestly changing the financial records, esp for personal profit.
  • 警方发现了他的指纹, 他意识到自己已经完了.
    When the police found his fingerprints he knew his goose was cooked, ie knew that he would be caught.
  • 我知道他们一心想帮忙, 可惜人多反而坏了事.
    I know they only meant to help, but it was a case of too many `cooks, I'm afraid.
  • 我察觉到他们彼此有些冷淡.
    between them.
  • 她对他无动於衷, 这并未能冷却他的感情.
    Her unresponsiveness failed to cool his ardour.
  • 让他等一会儿吧, 好教训教训他别那麽没礼貌.
    that'll teach him to be impolite.
  • 他起初夸耀自己勇敢, 到头来却打了退堂鼓.
    at the finish.
  • 不要老是蹈袭他人, 你应该有主见.
    Don't always copy what the others do; use your own ideas.
  • 他是地地道道的英国人.
    He is English to the core, ie completely English in manner, speech, dress, etc.
  • 我拐过街角儿时他已经不见了.
    he had disappeared.
  • 他的膝盖撞在桌子角儿上了.
    He hit his knee on the corner of the table.
  • 因我谎称钱仍在我处, 所以他们要我交出时, 我很尴尬.
    Having lied that I still had the money, I was in rather a corner when they asked me to hand it over.
  • 教练员建议他退场. =>illus at boxing 见boxing之插图.
    His corner advised him to retire.
  • 努力奋斗是他成功的基础.
    Hard work was the corner-stone of his success.
  • 我们已（互相）通信多年了, 可是我从未见过他本人.
    for years but I've never actually met him.
  • 我决不就这一问题与他通信.
    with him about it.