中英慣用例句:
  • 那所房子在半小時之內就被焚為地.
    The house burnt down in half an hour.
  • 騎車的人必須善 於保持衡.
    Riders need a good sense of balance.
  • 這座城市經過昨天的動亂以後又靜下來了. =>Usage at quiet 用法見quiet.
    The city is calm again after yesterday's riots.
  • 這次橫渡英吉利海峽風浪靜.
    The Channel crossing was very calm.
  • 她胸部扁(乳房很小).
    She's ,flat-chested, ie She has very small breasts.
  • 他退伍後恢復民生活.
    He left the army and returned to civilian life.
  • 在現代戰爭中, 戰鬥人員與非戰鬥人員(民)都可能死亡.
    are killed.
  • 他沒有真正表現出日的高水來.
    His performance didn't really come up to his usual high standard.
  • 知道她安無事是令人寬慰的事.
    It's a comfort to know that she is safe.
  • 他泛泛地談了幾句關於和與民主的話.
    He uttered a few commonplaces about peace and democracy.
  • 初學者的畫不能與專傢的相比(水極不相同).
    A beginner's painting can't be compared to that of an expert, ie is very different in quality.
  • 這部小說就算能暢銷, 也不過是之作.
    The novel may be a best seller, but it's no more than a competent piece of writing.
  • 條約簽定以後, 戰事隨之結束.
    Hostilities ended with the conclusion of a peace treaty.
  • 簽訂這樣一項條約, 是對世界和的重大貢獻.
    world peace.
  • 她在危難中總能保持冷靜、 靜和鎮靜.
    She always remains cool, calm and collected in a crisis.
  • 這車轉彎轉得很平穩.
    The car corners well, ie remains steady on curves.
  • 過於嚴厲則適得其反, 使全體工作人員憤憤不.
    it just makes the staff resentful.
  • 沒有任何事幹擾村裏一嚮靜的生活.
    Nothing disturbs the peaceful current of life in the village.
  • 比賽以2比2打成局結束.
    The match ended in a draw 2-2.
  • 她工作很慢, 但心而論, 她確實非常努力. give the devil his due => devil1.
    She's a slow worker but, to give her her due, she does try very hard.
  • 在英式英語中, 樓房地面與街道相的樓層叫ground floor, ground floor上面的一層叫first floor. *In US English the street-level floor is the first floor and the one above is the second floor. 在美式英語中, 與街道相的樓層叫first floor, 其上面的一層叫second floor.
    In British English the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor and the floor above that is the first floor.
  • 常起得很早. =>Usage at hopeful 用法見hopeful.
    I generally get up early.
  • 工作分配得很公. Cf 參看 apportion.
    The work was portioned out fairly.
  • 兩針織, 兩針反織. Cf 參看 plain3.
    Knit two plain, two purl.
  • 這傢店日是早上9點開門嗎?
    Does the shop open at 9 am on weekdays? It opens at 8 am on weekdays, but at 9 at weekends.
  • 我國面積五十萬裏。
    My country has an area of 500,000 square kilometers.
  • 洋上一些小島的景色十分優美。
    The scenery is very beautiful in the small islands in the Pacific Oceans.
  • 河畔的原易於發展農業嗎?
    Is the plain along the river good for farming?
  • 在這坦的鄉間,人們種指小麥,飼養牲畜。
    In the flat country, people grow wheat and raise cattle.
  • 你們廠均年産汽車多少臺?
    What's the average yearly output of cars in your factory?
  • 我們的均售價是每個180美元。
    Our average whole sell price is 180$ / unit.
  • 我方還盤與國際市場相符,公合理
    Our counter offer is well in line with the international market, fair and reasonable.