一中英惯用例句:
  • 几家公司正为争取一项合同而互相竞争.
    to gain the contract.
  • 他获诗歌比赛第一名. =>Usage at sport 用法见sport.
    He came first in the poetry competition.
  • 她在面试之前有机会见到了对手（与她竞争同一职位者）.
    before the interview.
  • 在I'm angry一句中, angry是补语.
    In the sentence `I'm angry', `angry' is the complement.
  • 我那套狄更斯小说只差一卷就能配齐了.
    I only need one volume to complete my set of Dickens's novels.
  • 政府同往常一样唯唯诺诺, 对他们的要求作出让步.
    The Government, compliant as ever, gave in to their demands.
  • 他演奏了一首自己创作的钢琴奏鸣曲.
    He played a piano sonata of his own composition, ie that he himself had composed.
  • 两个小男孩和一条狗成了街头艺人仅有的观众.
    Two small boys and a dog comprised the street entertainer's only audience.
  • 下议院和上议院组成了英国国会. This use of comprise is less common and careful speakers avoid be comprised of in sense 1. *comprise一词的这一用法并不多见, 用词考究的人避免用be comprised of於上述第1义.
    constitute the British Parliament.
  • 我想去希腊, 可我妻子想去西班牙, 於是我们折衷了一下, 去意大利.
    Italy.
  • 她一直让我们等著却毫无歉意.
    She kept us waiting without the slightest compunction.
  • 那确实很大, 在这一点上我向你认输.
    It's certainly big, I'll concede you that.
  • 英格兰队在第一分钟就输（给对方）一分.
    in the first minute.
  • 我真想不通你为什麽让孩子一个人走（我认为你这样做很蠢）.
    I cannot conceive why you allowed the child to go alone, ie I think you were very foolish to allow it.
  • 那损失对一切有关的人来说都是极为痛心的.
    The loss was a tragedy for all concerned, ie all those affected by it.
  • 她以一个有趣的故事结束谈话.
    She concluded her talk with a funny story.
  • 他的剃须镜上有一层小水珠.
    His shaving mirror was covered with condensation.
  • 做这项工作的其中一个条件是要会开车.
    One of the conditions of the job is that you should be able to drive, ie In order to get the job you must be able to drive.
  • 他承认自己对於他们的计划一无所知.
    totally ignorant of their plans.
  • 他（向我）吐露说他已申请了另一份工作.
    that he had applied for another job.
  • 请来信确认一下您所预订的项目（来信确认在电话中预订的项目）.
    Please write to confirm your reservation, ie send a letter to support a booking made by telephone.
  • 我们在等候通知预定的下一步行程是否落实.
    We are waiting for confirmation of our onward reservations, ie waiting to be told that our further travel bookings are still valid.
  • 两个证人的证词不一致.
    The statements of the two witnesses conflict.
  • 他们提了一大堆问题, 把我都弄糊涂了.
    They confused me by asking so many questions.
  • 我总是分不出这对姐妹, 她们看上去简直一模一样.
    they look so alike.
  • 我觉得我的工作的这一方面特别适合於我.
    I find this aspect of my job particularly congenial.
  • 我把钢笔弄丢了, 可是她像变戏法似的不知从什麽地方又给我弄来一枝.
    I had lost my pen, but she conjured up another one for me from somewhere.
  • 爷爷吃过午饭往往要睡一个小时左右.
    for an hour or so after lunch.
  • 听到有人把他们俩扯在一起, 我感到很惊奇, 我以前从未想到过他们之间有什麽关系.
    I've never connected them before.
  • 中午有一次联运航班.
    There's a connecting flight at midday.
  • 他被解雇一事与他的工作好坏无关.
    the quality of his work.
  • 英格兰队在第一轮比赛中就击败了主要对手.
    England conquered their main rivals in the first round of the competition.