一中英惯用例句:
  • 在夏天一个温暖的夜晚...
    On a warm summer evening...
  • 这一新闻节目只报道国外消息. Cf 参看 internal.
    This news programme only covers external events, ie foreignnews.
  • 您对我一直像父亲一样. =>App 8 见附录8.
    a father to me.
  • 很少有人活到一百岁.
    Few people live to be 100.
  • 在英式英语中, 楼房地面与街道相平的楼层叫ground floor, ground floor上面的一层叫first floor. *In US English the street-level floor is the first floor and the one above is the second floor. 在美式英语中, 与街道相平的楼层叫first floor, 其上面的一层叫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.
  • 用request一词比用ask for显得郑重.
    Request' is a more formal way of saying `ask for'.
  • 剧院已客满, 很抱歉你只能等下一场了. =>Usage at empty1 用法见empty1.
    The theatre is full, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for the next show.
  • 他腿瘸[有一只瘸腿]. Cf 参看 gammy.
    has a game leg.
  • 一顿饭吃三道菜不到1英镑, 这日子一去不复返了.
    Gone are the days when you could buy a three-course meal for under 1.
  • 她非常漂亮.* a ,good-looking `horse 一匹好看的马. =>Usage at beautiful 用法见beautiful.
    She's terribly good-looking.
  • 她一想到那个就厌恶得作怪相. =>Usage at smirk 用法见smirk.
    with distaste at the thought of it.
  • 水果有一半是坏的. Cf 参看 all1, both1. =>Usage at all1 用法见all1.
    Half the fruit was bad.
  • 犯人戴著（一副）手铐. =>illus at shackle 见shackle插图.
    handcuffs.
  • 这一定是原稿的一部分. =>Usage 3 at must 见must所附用法第3项.
    This has to be part of the original manuscript.
  • 我们失利了, 事後一想, 我终於明白了错在哪里. Cf 参看 foresight.
    hindsight I now see where we went wrong.
  • 我的地址是拉布耐姆巷22号, 所以他的地址一定是26号.
    My address is No 22 Laburnum Close so his must be No 26.
  • 他一直渴望滑雪. =>Usage at he 用法见he.
    Learning to ski has always been an ambition of his.
  • 主席在一次言辞激烈的讲话中对工会进行了严厉的批评. not know what hit one => know.
    In a rousing speech the President hit out against the trade union.
  • 那老汉拄著拐杖一瘸一拐地走著. =>Usage at shuffle 用法见shuffle.
    with the aid of his stick.
  • 医疗费已用掉了他一大笔存款. money burns a hole in sb's pocket => money. pick holes in sth => pick3.
    The hospital bills made a big hole in his savings.
  • 一天到晚扛重家具我可受不了. =>Usage at carry 用法见carry.
    I don`t enjoy humping heavy furniture around all day.
  • 说一声对不起（於你）没有什麽不好. not harm/hurt a fly => fly1.
    to say sorry for once.
  • 她当时在场, 这一事实就意味著她有一定程度的兴趣. Cf 参看 infer.
    The fact she was here implies a degree of interest.
  • 你好好吃上一顿饭, 就会觉得好些. Cf 参看 outside2.
    You'll feel better with a good meal inside you, ie when you've eaten a good meal.
  • 在`It's a bloody miracle!'一句中, `bloody'是用作加强语气的词.
    In `It's a bloody miracle!', `bloody' is used as an intensive word.
  • 用E做最低音的C大调主和弦是第一转位.
    A chord of C major with E in the bass is in the 1st inversion.
  • 一辆重型铰接货车在高速公路上撞成V字形, 耽搁了很长时间.
    A heavy lorry has jack-knifed on the motorway, causing long delays.
  • 我们感到惊奇的是开学第一天她就乖乖地上学去了. mutton dressed as lamb => mutton.
    She surprised us all on her first day of school by going off like a lamb.
  • 我认为她最近出版的那本书是她的最佳著作之一. =>Usage at late1 用法见late1.
    I thought her last book was one of her best.
  • 他沿海滩慢跑了一段距离. =>App 5, 11 见附录5、 11. =>illus at dimension 见dimension插图.
    He jogged the length of the beach.
  • 设ABC为一90角.
    Let ABC be an angle of 90.
  • 那篇采访报道完全是对一诚实人的诽谤. Cf 参看 slander.
    That interview was an absolute libel on a honest man.