中英慣用例句:
  • 我們在巴黎遇(純)屬巧合.
    that we met in Paris.
  • 她昨晚的舉止與她的性格很不符.
    Her behaviour last night was quite out of character.
  • 你的薪水和美國的比, 太少了.
    Your salary is chicken-feed compared to what you could earn in America.
  • 你們的計劃和我們的吻合, 真是好極了.
    with ours.
  • 他說他清白, 誰也不信.
    to be innocent.
  • 他們的劍互撞擊, 鏗鏘有聲.
    Their swords clashed.
  • 他們站著相互擁抱.
    They stood clasped in each other's arms.
  • 貓用爪子互相抓.
    The cats clawed at each other.
  • 我們在假日識, 一見如故.
    We met on holiday and just clicked immediately.
  • 這一幕結束時, 情人互擁抱在一起.
    The scene ended as the lovers clinched.
  • 那輛舊汽車開得當快.
    The old car was travelling at quite a clip.
  • 有極為像[似]之處.
    similarity, ie They are very alike.
  • 記者把首相團團圍住.
    clustered round the Prime Minister.
  • 客輪與油輪相撞.
    with an oil-tanker.
  • 兩艘輪船相撞.
    came into collision.
  • 他的生花妙筆與政治分析得益彰, 使他的文章膾炙人口.
    It is the combination of wit and political analysis that makes his articles so readable.
  • 事情真往往難以發現.
    The truth is often difficult to `come at.
  • 事件的始末在審判時纔真大白.
    The full story came out at the trial.
  • 我說出的話和我原先想要表達的意思不盡同.
    I had intended.
  • 她的薪水很低, 與她的能力不稱.
    Her low salary is not commensurate with her abilities.
  • 對詢問選舉日期一事稱尚未作出决定.
    Asked about the date of the election, the Prime Minister commented that no decision had yet been made.
  • 警察通過無綫電(互)聯絡.
    by radio.
  • 初學者的畫不能與專傢的比(水平極不同).
    A beginner's painting can't be compared to that of an expert, ie is very different in quality.
  • 這個無法與那個比(因二者去甚遠, 不能比).
    This cannot compare with that, ie No comparison is possible because they are so different.
  • 在悲劇寫作方面他根本不能與莎士比亞比.
    Shakespeare as a writer of tragedies.
  • 將兩件事物比較往往是有益的.
    It is often useful to make a comparison between two things.
  • 幾傢公司正為爭取一項合同而互競爭.
    to gain the contract.
  • 我們的基金有限而爭申請的卻有幾處, 因此難於做出决擇.
    We have limited funds and several competing claims, so it is hard to choose between them.
  • 我不能想像(不信)他會傷害我們.
    that he would wish to harm us.
  • 不要過分信報紙上的話.
    Don't put too much confidence in what the papers say.
  • 牛津與雷丁之間有鐵路連.
    with Reading.
  • 這兩個房間有門相通.
    The two rooms have a connecting door, ie so that you can go straight from one room into the other.