01 | Rain splashed against the window panes. | 雨点打在玻璃上,噼啪作响。 | Something is leaning or pressing against something else前者靠着或者贴着后者。例: |
02 | Our company is well ahead of its rivals. | 我们公司远远超过了主要竞争对手。 | Be ahead of someone else 指某人以比别人取得了更大的成绩,或领先于别人。例: In the nineteenth century,German university education was considerably ahead of that of the rest of the world. 十九世纪德国大学教育远远领先于其他国家。 |
03 | Energy and persistence conquer all things. | 能量加毅力可以征服一切。 | Conquer 征服,击败;克服困难等。例: She conquered her fear and picked up the enormous spider.她克服了恐惧,捡起了这个大蜘蛛。 |
04 | Apart from being too large, it doesn't suit me. | 除了太大之外,它对我也不合适。 | Apart from 指某人已注意到事物某方面的情形,但其注意力集中在另一方面。用在附加状语里,常跟-ing小句。例: And,quite apart from anything else,how are we going to pay our way?还有,撇开其它事不说,我们准备如何支付开支? |
05 | You may be away from home for a period of time. | 你可以离开家一段时间。 | Away from a place 指不在某处。例: Today my mother lives a thousand miles away from Charleston. 今天,我母亲住在离查理士顿一千英里的地方。 |
06 | I'm very much behind Michael Foot on this. | 在这点上我非常支米歇尔-福特。 | Behind someone 支持某人,用在be动词之后或附加状语里。 例:They have funds behind them and can carry on for a while. 他们有基金支持,尚能支持一段时间。 |
07 | Money really burns a hole in my pocket. | 我真是个留不住钱的人。 | burn a hole in one's pocket在某人的口袋里烧出个洞,形象地描述了钱花的不太节制,不太容易剩钱。例: If money burns a hole in your pocket,you should learn how to manager your money at once. 如果你是个不太容易剩钱的人,你应该马上学习如何理财。 |
08 | You can buy at our market on credit. | 你可在我们的市场里赊购东西。 | credit表示信用, on credit表示凭信用。 buy on credit就是赊购;而对应的赊销则是sell on credit。例: We sell these products on credit.我们赊销这些产品。 |
09 | We substituted pencils for pens. | 我们用铅笔来代替钢笔。 | substitute表示以...代替。注意上句中substitute后的pencils不是被替换的,而是用来替换pens的。如果要明确表明用...替换...可加介词for。 substitute A for B就是用A来替换B。例: We substituted honey for sugar.我们用蜂蜜来代替糖。 |
10 | I found a lot of goodies in the stockings. | 我发现长袜里装有许多糖果。 | goody是比较口语的说法,表示好吃的东西,糖果,吸引人的东西。例:Each child here can take a bag of goodies home. 这里的每位孩子都能拿一袋糖果回家。 |
11 | All our hard work was in vain. | 我们的努力都是白费的。 | in vain,徒劳的,白费的。例: He didn't die in vain.他没有白白地死去。 I tried to persuade him but in vain.我尝试说服他,但没有用。 |
12 | He vowed that he would never do that again. | 他发誓绝不再作那样的事。 | vow表示发誓。可在vow后加that引导出发誓的内容,也可用vow to do something。上句可写成:He vowed never to do that again.例: He vowed to do his best to win the game. 他誓言要全力以赴赢得比赛。 |
13 | His parents don't like him to go to the cyber cafe. | 他父母不喜欢他去网吧。 | cyber表示电脑的,和电脑有关的;也表示和网络有关的。 cyber singer就是指网络歌手; cyber space就是指网络空间; cyber cafe就是指网吧,也有人称为internet cafe。 |
14 | Let me put it another way. | 让我换个方式来说。 | 当中的put意思是表达,表述。例: I don't know how to put it.我不知道如何表达。 Can you put it in simpler English?你能用更简单的英语来表达吗? |
15 | He refused to compromise his principles. | 他拒绝放弃原则。 | compromise表示放弃(原则等 compromise也可做一个不及物动词,表示妥协,让步。要说明在哪个方面妥协或让步就用介词on。例: He refused to compromise on quality in order to make a larger profit. 他拒绝为了有更大的利润而在质量上妥协。 |
16 | He came in second in the competition. | 他在比赛中获得第二。 | 上句也可简单说成:" He came in second"相当于:" He came in second place".如果某人得倒数第一就可说:" He came in last place".得倒数第二就是:" He came in second to last place". |
17 | This product is void of defects. | 这产品没有缺陷。 | void表示空的,be void of表示缺少,没有。上句其实等于:This product has no defects atall.defect表示缺点,缺陷,不足之处。defect可做名词也可做动词,做名词时重音放在第一个音节。例: Indecision is his chief defect.优柔寡断是他的主要缺点。 |
18 | Many people piled onto the bus. | 许多人挤到公共汽车上。 | pile有堆的意思,这里用做一个不及物动词,表示挤,根据挤进的地方不同使用不同的介词。例: Many students piled into the auditorium.许多学生挤进那礼堂。 They piled into my car.他们挤进我的车。 |
19 | He is running for student body president. | 他在竞选学生会主席。 | run for表示为...而竞选。student body president表示学生会主席。在美国英语当中student body president是表示大学的学生会主席; 高中的学生会主席是class president。例: He is running for president of the United states. 他在竞选美国总统。 |
20 | It takes some time to cultivate a new friendship. | 建立新的友谊需要些时间的。 | cultivate,用在农业上表示栽培,耕种,上句中的cultivate表示建立或加强友谊,也有结交朋友的意思。例: He always tries to cultivate famous people.他总是结交名人。 |
21 | We are having the hotel grounds landscaped. | 我们对旅馆进行造园绿化。 | landscape可作名词,表示景观,景色; scenery都有风景的意思,但landscape比较多指地面上的风景。第一句的landscape用做动词,表示造园绿化。而从事造园绿化的人或者说一个庭园设计家就是a landscaper.例: The government spent a lot of money on landscaping this area. 政府花了许多钱为这地区搞造园绿化。 |
22 | The rain spoiled our picnic. | 这场雨弄得我们的野餐一团糟。 | spoil有溺爱的意思(看下例),也有搞糟,弄糟的意思。例: He gives whatever his son asks for, that can only spoil his child. 他孩子要什么他就给什么,这只会宠坏他的孩子。 Don't tell Tom that we are preparing a birthday party for him, it will spoil the surprise. 不要告诉汤拇我们正为他整备生日派对,这会失去惊喜的。 |
23 | That English exam was a real killer. | 那英语考试真的难的不得了。 | killer有杀手的意思,在俚语中可表示威力巨大或非常困难的事物;killer也可作形容词,表示棒极的,威力巨大的,极为困难的。例: He has killer muscles.他肌肉发达。 有时从某些商店或网站上可看到他们称自己出售的东西为killer chocolate cake` killer cookies...如果你也能够做killer cookies那你就是a killer cook,这里的killer指的是优秀的,棒极的。 |
24 | The rain has let up, so we can play outside. | 雨停了,我们可到外边玩了。 | let someone down是指让某人失望,相当于 disappoint someone。但并没有let someone up这个用法,let up是指持续久的事停止下来,如大雨`大火等。例: The big fire finally let up.大火终于停了。 |
25 | Don't ask him to do anything, he is a slacker. | 他是个懒散的人,别叫他去做任何事。 | slack做动词时有马虎从事的意思,slacker则表示一个敷衍取巧者,能不做事就不做事的人,这是比较口语的用词。例: Don't count on a slacker to help.不要指望一个敷衍塞责的人来帮你。 |
26 | There is no time like the present. | 机不可失,时不再来。 | there is no time like后面加一个时间,表示没有比...更好的时候了,后面可加to do something,表示没有比...更好的时候去做某事。例: There is no time like the present to talk with him. 没有比现在更好的时间去和他谈谈话了。 There is no time like Christmas to show your love to people around you. 没有比圣诞节更好的时候去向你身边的人表达你的爱。 |
27 | I am hard up this week. | 这个星期我手头拮据。 | hard up表示短缺,明确说明缺什么可在后面加介词for;这词组用在缺钱方面比较多,单独用hard up 也可表达手头拮据。例: I lost my job two months ago, I am now hard up for money. 两个月前我失业了,现在我缺钱用。 |
28 | He squandered a lot of time on computer games. | 他在电脑游戏上挥霍了许多时间。 | squander表示挥霍或浪费时间`金钱`资源等。例:She squandered all her money on junk food.她把钱都浪费在垃圾食品上。squander也可表示错失机遇。例: He squandered the opportunity to go to college. 他错过了上大学的机会。 |
29 | We both have no jobs,we are in the same boat. | 我们都没工作,大家都有着同一境况。 | in the same boat意思是处境相同,相当于in the same unpleasant situation,一般都指不是好的情况。例: We both don't have any money, so we are in the same boat. 我们两都没钱,都是有着同一处境。 |
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