1. let alone
(1) 不干涉,不打擾;不理,放任
eg. Let him alone. He needs a rest.
別去打擾他,他需要休息一下 。
eg. Let her alone when she is not happy.
她不高興時別去惹她 。
(2) 更不用說
eg. She can't ride a bicycle,let alone drive a car.
她連自行車都不會騎,更別說開小汽車了 。
2. get through
(1) 完成
eg. I think you can get through the first two chapters.
我想你能完成前兩章 。
(2) 熬過
eg. It is hard to see how people will get through the winter.
很難想像人們將怎樣熬過這個冬天 。
(3) 使……理解
eg. An old friend might well be able to get through to her and help her.
一位老朋友也許能讓她理解并幫助她 。
3. long to 渴望
eg. That they get bored with childhood,they rush to grow up,and then long to be children again.
開始他們覺得童年很無聊,于是急著想要長大,當真的長大了就又渴望回到童年 。
eg. I long to alleviate the evil, but I can't, and I too suffer.
我渴望能夠減少邪惡,但是我無能為力,而且我自己也在忍受折磨 。
4. knock over 打翻;撞倒
eg. And woops—I knock over the tower.
可是我居然打翻了這座積木塔 。