1. mount up
增長;上升
eg. They are not panicking yet, but as the job rejections mount up, they are beginning to feel alarmed.
他們還沒感到恐慌,不過,隨著被工作拒絕的次數增加,他們開始感到憂慮了。
eg. Little tasks quickly mount up and make me feel overwhelmed and hemmed in by obligations, so keeping them under control makes me feel more serene.
瑣事會很快地積累起來讓我感到心力不從、成為義務束縛我,所以將管理好瑣事能讓我感到更加地平靜。
2. take the breath away
讓某人大吃一驚
eg. The style of your wearing school uniforms with the tie take my breath away (made me breathless).
你穿著校服系著領帶的樣子可愛的真讓我窒息。這話怎么用英語說。
eg. Astounding and captivating, its dancers and singers take the audience's breath away with their virtuosity and passion.
舞蹈演員和歌手們引領觀眾享受他們精湛的技藝和激情,令人驚訝著迷。
3. by the side of
在...附近;和...在一起比較
eg. By the side of the hand which gives there is the claw which snatches back.
在給東西的那只手旁邊,便有一只收回東西的爪子。
eg. When one listens, by the side of honest men, at the portals of society, one overhears the dialogues of those who are on the outside.
當我們在社會的門邊,從誠實人這方面去聽時,我們的耳朵會刮到一些門外人的對話。