1. Save For 除了...之外
例句:Though, unlike the Dakotas, which are mostly empty, "save for" the occasional Jackalope,
然而,不像Dakota州(南、北達(dá)科他州),那里大多是空曠的,除了偶然出現(xiàn)的Jackalope(鹿角兔身的想像動物),
2. Chances Are 有可能
例句:"Chances are", if it's Dutch and you've heard of it, it's in one of the Hollands.
如果它是荷蘭文(地名)而且你也有聽說過,那有可能,它就在這兩個荷蘭省的其中之一里面。
3. 冀望、期待 Look To
例句:In the 1600s the Dutch, always "looking to" expand business, laid their hands on every valuable port they could.
在1600年間Dutch(荷蘭/尼日蘭人),總是冀望著擴展貿(mào)易,盡其所能地染指每一有價值的港埠。
4. Lay (Put) Hands On 染指、傷害
例句:In the 1600s the Dutch, always looking to expand business, "laid their hands on" every valuable port they could.
在1600年間Dutch(荷蘭/尼日蘭人),總是冀望著擴展貿(mào)易,盡其所能地染指每一有價值的港埠。
5. Look The Part 看起來頗適合這個角色
例句:These are not countries in the kingdom but are cities in the country of the Netherlands, and they "look the part".
他們并非王國中的國家,而是尼日蘭國里的城市,且他們看起來頗適合這個角色。
6. All The While 總是、始終
例句:It's kind of like if Hawaii wasn't a state, but technically part of the District of Columbia, "all the while" using yen.
這就有點類似假設(shè)夏威夷不是一個州,而在技術(shù)上是哥倫比亞特區(qū)之一部分,總是使用日幣。
n. 混亂,混淆,不確定狀態(tài)