講解:
graft sth (onto sth)
使(思想、制度等)成為(…的一部份);植根:
Old values are being grafted onto a new social class.
舊的價值觀念正植根于新的社會階層。
the rest (of sth)
其余的人;其他事物;其他:
Don't blame Alex. He's human, like the rest of us.
不要責怪亞歷克斯。他和我們大家一樣,也是人。
be up to sb
是…的職責(或責任);由…決定:
It's not up to you to tell me how to do my job.
還輪不到你來告訴我怎么做我的事。
chop sth (up) (into sth)/for sth
切碎;剁碎;砍;劈:
He was chopping logs for firewood.
他在把原木劈成木柴。
cater (for sb / sth)
(為社交活動)提供飲食,承辦酒席 :
Most of our work now involves catering for weddings.
我們現在的工作多半是承辦婚宴。
have a hearty appetite
胃口極好
He has a hearty appetite.
他的胃口很好。
up for grabs
提供的;可供爭奪的:
There are £25 000 worth of prizes up for grabs in our competition!
在我們的比賽中有 25 000 英鎊獎金供人爭奪!
in a rut
刻板乏味的生活:
I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut.
我放棄了我的工作,因為我覺得那種生活呆板無聊。