1. save sb. sth. 給……留出一個座位
The traffic is heavy these days. I might arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?
最近這些天交通擁擠 。我有可能遲到一會兒,因此請你給我留個位子好嗎?
2. coupled with 加上
And it seems to have been this sentimentality, coupled with ill-health and depression, that finally brought him to take his own life.
看來正是這種感傷,再加上惡劣的健康狀況和壓抑,使他最后結束了自己的生命 。
3. lay bare 暴露
The buried city, laid bare to the sun of a mew age, is ashamed that it has lost all its songs.
被葬送的城市,裸露在新世紀的陽光下,為失去所有的歡歌而羞慚 。
4. lay/throw down the gauntlet 下戰書;挑戰
When the heavyweight champion boasted that nobody could beat him, no one expected this newcomer to throw down the gauntlet.
那個重量級的冠軍夸口沒人能打敗他時,誰也沒想到這個初來乍到的人會挑戰他