重點講解:
1. lay on
(尤指慷慨或盛情地)提供(食物、娛樂或服務);
eg. They laid on a superb evening...
他們辦了一場非常精彩的晚會 。
eg. Every facility was laid on to ease their homecoming.
動用了一切設施以緩解他們的回鄉(xiāng)之困 。
2. give birth
生(孩子);分娩;生育;
eg. She's due to give birth at any moment.
她隨時可能分娩 。
eg. His wife gave birth to triplets.
他妻子生了三胞胎 。
3. rein in
控制;約束;
eg. His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.
他的政府的經(jīng)濟政策將側重于控制通貨膨脹 。
eg. Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.
瑪麗慣壞了她的兩個孩子,想要管束他們的時候已經(jīng)來不及了 。
4. be based on
以…為基礎;
eg. A good marriage is based on trust.
美滿的婚姻是建立在互相信任的基礎上的 。
eg. The story is based on supposition.
這故事是以假想為基礎的 。
5. be ready to do sth.
愿意的;樂意的;情愿的;甘愿的;
eg. They were ready to die for their beliefs.
他們甘愿為信仰而死 。
eg. She was always ready to give interviews.
她一向樂意接受采訪 。
n. 移民,移往,移動