重點講解:
1. set out to do sth.
開始;著手;
eg. Today we have accomplished what we set out to do.
今天我們完成了我們預定要做的工作 。
eg. I set out to prepare for my speech.
我開始著手為演講作準備 。
2. be quick to do sth.
立刻的;馬上的;
eg. Mark says the ideas are Katie's own, and is quick to praise her talent.
馬克說這些都是凱蒂自己的想法,并隨即稱贊起她的天賦來 。
eg. Furthermore, as Gervaise was quick to point out, Mr Scully was not a detective.
而且,正如熱爾韋斯毫不猶豫地指出來的那樣,斯庫利先生并不是一名偵探 。
3. enter into
(向計算機或數據庫中)輸入,寫入;
eg. When a baby is born, they enter that baby's name into the computer.
每當有嬰兒降生,他們就將嬰兒的名字輸入電腦 。
eg. Postcodes will be entered into the statisticians' computers.
郵編將被輸入統計員的電腦中 。
4. turn up
找出;發現;注意到;出現;
eg. Investigations have never turned up any evidence.
調查從沒發現任何證據 。
eg. We don't know what may turn up tomorrow.
我們不知道明天會發生什么情況 。
adj. 偵探的
n. 偵探