重點講解:
1. prop up 支撐;維持;
例句:On the Stock Exchange, aggressive buying propped the market up.
在證券交易所,市場在大量買單的推動下有所上揚 。
2. block off 封閉,封住(門、窗或通道);
例句:Heavy snow has blocked off traffic on the motorways.
大雪阻礙了高速公路上的交通 。
3. in advance 提前;事先;
例句:As long as you've paid in advance we won't charge you for delivery.
只要你預先付款,我們就不收你送貨費 。
4. give away 贈送;捐贈;
例句:We have six copies of the book to give away.
這本書我們要贈送6本出去 。
5. as of 在…時;從…起;自…始;
例句:As of now we don't know much about Mars.
目前我們對火星還知之甚少 。
6. stand at 處于(某一水平);
例句:Your temperature stands at 100°F.
測得你的體溫為100華氏度 。
n. 溫度,氣溫,體溫,發燒