重點講解:
1. pick up the tab (替一群人)付賬,承擔費用;
Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night.
那天的晚飯是波拉德掏的錢 。
2. trade sth. for sth. 用…進行交換;互相交換;
Tom made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He asked me to tr ade his computer for my old cell phone. He must be crazy!
湯姆給我提供了一個我難以拒絕的條件,他要我用我的舊手機交換他的電腦 。他一定是瘋了!
3. watch out for 密切注意;戒備;提防;
He called out to them to watch out for the unexploded mine.
他沖他們大喊,叫他們小心啞雷 。
4. in effect 其實;實際上;
In effect, the two systems are identical.
實際上,這兩種系統完全一樣 。
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