重點講解:
1. out of one's league 級別;檔次;水平;
Her success has taken her out of my league.
她的成績令我望塵莫及 。
2. in other words 換言之;換句話說;也就是說;
A business is always in a state of equilibrium. In other words, what it owns is equal to what it owes.
一家企業之財務應始終保持平衡狀態,換言之,它所擁有之資產與所欠之債務保持相等 。
3. take into account 考慮到;把…計算在內;
Coursework is taken into account as well as exam results.
除考試結果外,課程作業也要計入成績 。
4. pay off 回報;
They doubted whether all this work would pay off.
他們懷疑這樣干是否劃得來 。
n. 等級制度,層級[計],統治集團