重點講解:
1. enable sb. to do sth. 使能夠;使有機會;
The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.
新的檢測手段應該能夠使醫生們盡早查出這種疾病 。
2. a constituent of 成分;要素;
Glycerol is a constituent of all fats and phospholipids.
甘油是所有脂肪和磷脂的組成部分 。
3. so to speak 可以說;可謂;
I ought not to tell you but I will, since you're in the family, so to speak.
我本來不該告訴你的,但我還是要這么做,因為好歹你是家里的一員 。
4. because of 因為;由于;
It was very difficult to see our way because of the fog.
由于有霧,我們很難看清道路 。
adj. 基本的,根本的,重要的
n. 基本原