重點講解:
1. keep sb./sth. at bay 使…不能靠近;防止…侵襲;
Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.
吃橘子可以預防感冒 。
2. bring on 引起,導致(疾病、痛苦或某種感覺);
Severe shock can bring on an attack of acne.
嚴重的驚嚇會造成痤瘡突發 。
3. put to rest 平息,使停止;
I am determined to put to rest these rumours that we are in financial trouble.
我決定平息那些說我們正面臨財政困難的謠言 。
4. nothing short of 可以說是;簡直;無異于;
The transformation has been nothing short of a miracle.
這種變化堪稱奇跡 。
n. 回答,響應,反應,答復
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