重點講解:
1. by the skin of one's teeth
僥幸;好不容易才;險些兒沒有;
eg. He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.
他贏了,但是贏得十分勉強 。
eg. He escaped by the skin of his teeth.
他險些沒逃掉 。
2. make it
成功;
eg. He poured in every ounce of power but couldn't make it.
他竭盡了全力卻無濟于事 。
eg. I believe I have the talent to make it.
我相信自己有成功的天分 。
3. manage to do sth.
設法做到;成功完成某事;
eg. I'll manage to reach some sort of arrangement with him.
我要設法與他達成某種協議 。
eg. I wonder how he could manage to possess himself of that secret.
真不知道他是怎樣把那個秘密弄到手的 。
4. be involved in
專心于…的;忙于…的;
eg. The family were deeply involved in Jewish culture.
這家人非常注重學習猶太文化 。
eg. They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
長期以來他們一直致力于爭取種族平等的運動 。
5. get one's teeth into
潛心專注于;全力投入;
eg. This role gave her something to get her teeth into...
這一角色讓她全情投入其中 。
eg. They have to get involved and get their teeth into some police work.
他們必須參與進來,全力投入到一些警務工作中 。
n. 改革運動 Crusade n. 十字軍東征 vi.