重點講解:
1. bend over backwards
竭盡全力;
eg. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
人們正使出渾身解數取悅顧客 。
eg. Sue will bend over backwards to help her friends.
蘇會盡全力幫助朋友 。
2. go to great lengths
不遺余力;竭盡全力;千方百計;
eg. Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.
葛麗泰·嘉寶想方設法躲開記者和攝影師 。
eg. He'll go to great lengths to get the job done.
他將不遺余力去完成這項工作 。
3. put in
花費,投入(時間或精力);
eg. They've put in time and effort to keep the strike going.
他們花費了很多時間和精力以使罷工持續下去 。
eg. If we don't put money in we will lose our investment.
如果我們不再投入資金,我們會失掉本金 。
4. expect sb. to do sth.
要求;認為應當得到;指望某人做某事;
eg. I wasn't expecting you to help.
我沒指望你幫忙 。
eg. It is unrealistic to expect them to be able to solve the problem immediately.
指望他們能夠立即解決問題是不現實的 。