1. 語意表述：某人覺得某事情起不到效果，起不到作用。

套用句型：Sb cannot see something working.

指點迷津：這個句型表達此意，work是“奏效，有作用”的意思。See有“領悟，明白，覺察”的意思，注意其語法結構是see something doing。

句型操練：I cannot see threat working.

我覺得威脅沒有用。

句型出處：I just can't see it working, can you?

2. 語意表述：以某物或某事而做出對他人不理的事情。

套用句型：Sb hold something against somebody.

指點迷津：這個句型表達此意關鍵是用到hold against這個短語。Hold就是“拿，抓住”的意思，against就是“反對”的意思。Hold against的意思就是“抓住某事不放而對某人不好”。那么，在不同的情景中翻譯不相同，我們要看具體情景。

套用句型：We mustn' t hold against him that he has been in prison.

我們不要因為他過去坐過牢而對他有偏見。

We shouldn' t hold his past mistakes against him.

我們不該因他過去的過錯而歧視他。

句型出處：You wouldn't hold that against me, surely?

3. 語意表述：表達警示或勸告別人不要對某事過于樂觀；不要因為出現(xiàn)一些良好的現(xiàn)象就十分興奮，要保持謹慎；也不要因為開始的現(xiàn)象好，就以為一定會有一個成功的結局。

套用句型：one swallow doesn't make a summer.

一燕不成夏。

句型操練：Approval has been obtained, but don't imagine that everything will from now on wards be plain sailing. One swallow does not make a spring.

事情獲得批準了，不過，別以為從此一切都會一帆風順了。一燕不成夏啊。