1. 語意表述:某種情況顯示出......
套用句型:Something points to something.
指點迷津:此處用到point to這個短語,它的基本意思是“指向”,引申為“意味著......”。例如:
Critics point to the continuing instability of the company. 評論家們強調公司的形勢繼續不穩。
句型操練:Her remarks points to her hard study.
她考試的成就顯示出她是刻苦讀書的。
句型出處:Everything points to the heart.
2. 語意表述:詢問發生在某人身上的情況將是怎樣的。
套用句型:What will happen to somebody?
句型操練:He cannot still stand on his own feet. What will happen to him if his parents pass away.
他現在還不能獨立起來。如果他的父母去世了,他怎么辦呀?
句型出處:What will happen to his wife?
3. 語意表述:某人需要做事。
套用句型:Somebody needs to have an occupation.
指點迷津:此處是用have an occupation來表示“做事,有工作”的意思。
套用句型:You must have an occupation or else you might feel boring.
你必須找份工作,否則你會覺得無聊的。
句型出處:If I'm to live in this village, I must have an occupation.
4. 語意表述:某人是有價值存在的,是有用的,能幫得上忙的。
套用句型:Somebody is helpful.
句型操練:You may turn on your parents and they would be helpful to you.
你或許求助于你的父母,他們會對你有幫助的。
句型出處:Please. Let me be useful.
5. 語意表述:某件事情讓人非常激動,興奮。
套用句型:It is a case of warship and drum.
指點迷津:戰場上馬聽到鼓聲會跑得非常快,在這里比喻為“興奮激動”的意思。
句型出處:I'm afraid it's a case of the warhorse and the drum.