1. “But there's one thing I'd like to know—why the sun shines on the good and the bad just the same,” she said. her voice trembling.
【短語(yǔ)精講】just the same是副詞性短語(yǔ),意思是“同樣地,一樣地”除此之意,還表示“仍然,依舊”。例如:
You're a nuisance sometimes, but we love you just the same. 你有時(shí)令人討厭,但我們?nèi)匀粣?ài)你。
My stand on this is just the same as it was four years ago. 我對(duì)此事的立場(chǎng)與4年前的無(wú)異。
【文法解析1】the good在這里的意思是“好人”,the bad在這里的意思是“壞人”。在形容詞good和bad前面加上定冠詞the就是名詞性短語(yǔ)了。類似的還有“the rich( 有錢的人 )”the poor( 窮人 )。
【文法解析2】I'd like to know是定語(yǔ)從句修飾表示物且在句中做賓語(yǔ)的不定代詞“thing”。由于做賓語(yǔ),這里省略了關(guān)系代詞that。如果不省略,注意關(guān)系代詞只能用that,不能用which。
【文法解析3】her voice trembling是獨(dú)立主格做伴隨狀況狀語(yǔ)。
2. “Oh, Tess, don't be bitter!”
【詞匯精講】 bitter是形容詞,意思是“怨恨的;憤憤不平的”。其英文解釋為:If someone is bitter after a disappointing experience or after being treated unfairly, they continue to feel angry about it. 例如:
She is said to be very bitter about the way she was sacked. 據(jù)說(shuō),她對(duì)自己被以如此方式解雇而感到憤憤不平。
His long life was marked by bitter personal and political memories. 他漫長(zhǎng)的一生充滿了關(guān)于個(gè)人生活和政治生涯的苦澀記憶。
3. But as he looked at her innocent lips, he thought this pure child of nature could only have picked up the question from others.
【短語(yǔ)精講】 pick up在這里的意思是“(不費(fèi)力地)獲得,學(xué)會(huì) ”。用英文來(lái)解釋如下:If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time. 例如:
Where did you pick up your English? 你在哪兒學(xué)的英語(yǔ)?
Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs. 年輕人正在形成毒品有好壞之分的觀念。
【文法解析】此句話使用了虛擬語(yǔ)氣,could have picked up 就是could have done結(jié)構(gòu)。Could have done是對(duì)過(guò)去情況的推測(cè)。
4. She could not possibly have any guilt in her past.
【文法解析】could在這里的意思是“可能,會(huì)”,表示推測(cè),對(duì)現(xiàn)在情況的推測(cè)。例如:
I think the work can be completed ahead of time. 我認(rèn)為這項(xiàng)工作能提前完成。
What can he mean? 他會(huì)是什么意思?
進(jìn)一步講,表示推測(cè)時(shí),could不是過(guò)去式,只是語(yǔ)氣更委婉;若是推測(cè)已發(fā)生的事或過(guò)去的情況,用can/could have加過(guò)去分詞。如:
Mike can’t have found his car, for he came to work by bus this morning. 邁克一定還沒(méi)有找回他的車,因?yàn)樵缟纤亲财噥?lái)上班的。