重點講解:
1. pay for
付出代價;受到懲罰;
eg. She feels it's a small price to pay for the pleasure of living in this delightful house.
她覺得,和住在這套令人愉快的房子里的那種快樂相比,這點代價不算大。
eg. It seems unfair on him to make him pay for everything.
讓他承擔一切費用似乎對他不公平。
2. kick off
踢掉(鞋);
eg. She stretched out on the sofa and kicked off her shoes.
她四肢平攤躺在沙發上,踢掉了鞋子。
eg. Kick off your shoes and kick back a while.
脫掉你的鞋子好好的放松一下自己。
3. agree with
贊成;贊同;
eg. I don't agree with what they're doing...
我不贊同他們正在做的事情。
eg. In his heart he knew they'd agree with his stand.
他內心明白他們會贊成他的立場。
4. be doomed
注定要失敗(或毀滅)的;
eg. Fireman battled through the smoke in a doomed attempt to rescue the children.
消防隊員奮力穿過煙霧企圖去救孩子們,而這注定是要失敗的。
eg. I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start.
我過去常常將大量時間和精力投入到從開始就注定要失敗的計劃中。
5. get used to sth./doing sth.
開始習慣于某事;
eg. This is how we do things here. You'll soon get used to it.
我們這里就是這么做事的。你很快就會習慣的。
eg. He took some getting used to.
他過了一段時間才慢慢適應。
eg. You quickly get used to using the brakes.
你很快就會習慣使用剎車的。