重點(diǎn)講解:
1. pretty much/pretty well
幾乎;近乎;差不多;
eg. The result of the ballot is pretty much what we expected.
投票的結(jié)果和我們預(yù)料的差不多 。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
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eg. The two are pretty much the same.
這兩個(gè)簡(jiǎn)直一模一樣 。
2. instead of
代替…;而不是…;
eg. She had to spend nearly four months away from him that summer, instead of the usual two.
那個(gè)夏天她被迫離開(kāi)他將近四個(gè)月而不是通常的兩個(gè)月 。
eg. Check-out workers in London will receive £7.17 an hour instead of £6.54.
倫敦的收銀員每小時(shí)工資將從原先的 6 。54 英鎊漲為 7 。17 英鎊 。
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他們沒(méi)有降低成本,而是抬高價(jià)格、削減產(chǎn)量 。