重點講解:
1. grounds for
理由;根據;
eg. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.
他接受采訪時闡述了持樂觀態度的理由。
eg. They have reasonable grounds for suspicion.
他們有充分的根據產生懷疑。
2. lose patience/lose one's patience
失去耐心;發脾氣;
eg. As the minutes ticked away they to lose patience.
隨著時間一分一分的過去,他們開始變得不耐煩了。
eg. If you don't stop making that noise I'm going to lose my patience.
你要再不停止發出噪音,我可要火了。
3. why the heck
(尤在迷惑或惱怒時用于疑問句中表示強調)到底,究竟;
eg. Why the heck are you standing here?
你站在這里做什么?
eg. Ask yourself this: If you don’t like who you really are, why the heck should I like you?
問問自己:如果你自己都不喜歡真實的自己,那別人怎么會喜歡你呢?
4. hold a conversation
談話;
eg. It's impossible to hold a conversation with all this noise.
噪音這么大,根本沒法進行交談。
eg. It remains to be seen whether I would ever again be able to hold a conversation with John.
我能否和約翰再次進行談話現在還不清楚。
adj. 自信的,有信心的,有把握的
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