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重點講解:
1. beg sb. to do sth.
請求;懇求;懇請某人做某事;
eg. I begged him to come back to England with me.
我懇求他和我一起回英格蘭。
eg. She begs them not to punish her son severely.
她懇求他們不要給他兒子太重的處罰。
2. show up
如約趕到;出現;露面;
eg. He always shows up in a fancy car.
他總是乘坐一輛奢華轎車露面。
eg. If I don't show up for class this morning, I'll be kicked out.
如果我今天上午不去上課,我就要被開除了。
3. hold on
稍等;等一下;
eg. The manager asked him to hold on while he investigated.
經理讓他稍等一會兒,他去調查一下。
eg. Hold on a minute.
稍等片刻。
4. sure enough
果真,果然(尤用在講故事時);
eg. We found the English treacle pudding too good to resist. Sure enough, it was delicious.
我們覺得英國糖蜜布丁太好吃了,令人無法抗拒。的確非常美味。
eg. I was in a shop when I saw a lady looking carefully at me. She'd recognised me, and sure enough, she came across.
我正在逛商店,突然看到一位女士在仔細地打量我。她認出了我,果不其然,她走了過來。
5. check out
經證實是對的;符合要求;
eg. She was in San Diego the weekend Jensen got killed. It checked out.
詹森遇害的那個周末她在圣迭戈,后經查證情況屬實。
eg. Everything checks out.
查過了,一切正常。
6. leave behind
留下;余留;拋下;
eg. We hear of women who run away, leaving behind their homes and families.
我們聽說有女人離家出走,扔下了家人不管。
eg. I don't want to leave anything behind.
我不想留下任何東西。
adj. 見多識廣的 v. 通告,告發 vbl. 通告,