重點講解:
1. take off one's hands
解除某人的……
eg. She would like the worry of dealing with her affairs taken off her hands.
她希望不再為處理自己的事務而煩惱。
eg. He is a lazy fellow; he's trying to get the task off his hands.
他是個懶漢,他是在想法把任務推卸掉。
2. make sth. clear
把…表達清楚;把…說明白;
eg. Mr O'Friel made it clear that further insults of this kind would not be tolerated.
奧弗里爾先生明確表示,絕不容忍這樣的侮辱行為再次發生。
eg. The far-right has now made its intentions clear.
極右勢力已經清楚地表明了其意圖。
3. be out to do sth.
打算;試圖做某事;
eg. Most companies these days are just out to make a quick profit.
如今,大多數公司只想能迅速獲利。
eg. He thinks the Mafia are out to get him.
他意識到黑手黨要來報復他。
vt. 修剪,砍掉,削減 vi. 刪除 n. 梅干,洋李