重點講解:
1. sore point
痛點;痛處;
eg. Don't mention baldness to Eddie. It's a sore point with him.
別對伊迪提起禿頭之類的事,他對這事很敏感 。
eg. This just becomes these achieving to drop the biggest sore point of copartner.
這恰恰成為這些創投合伙人的最大心病 。
2. compared to
相對…而言;對照;
eg. The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把這個作家與莎士比亞進行了比較 。
eg. That had been a placid pastime compared to his condition now.
與他目前的情況相比,那簡直算是安靜的消遣了 。
3. as far as sth. is concerned
就…而言,說到(用于表明所談論的話題) ;
eg. As far as starting a family is concerned, the trend is for women having their children later in life.
在要孩子方面,目前的趨勢是女性要孩子要得比較晚 。
eg. As far as oil energy is concerned, we cannot be too frugal.
就石油能源而言,我們愈節省愈好 。
4. bump into
偶然遇見;意外碰到;
eg. I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.
我在走廊里意外碰見了默文·約翰斯 。
eg. How nice to bump into you!
碰到你真高興!
5. in the middle of
在…的中間;
eg. I was in the middle of the back row.
我在后排的中間 。
eg. Two actors carried on a dialogue in the middle of the stage.
兩個演員在舞臺中央進行對白 。