重點講解:
1. less than
(用在數字或數量前)少于,低于,比…少;
eg. Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside.
高速公路的實際覆蓋面積還不到農村地區的0。1%。
eg. Less than a half hour later he returned upstairs.
不到半個小時,他又跑上樓來。
2. cling to
纏住;依附;
eg. The road extends several miles along coastline, then cling to the inland.
這條路延海岸線延伸了幾英里, 然后轉向內陸。
eg. I have had too many identities to cling to one name!
我有太多的身份而不能被附著于一個名字上。
3. by far
(比較時用作強調)顯然,…得多,大大地;
eg. By far the most important issue for them is unemployment.
對他們來說最重要的無疑就是失業問題。
eg. It was better by far to be clear-headed.
保持頭腦清醒要好得多。
n. 緊抓,緊貼
vi. 粘緊,附著,緊貼