重點講解:
1. not only...but (also)...
不僅……而且……;
eg. He is not only strong and healthy but also very smart.
他不僅強壯健康,而且還很聰明。
eg. Children's television not only entertains but also teaches.
兒童電視節目不僅有娛樂性而且還有教育意義。
2. amount to
等同;接近;
eg. The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
這些供狀是用近乎逼供的方式得來的。
eg. The deficits in their pension funds may amount to$ 3 trillion.
他們的養老金基金赤字可能達3萬億美元。
3. a sum of
一筆(款項);
eg. She came in for a sum of money when her father died.
當她父親去世時,她接受了一大筆錢。
eg. We've allocated a sum of money to education.
我們已經撥出了一筆教育經費。
n. 審慎,慎重,精心明辨