重點講解:
1. depend on
取決(于);有賴(于);
eg. How much can you get depend on how much you pay.
你能得到多少取決于你付出了多少 。
eg. And the next step up the ladder would depend on her performance in Paris.
而她的下一次晉升就取決于她在巴黎的工作表現 。
2. dress up
裝扮;打扮;
eg. For children, the main point of Halloween became to dress up and collect as much tasty candy as possible.
對于孩子們,萬圣節最重要的就是打扮起來,并搜集盡可能多的美味糖果 。
eg. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from other student she was living it up.
她喜歡打扮并樂意成為其他學生關注的焦點,她盡情地享受生活 。
3. meet up
碰到;遇見;
eg. When he was in the supermarket, he met up with a buddy he had at Oxford.
他在超市遇見了他在牛津時的一個朋友 。
eg. They met up in 1956, when they were both young schoolboys.
他們1956年相遇,那時他們倆都還是小男生 。
4. by chance
偶然;碰巧;
eg. He picked up a purse on his way there by chance.
他碰巧在去那兒的路上撿了一個錢包 。
eg. It was not by chance that he was able to open up a new field and perform great deeds.
他之所以能開辟新天地,成就一番事業,絕非偶然 。
5. set off
動身;出發;啟程;
eg, By midmorning we were done with the eiffel tower and had set off for versailles.
上午的時候,我們已經結束了埃菲爾鐵塔的游覽,出發前往凡爾賽宮 。
eg. We were about to set off when it suddenly began to rain.
我們剛要出發,突然下起雨來 。
6. in the end
最后;終于;
eg. Almost everyone gets their comeuppance in the end.
幾乎每個人最終都會得到應有的報應 。
eg. In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter.
最終,我們一致決定組織一場復活節音樂會 。
7. turn out
(以某種方式)發生;最后是;結果是;
eg. I was positive things were going to turn out fine.
我確信事情最終會好起來的 。
eg. It's strange how things turn out.
事情的結局出乎意料 。
8. as soon as
一…就…;
eg. As soon as the matter is cleared up. I shall write to them.
等到這事一弄清楚,我就給他們寫信 。
eg. I arranged the flowers in the vase as soon as I came back home.
一回到家里,我就把花在花瓶里插好 。
n. 音樂會,一致,和諧
vt. 制定計劃,通