重點講解:
1. pet peeve
不能忍受的事;
eg. I hate people who talk too loud; that's my pet peeve.
我討厭講話大聲的人;那是我很受不了的事 。
eg. My only pet peeve is rain on Sunday.
我唯一無法忍受的事就是星期天下雨 。
2. in public
公開地;當(dāng)眾;
eg. He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot.
他當(dāng)眾冷落她,讓她覺得自己像一個白癡似的 。
eg. In many countries it is considered rude to spit in public.
在許多國家,當(dāng)眾吐痰屬不雅行為 。
3. sew up
縫合;縫補;
eg. Next day, Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip.
第二天,斯通小姐決定將撕破的地方縫好 。
eg. This material was then put into cotton bags which were weighed and then sewn up.
然后這些材料被放入棉布袋子里稱重,接著再縫好 。
4. Who cares?
(表示說話者毫不在乎)誰在乎;
eg. Who cares about some stupid vacation?...
誰在乎什么愚蠢的度假?
eg. 'But we might ruin the stove.' — 'Who cares?'
“可我們會把爐子弄壞的!”——“我才不在乎呢!”
5. consider as
把…看作…;
eg. People consider foxes as clever but sly animals.
人們認(rèn)為狐貍是既聰明又狡猾的動物 。
eg. The above order is based on your price list, which we consider as binding.
上述訂單是以貴方價格單為依據(jù)擬定的, 我們認(rèn)為貴方價格單有約束力 。
adj. 復(fù)雜的,難懂的
動詞complica