重點講解:
1. in order to
為了;以便;目的在于;
eg. She stinted herself of food in order to let the children have enough.
她自己省著吃,好讓孩子們吃飽 。
eg. He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
他藏在壁櫥里,以便偷聽 。
2. side effect
(通常指藥物不良的)副作用;
eg. Sleeplessness is sometimes the side effect of certain medications.
失眠有時是某些藥物產生的副作用 。
eg. The patches made him nauseous at first, but that was the only side-effect.
膏藥一開始讓他惡心,不過那是唯一的副作用 。
3. in place
(法律、政策、行政體系等)正在運作,就位;
eg. Had better policies been in place beforehand, much inconvenience might have been avoided.
如果更好的政策提前執行,更多的不便利很可能會被避免 。
eg. Efforts to measure and act on student achievement results are now in place in most states.
幾乎美國各州都建立了測量學生學業成就并基于所得結果采取相應措施的機制 。
4. in terms of
在…方面;從…角度看;根據…來說;
eg. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
要用科學的字眼來表達它是很困難的 。
eg. He often talks about his girlfriend in terms of love.
他經常用充滿愛意的語言談論他的女朋友 。
5. for sure
無疑;肯定;
eg. The fighting was over for sure.
戰斗確實結束了 。
eg. Why this universal law prevails we cannot say for sure.
這個普遍規律為什么存在,我們尚不能確切地說明 。
6. agree with
同意;贊成;意見一致;
eg. He was offended that we didn't agree with him.
我們不同意他的觀點,他生氣了 。
eg. Answer with a plain "yes" if you agree with me.
如果你同意我的意見,就明白地回答“是” 。
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