重點講解:
1. in order to
為了;以便;目的在于;
eg. He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
他藏在壁櫥里,以便偷聽 。
eg. People often put money aside in order to save up enough to make one major expenditure.
人們常常為了一筆大的開銷而存錢 。
2. the easy way out
(采取)最容易的辦法,最省事的做法(以回避困難或尷尬處境);
eg. As soon as things got difficult he took the easy way out.
事情剛變得有點棘手他就急忙脫身 。
eg. It is the easy way out to blame others for our failure.
把我們的失敗歸罪到別人頭上倒是省事 。
3. build up
逐步建立;增進;積累;
eg. He has built up a good reputation in doing business.
在做生意當中他已樹立了良好的聲譽 。
eg. Our business needs to build up its customer base.
我們的生意需要建立客戶基礎 。
4. aspire to do sth.
向往;渴望;有志于;
eg. They aspired to be gentlemen, though they fell far short of the ideal.
他們想要成為君子,雖然離這個理想還差得很遠 。
eg. Many of us aspire to resemble the models that grace the cover of magazines.
我們許多人都渴望自己長得像那些用來裝飾雜志封面的模特兒 。
n. 趨勢,傾向