重點講解:
1. be torn between 猶豫的;舉棋不定的;
例句:Robb is torn between becoming a doctor and a career in athletics.
羅布在做醫生還是當運動員之間痛苦抉擇,左右為難 。
2. toe the line 聽從;服從;
例句:I am sure he would toe the line.
我相信他會守規矩的 。
3. look after 照料;照顧;照管;
例句:It's down to you now to look after the family business.
現在得靠你照管家族生意了 。
4. sort out 解決(問題);理清(細節);
例句:He would sort out his own problems, in time.
他早晚會解決自己的問題 。
5. a cog in a wheel (大型機構或團體中的)一小分子;
例句:Mr.White is only a cog in a wheel at the multinational bank.
懷特先生只不過是這家跨國銀行的小人物 。
6. get by 勉強過活;勉強應付;
例句:I can't get by on such a small income.
靠這么微薄的收入我無法過活 。
7. pass over (任命或晉升時)跳過,不考慮;
例句:She claimed she was repeatedly passed over for promotion.
她聲稱在晉升時自己被一次又一次地排除在外 。
8. by and large 大致上;總體上;總的說來;
例句:This practice is not good by and large.
一般說來,這種做法并不太好 。
n. 晉升,促進,提升