重點講解:
1. serve as 用作;可當…使用;充作;
例句:Crude and simple, this place had to serve as the meeting hall.
這地方雖然簡陋,卻是我們的會議廳 。
2. on one's own 單獨地;獨自地;
例句:I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
我猜想她一個人過肯定很孤獨 。
3. assuming that 假定;假設;
例句:He is legally discharged from all previous obligations, assuming that his former debts were legal.
假設他從前的債務是合法的,那么破產可以使他從法律上解除從前的一切債務 。
4. depend on 取決(于);有賴(于);
例句:The risk and severity of sunburn depend on the body's natural skin colour.
曬傷的風險和嚴重程度取決于人體的自然膚色 。
5. apply for 申請;請求;
例句:He has applied for an entry visa.
他已申請入境簽證 。
6. leave out 排除;不包括;
例句:Some would question the wisdom of leaving her out of the team.
有人會質疑把她排除在隊伍之外是否明智 。
adj. 在 ... 之前,先,前,以前的