英語習語精粹[2]
someone
— 對人十分友好
Example: David is always hail-fellow-well-met with every person he knows. No wonder he has many nodding acquaintances.
① Hail someone or something as someone else/something else
— recognise or welcome someone/something as someone else/something else.
— 熱情地承認某事或招呼某人
Examples: ① Because of having a good voice, Sharon has been hailed as singing queen in her school.
② The recent scientific discovery was hailed as breakthrough.
② I couldn't agree more
— I agreed completely.
—（與某人意見）完全一致
Example: A: I think our country is well-developed.
B: I couldn't agree more.
③ I dare say
— I suppose.
— 我相信；可能
Example: In your quarrel with Jason this time, I dare say you were in the wrong.
④ I hate to disturb/bother/trouble you, but...
— I am sorry for disturbing/bothering/troubling you, but...
— 我不愿麻煩你，但……
Example: I hate to bother you when you are so busy, but there is something important I have to tell you before it is too late.
⑤ Jack up
— lift with a jack.
— 頂起
Example: You have to jack up your car before you can remove the tyre.
— (of prices) increase.
— 增加；提高
Example: During festive seasons, some shops have jacked up the prices of some goods.
⑥ Oddities and absurdities
— something odd and absurd.
— 稀奇古怪
Example: Sometimes, we have to accept the oddities and absurdities of certain aspects of a language which cannot be logically explained.
⑦ Odds and ends
— small objects of different kinds.
— 瑣碎物品
Example: Where there are children, there are odds and ends lying here and there.
⑧ Pack up
— stop doing something.
— 不再做某事；放棄……
Example: It is late now. Let's pack up and go to bed.
⑨ Packed like sardines
— pressed very tightly together.
— 擁擠（如罐中的沙丁魚）
Example: The bus was full of passengers who were packed like sardines.
⑩ Queue up (for something)
— stand in a queue.
— 排隊等候
Examples: ① People queue up one after another outside the theatre.
② All have to queue up for tickets for the musical concert.
(11) Quibble about/at something or a
