妙語佳句:
mercy:慈悲
例如:Neither side took prisoners or showed any mercy...
雙方都沒有抓俘虜,也沒有表現出絲毫的心慈手軟。
May God have mercy on your soul.
愿上帝寬恕你的靈魂。
mercy還有幸運的意思
例如:It really was a mercy that he'd died so rapidly at the end...
他最后去得那么快,真是謝天謝地。
at the mercy of:任由擺布
例如:Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather...
建筑物因人為的肆意破壞及日曬雨淋而日益破敗。
hectic:忙碌的
例如:Despite his hectic work schedule, Benny has rarely suffered poor health...
盡管工作繁忙,本尼卻少有身體不好的時候。
I spent a very hectic Sunday.
我度過了一個忙亂的星期天。
劇情百科常識:
某日清晨,莎曼塔在做早飯時不小心燙了手,伊恩因為有一個重要的會議,雖然很心疼,但時間緊張,也顧不上那么多便出了門。后莎曼塔回家換衣服發現伊恩的重要文件夾忘在家里,她急忙地送到會議室,卻打擾了正在進行重要會議的伊恩,由于緊張而多言,害伊恩失去了這次爭取到風險投資的機會。伊恩開始懷疑自己與莎曼塔的關系是否應該繼續。
考考你:
幸虧車禍發生在離醫院很近的地方。
我們在那里度過的兩天愉快但忙亂。
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上一期的答案
The dull play seemed to last an eternity.
We encouraged them to rehearse what they were going to say.
They completely ignore these facts as if they never existed.