try on:試穿
Eg. The housemaid wanted like anything to try on her mistress's clothes.
那個(gè)女仆極想試穿女主人的衣服。
Eg. The clerk held out a dress for Martha to try on.
店員拿出一件衣服給瑪莎試穿。
Eg. She wanted to try on the glass shoe.
她想試一試這只水晶鞋。
Eg. Is there anywhere I could try on the trousers, please?
請(qǐng)問(wèn)在哪里可以試一下褲子?
be right about something:對(duì)......是對(duì)的
Eg. Lord was right about his own record.
洛德對(duì)自己成績(jī)的看法是正確的。
Eg. There's something not quite right about the whole thing.
整個(gè)這件事兒有點(diǎn)兒不對(duì)勁兒。
Eg. You're right about the importance of keeping in touch.
你說(shuō)得沒(méi)錯(cuò),保持聯(lián)絡(luò)是很重要的。
Eg. I think my father was right about the power of dreaming flight.
我想,父親對(duì)于夢(mèng)中飛行的作用的看法是對(duì)的。
be supposed to:應(yīng)該
Eg. I'm supposed to be seeing that he's tortured, doubtful, confused.
我應(yīng)該看到他在痛苦、懷疑、困擾著。
Eg. You're supposed to pay the bill by Friday.
你最晚在星期五結(jié)清這筆帳。
Eg. He was supposed to have graduated from college two years ago.
他本該兩年以前大學(xué)畢業(yè).
Eg. How am I supposed to take care of the documents?
我應(yīng)該怎么處理這文件?
take into account:考慮
Eg. You did not take into account our different Backgrounds.
你沒(méi)有考慮到我們的背景不同。
Eg. We must take into account the desires of our members.
我們必須把我們成員們的欲望列入考慮。
be based on:建立于
Eg. It's based on sound thinking.
這是建立在慎重考慮的基礎(chǔ)上的。
Eg. Capitalism is based on private ownership.
資本主義是建立在私有制基礎(chǔ)上的。
Eg. Scientific theories must be based on facts.
科學(xué)理論必須以事實(shí)為根據(jù)。
Eg. The TV play was based on real life.
那出電視劇是根據(jù)現(xiàn)實(shí)生活寫(xiě)成的。
lose one's accent:改變口音
Eg. She had always said how lucky she was to have been able to lose her Lincolnshire accent.
她常常談到為能改掉林肯郡口音感到高興。
against one's will:違背意愿
Eg. He refuses to do anything against his will.
他拒絕做違背自己意愿的事.
Eg. Don't do anything that should go against his will.
不要做違背他心意的事。