詞匯精解:
1. courtesy N.
Exp. courteous behaviour; good manners 禮貌;;客氣
Eg. They didn't even have the courtesy to apologize.
他們也不道個歉, 真沒有禮貌。
Eg. It would only have been common courtesy to say thank you.
說聲謝謝不過是普通的禮貌。
2. skinny adj.
Exp. very thin, especially in a way that you find unpleasant or ugly
皮包骨頭的;很瘦的
Eg. He looks much too skinny to be a weight-lifter.
他瘦骨嶙峋的,當不了舉重運動員。
Eg. You're skinny enough without going on a diet!
你不必節食就已經夠瘦的了!
3. effective adj.
Exp. coming into use 生效的
Eg. The new speed limit on this road becomes effective from 1 June.
這條路上新的限速規定自6月1日生效。
Eg. The law is no longer effective.
該法令已失效。
4. tell vi.
Exp. to know, see or judge sth correctly
知道,看出,判斷
Eg. As far as I can tell, she's enjoying the course.
依據我判斷,她喜歡這門課程。
Eg. I could tell that he was angry from his expression.
從他的表情,我看得出他生氣了。
Eg. The only way to tell if you like something is by trying it.
要判斷是否喜歡一樣東西,唯一的方式就是試一試。
5. chop-chop
Exp. hurry up 快,趕快
Eg. Chop-chop! We haven't got all day!
快點,我們的時間不多。
短語精解:
1. show up
精解:動詞show是“出現”的意思,與副詞up連用成為一個固定短語,意思是“來到,露面”。此外,它還有“揭露,揭示”的意思。
例句:We are going to freak out if you do not show up.
你不來我們就要發瘋了。
Uncle George did not show up for our wedding because he forgot.
我們的婚禮喬治叔叔沒有來,因為他忘了。
I intend to show up this liar.
我打算揭發這個說謊者。
Difficulties can show up a person's best qualities.
困難能使一個人的一些最好的品質顯現出來。
2. take something seriously
精解:動詞take是“對待”的意思,副詞seriously是“認真地,嚴肅地”的意思。因此take something seriously的意思就是“認真對待某事”。其反義詞是take something slightly。
例句:They take their responsibilities seriously.
他們認真對待自己的職責。
Don't take her suggestions too seriously ; she is just flying her kite.
別過分認真地對待她的建議,她不過是在試探一下反應而已。
3. cut short
精解:cut的基本意思是“砍斷”,short是形容詞,意思“少的”,cut short的意思就是“縮減,簡化”。使用這個短語時,我們把something放在cut的后面也可以,放在short的后面也可以,注意代詞就只能放在cut的后面。此外,cut short還有“中斷”的意思。
例句:She cut short her talk in order to get home.
為了要回家,她把談話壓縮了。
Her salary was cut short by her boss without any excuse.
她的工資無端被老板克扣。
4. first of all
精解:這個是一個副詞性短語,意思是“首先”。
例句:First of all I must take these magazines to the teacher.
首先我得把這些雜志交給教師。
I want first of all to introduce myself to you.
首先我要向大家作自我介紹。
5. start from
精解:start是“開始”的意思,介詞from是從......的意思,start from意思就是“從......開始”。
例句:In discussing a problem, we should start from reality and not from definitions.
我們討論問題應當從實際出發,不是從定義出發。
And anybody who wants to have an impact on society must start from himself or herself.
任何人要想影響社會,必須從自己開始。
6. take away from
精解:這個是一個及物動詞短語,意思是“把......拿走”,通常在take的后面接something,介詞from的后面接somebody。
例句:Don’t take the child from me.
不要把孩子從我身邊帶走。
You could take the dictionary away from me if you need it.
若有需要的時,你可以拿我的詞典用。
7. go back to
精解:go是“去”的意思,back是“回來”的意思,to表示對象,go back to的意思就是“回到......”。臺詞中是go back to Betty是指“昆蟲這一提議又恢復給Betty做。
8. come up with
精解:這是一個固定短語,在本段臺詞中是“想出,提議,提出”的意思,此外,它還有“趕上”的意思。
例句:He could not come up with a proper answer.
他想不出一個合適的回答。
He has by chance come up with to the answering of that problem.
他偶然想出了對那個問題的解答。
I came up with them as they were rounding the corner.
他們正在拐彎時,我趕上了他們。
9. do some legwork
精解:短語中的legwork是“跑腿的工作,外勤工作”,在本段臺詞中可以理解為“事情決定前夕的調查工作”,do some legwork意思就是“做一些調查工作”“做跑腿的事情”。
例句:Who did the legwork to put this deal together?
誰東奔西走地把這筆交易組織起來的?
10. do’s and don't
精解:這個短語非常有趣,do’s是表示“可以做的事情”,don’t是表示“不能做的事情”,兩者合一的意思就是“什么該做什么不該做”“什么可做什么不可做”。
例句:Please observe the do's and don't of public hygiene.
請遵守公共衛生應行注意的事項。
11. figure out
精解:動詞figure是“領會到”的意思,副詞out有“出來”的意思,那么figure out就是“理解,明白,清楚”的意思。
例句:I can't figure out why she got into such a state of inflammation.
我弄不懂她為什么會如此激動。
It took her a long time to figure out who the wrongdoer was.
她用了很長時間才琢磨出誰是做壞事的人。
12. look forward to
精解:短語中的look是“看”的意思,forward是“向前”的意思,to是介詞表示對象,那么look forward to放在一起,就是“期盼,盼望”的意思,注意to是介詞,后面接動詞的話,要使用動名詞形式。
例句:I look forward to paying you a visit next week.
我期待著下星期去拜訪你。
We look forward to your return on an early day.
我們盼望你早日歸隊。