1. on the outside
在外面;外部地
eg. On the outside, we criticized capitalism but on the inside, we were doing it.
在外面 我們批評資本主義 但在內 我們正在這么干。
eg. On the outside, they are one of the leaders of search and advertising on the Internet.
在外面的世界,他們是互聯網搜索和廣告業務的領導者之一。
2. what in the world
干什么,到底(強調語氣)
eg. What in the world does that have to do with my divisor example?
那么這到底跟我的除數的例子有什么關系呢?
eg. Then I spent my first day as a freelancer wrapped in a blanket, wide-eyed and paralyzed, wondering what in the world I’d gotten myself into.
然而,真正成為自由職業者的第一天,我就把自己裹在一張毛毯里,睜大眼睛,什么也沒做,就在那想著我到底把自己推進了一個什么境地。
3. ask for
請求,要求;尋找
eg. Therefore, do not ask for whom the bells tolls, it tolls for you.
所以,不要問喪鐘是為誰而鳴——它就是為你而鳴。
eg. What we expressed to them is that we know they did not ask for this.
我們向他們表明的就是我們知道他們不要對這件事有什么刻意要求。