一、 重點單詞
1.bail:保釋金;保釋許可
同義詞:bond、mainprise
例句:
He was freed on bail pending an appeal.
他被保釋,等候上訴。
2.generous:大方的,慷慨的
同義詞:kind、 big-hearted、 openhanded
例句:
Tom is generous with his time and money.
湯姆在他的時間和金錢方面慷慨大方。
3.objection:異議,反對;缺陷,缺點
同義詞:opposition 、exception
例句:
She broke in with a ridiculous objection.
她突然插嘴提了個可笑的異議。
4.rephrase:重新措辭
同義詞:paraphrase
例句:
Again, the executive rephrased the question.
經理又重新表述了他的問題。
5.withdraw.:撤回;撤退;收回;撤消;拉開
同義詞:retreat
例句:
He stated that all foreign forces would withdraw as soon as the crisis ended.
他聲明危機一結束所有外國軍隊就會撤退。
6.associate:助手;同事,伙伴;關聯的事物
同義詞:assistant、colleague
例句:
Have you seen the restaurant owner's business associates?
你見了該餐館老板的商業伙伴了嗎?
7.overrule:否決
同義詞:override、refuse
例句:
In 1991, the Court of Appeal overruled this decision.
1991年,上訴法院否決了此項決議。
8.sustain:支持;維持;支撐,供養
同義詞:maintain 、 undertake 、 support
例句:
I see the problem with our society right now, is that people don't have the opportunity to sustain themselves.
我們現在的問題是人們沒有機會來供養自己,
二、 重點短語
1.at one time:曾經,一度
同義詞組:in the past 、formerly、 once upon a time
例句:
They had based on Greenland at one time.
他們一度曾在格林蘭島上建立基地。
2.by the look of things
看起來,從這些情況看來
例句:
By the look of things, they've long been out of business.
從這里的情況來看,他們已經很久沒有來過了。
3.It would be inaccurate to say that···
說……是錯誤的
例句:
Of course it is inaccurate to say that the police commander was the one in command.
當然,說這位長官是當時總指揮,并不準確。
4.in person:親身;親自 [亦作 in one's own person];外貌上;身體上
例句:
I call them on the phone, and we meet up in person as much as we can.
我給他們打電話,而且我們盡可能多見面
5.health club :健身房
例句:
It therefore is sensible of those major corporations to offer health club memberships to all their employees.
因此,那些大公司向全體員工提供健康俱樂部會員身份是很明智的決策。
6.in evidence 【法律】認作有效證據,作為證據;引人注目,明顯
例句:
Her own working class genes are not in evidence.
她自己的工人階級基因卻不明顯
三、實用口語
I can't speak to that.
我無法斷言