講解:
with respect | with all due respect
(通常在表示強(qiáng)烈不同意之前說)恕我直言:
With all due respect, the figures simply do not support you on this.
恕我直言,這些數(shù)字根本不能支持你的觀點(diǎn)。
do sb credit | do credit to sb / sth
使值得贊揚(yáng)(或表揚(yáng)):
Your honesty does you great credit.
你的誠實(shí)值得大大表揚(yáng)。
scare sb off
(尤指無意中)把人嚇倒,使人害怕,使恐懼:
Rising prices are scaring customers off.
不斷上漲的價(jià)格把顧客紛紛嚇跑了。
be supposed to do / be sth
(按規(guī)定、習(xí)慣、安排等)應(yīng)當(dāng),應(yīng),該,須:
You were supposed to be here an hour ago!
你本該在一小時(shí)以前就到這兒!
deserve sth
值得;應(yīng)得;應(yīng)受
You deserve a rest after all that hard work.
辛苦勞累那么久,你該休息一下了。
vt. 保護(hù),投保