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5.to stand up : (to rise, take an upright or standing position after being seated)
【说明:】to stand up(起立)指从坐下的姿势转取直立或站着的姿势而言。
【例:】(1) When the President entered, everyone in the room stood up.
总统进来时,室内每个人起立。
(2) When the “Star - Spangled Banner” is played, everyone must stand up and remove his hat.
当奏美国国歌时,大家都应该起立并且脱帽。
6.to sit down : (to take a sitting position after standing)
【说明:】to sit down(坐下)指从站着的姿势转取坐下的姿势而言。主人请客人坐下可以说 “Sit down” 或 “have a seat,” 或 “Take a seat,” 或 “Be seated.”
【例:】(1) After standing for so long, it was a pleasure to sit down and rest.
站得太久了,坐下来休息真是愉快。
(2) We sat down on the park bench and watched the people as they passed.
我们坐在公园的长凳上,留心观察着来往的行人。
7.all day long : (the entire day, continuously through the day)
【说明:】all day long(整天,全日)为副词片语,也可以用all the day long.指做某一件事,在一天中不会间断。
【例:】(1) I have been working on this problem all day long.
我研究这问题已经有一整天了。
(2) She shopped all day long looking for a new dress.
她为了选购一件新衣服,逛了一整天的商店。
8.by oneself : (alone)
【说明:】by oneself(独自,独立)为副词片语,oneself包括myself, yourself, himself等,为反身代名词。
【例:】(1) John did the work by himself. No one helped him.
约翰独自做这工作,没有人帮他忙。
(2) She likes to walk by herself through the park.
她喜欢一个人在公园里散步。
9.on purpose : (purposely, intentionally)
【说明:】on purpose(故意,蓄意,预谋)与of set purpose同意,通常放在句子的后面。
【例:】(1) It was no accident. She broke the dish on purpose.
这不并是意外的事,她是故意把碟子打破的。
(2) Do you think he made that mistake on purpose?
他认为他是故意弄错的吗?
10.to get along : (to do, succeed, make progress)
【说明:】to get along(进行,成功,有进展)指在某一种工作或学问上有进步与发展而言,后面用in。此外这个片语也有和好相处的意思,如He and she cannot get along with each other.(他和她两人处不来),后面用with。
【例:】(1) John is getting along very well in his study of English.
约翰学习英语很有进步。
(2) How is Mr. Holmes getting along in his new job?
贺尔姆斯先生的新工作做得怎样?
11.to make no difference : (to be of equal importance)
【说明:】to make no difference(没有区别,没有关系)于两种不同的情形或事物,某人认为没有区别,无足轻重。用此成语时常以虚字it为其主词,如上述二例句,后面用whether介绍的名词子句则为真正主词。至于二句中to me与to you 的to 亦可改用with.
【例:】 (1) When I asked him whether he wanted to go in the morning or in the afternoon, he said: “ It doesn’t make any difference to me.”
当我问他要早晨去还是下午去的时候,他说“这对我没有什么关系”。
(2) does it make any difference to you whether we have our lesson at two o’clock or at three o’clock?
我们在两点钟上课或者在三点钟上课,你觉得没有关系吗?
12.to take out : (to remove, extract)
【说明:】to take out(取出,拔出)中的out是副词,如果take的受词是名词,多半放在out的后面,如果受词是代名词则放在take与out之间。
【例:】(1) William took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead.
威廉取出手帕擦擦他的前额。
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