(12)as it is:(照原样/事实上/实际而言)
例:Leave you desk as it is./请照原样,把你的桌子放好。
Written,as it is ,in plain English,this book./ 事实上,此书是用简易的英文写成。
(13)in the light of:(~视为(=as)/从~观点来看/依据~来看)
例:I viewed my action in the light of a crime./我把我的行为视为犯罪。
Viewed in this light,the matter is important./由这个观点来看,那件事情很重要。
You must study the present in the light of the past./你可以根据过去研究现在(鉴往
知来)
*light (乃"依个人看法,所以,产生不同的见解"之意)
(14)do well to:(~是明智的)
例:You did well to keep the secret./你保守秘密,乃是明智之举。
You will do weell to leave him./你离开他乃是明智之举。
*will do well to...=had better...
(15)for the--ing:(只要)
例:The flower is your for the asking./只要你说一声,这花儿就给你。
(16)copy with:(~好好处理)
例:He will be able to copy with the difficult situation./他能够很好地应付困难局面。
(17)make both ends meet:(收支平衡)
例:I found it difficult to make both ends meet./我觉得很难使收支平衡。
(18)attribute:(ascribe)~to/(归因于~)
例:We attribute (ascribe) his success to hard work./我们把他的成功归因于他努力不懈的工
工作。
This poem is attributed (ascribed) to him./这首诗是他作的。
(19)at short (a moment's)notice:(立刻,迅速地)
例:We had to start for America at short notice./我们必须立刻前往美国。
*notice 是"预告"之意。at short (a moment's)notice照字面的解释是"很短的预告"。
(20)have a good opinion of:(认为~是好的)
例:We have a good opinion of your son./我们认为你有一个好儿子。
(21)with the result that:(结果~)
例:We made
mutual concessions with the result that the matter was settled at
once./我们彼此让步,所以很快地就把问题解决了。
(22)go out of one's way:[to]/(特意/绕路)
例:He went out of his way to assist me./他特意地帮助我。
I went out of my way as far as rome./我绕道去罗马。
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