小D每日一句一周詳解(02.13~02.19)

02月13日:?Please telephone him at your earliest convenience. 請盡早給他打電話。

sb’s earliest convenience: 請某人盡快……,得便請盡早……
例如:I'm quite willing to discuss the matter at your earliest convenience.(我很愿意在你方便時,盡早與你討論這一問題。)
? ? ? ? ? I wonder if it would be possible for us to meet at your earliest convenience and discuss the matter in a little more detail.(如果方便的話,我們能否盡早和您見面,討論一下這件事的細(xì)節(jié)。)

【相關(guān)詞組】
at sb's convenience 在某人方便時

02月14日:They go back a long way. 他們相識很久了。

back a long way:很久以前就認(rèn)識了,相識已久
例如:She and I go back a long way. I've known her since I was in elementary school.(我們是多年的朋友了。我在小學(xué)時就認(rèn)識她了。)
? ? ? ? ? It's great to have friends that you go back a long way with. You always know that you can depend on them.(有個老朋友真好。你知道你能永遠信賴他們。)

02月15日:He has tried every medicine under the sun, but nothing works. 他試了無數(shù)種藥,可是都不見效。 ?

the sun:普天之下,在世界上;究竟,到底
例如:He seems to have visited every country under the sun.(世界上所有國家他似乎都去過。)
? ? ? ? ? Where under the sun could I have put the purse?(我究竟把錢包放在哪兒了?)

vi. 起作用;有效
例如:The medicine worked.(藥物奏效了。)

02月16日:She was nasty about everyone. 她對所有人的態(tài)度都不好。

adj. 脾氣不好的;令人討厭的;嚴(yán)重的,造成痛苦的;下流的
例如:This milk must be bad, for it is giving off a nasty smell.(牛奶一定變質(zhì)了,因為它散發(fā)出一種令人惡心的氣味。)
? ? ? ? ? She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.(她跌倒時頭部受到嚴(yán)重碰撞。)
? ? ? ? ? He is a person with a nasty mind.(他是個思想骯臟的人。)

02月17日:The change was too subtle to attract notice. 變化太小了,完全看不出來。

adj. 隱約的,細(xì)微的,敏銳的
例如:Her whole attitude had undergone a subtle change.(她的整個態(tài)度發(fā)生了微妙的變化。)
? ? ? ? ? She has a very subtle mind.(她有個很敏銳的頭腦。)

02月18日:She felt completely overwhelmed. 她完全不知所措。

elm:v.(感情、影響等)使受不了;使不知所措
例如:I was overwhelmed by such a temptation.(我經(jīng)受不住那樣的誘惑。)

02月19日:It sounds like a win-win situation. 這聽起來是個雙贏的局面。

-win:adj. 雙贏的;互利互惠的
例如:We are building a strong country in a peaceful and win-win way.(我們正在以和平的、雙贏的方式建設(shè)一個強大的國家。)

【相關(guān)詞組】
win-win situation 雙贏局面

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