小D每日一句一周詳解(09.09~09.15)

09月09日:On second thought, let's not go to a movie.我又想了下,我們還是別去看電影了。

second thought:重新考慮后,進(jìn)一步考慮后
例如:On second thought, let's have Chinese food tonight.(經(jīng)重新考慮后,我們今晚還是吃中國(guó)萊吧?)
? ? ? ? ? On second thought, she rejected his marriage proposal to finish college.(經(jīng)過(guò)再次考慮之后,她拒絕了他的求婚,打算完成大學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)。)

09月10日:He is capable of anything if it furthers his ambition.凡是能助他實(shí)現(xiàn)野心的事他都會(huì)做。

capable of:能夠,可以,做得出
例如:Susan is capable of hard work.(蘇珊能勝任艱苦的工作。)
? ? ? ? ? She is capable of judging works of art.(她有鑒賞藝術(shù)品的能力。)

09月11日:Teaching is an honorable profession.教師是崇高的職業(yè)。

1.honorable: adj. 光榮的,高尚的
例如:He was honorable in word and in deed.(他言行誠(chéng)信可敬。)
? ? ? ? ?My father was the mayor of the village and an honorable man.(我父親是當(dāng)?shù)氐拇彘L(zhǎng),是個(gè)受人尊敬的人。)

09月12日:Public spending continues to rise at a steady pace.公共開(kāi)支繼續(xù)穩(wěn)步增長(zhǎng)。

1.at a steady pace以穩(wěn)定的步調(diào)
例如:He works at a steady pace.(他以一個(gè)很穩(wěn)定的速度去工作。)
? ? ? ? ? We drove along admiring the view; the horse trotted along at a steady pace.(我們向前開(kāi)著車(chē)欣賞風(fēng)景;這匹馬以穩(wěn)定的步伐向前小跑。)

09月13日:I think we can draw up a tentative plan now.我認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在可以先草擬一具臨時(shí)方案。

ive:adj. 試探性的,臨時(shí)的;躊躇的,猶豫不定的
例如:First meetings always involve this tentative kind of exploration.(最初幾次會(huì)晤總是要作一番臨時(shí)的探討。)
? ? ? ? ? Each step he took was slightly tentative.(他每走一步都有些遲疑不決。)?

09月14日Lookers-on see most of the game.當(dāng)局者迷,旁觀者清。

-on:旁觀者
例如:God has waited six thousand years for a looker-on to his work.(上帝足足等待了6000年,讓一個(gè)旁觀者去見(jiàn)證他的業(yè)績(jī)。)
? ? ? ? ? They conduct as a looker-on , passing by and then forgetting.(他們只是充當(dāng)一個(gè)旁觀者,從旁經(jīng)過(guò),之后將之遺忘。)

09月15日:I cannot express how glad I am to hear from him.我無(wú)法表達(dá)我接到他的信時(shí)有多高興。

from:接到...的(信)
例如:I hope to hear from you before long.(我希望不久就能收到你的信。)
? ? ? ? ? I'm really happy to hear from you.我真的很高興接到你的電話。

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