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offhand
adj. 不友好的，不礼貌的，简慢的 adv. 即席地，未经核实地 I can't tell offhand how much it will cost.我不能立刻告诉你它值多少钱。 I can't answer
your request offhand. 我不能随便答复你的要求。 It was an offhand polite question.这是一句随便问起的客气话。 He was quite generous and gave 100 yuan offhand. 他相当大方，一出手就给了一百块。 Offhand, I would guess that this car repair will cost US$1,500. 让我现在随口说，我猜这部车要花一千五百美元修理费。
（he who英谚常见开头语） He who knows nothing, innocent; he who pursuits nothing, ignorant. 一无所知者蒙昧，一无所求者愚昧。 He who doubts nothing knows nothing.对一切都不怀疑的人，一无所知。 He that converses not knows nothing.不与别人交谈的人孤陋寡闻。 The first great lesson that a young man should learn is that he knows nothing. 年轻人应该上的第一课是他什么也不知道。
profit from：得益于 [gain/make/get～;
will/can/ought ～] We ought to profit from our own experiences [mistakes].我们应当从自己的经历 [错误] 中学到东西。 We gained a lot of profit from your advice. 我们从你的建议中获益匪浅。 Newspapers make a profit from [out of] the advertisements they carry.报纸由其所刊登的广告获取利益。 You will gain [get] profit from your studies. 你将从念书中获得 益处. A wise man can profit from his mistakes. 聪明人会从自己的错误中得到教益。 Parents might also profit from eliminating the rants. 改掉大声叫骂的习惯，家长们也会受益。
apart from：除了；脱离 [keep ～; ～ sb. / sth.; ～ doing sth.] There was one boy rather noticeably standing apart from the other children. 有个男孩引人注目地独自站在一边，不接近其他孩子。 My brother keeps apart from the wine.我哥哥滴酒不沾。 Her bright red scarf set her apart from the other girls.她那鲜红的围巾使她在姑娘们中间显得特别突出。 I like to keep my work apart from my family. 我不喜欢让家里人插手我的工作。 I've finished apart from the last question.除了最后一道题，我全做完了。 Apart from some spelling mistakes, the composition is fairly good. 除了一些拼写错误,，这篇文章写得很不错。 But apart from our regular occupation how much are we alive? 然而,除去我们的日常工作，我们又在多大程度上是活着的? He answers that it is nothing external to us and nothing apart from our own existence. 他自答道对我们而言没有什么是永恒的，没有什么不属于我们自身的存在。 Apart from English, we study Russian and Spanish. 除了英语以外，我们还学俄语及西班牙语。 Apart from the injuries to his face and hands, he broke both legs. 他除了脸部和双手受伤以外，两条腿也断了。
nothing but 只是，只不过是 It's nothing but hearsay. 这只不过是听说而已。 He has nothing but money on his mind. 他思想上除了钱外没有别的。 There was nothing but silence in the room. 这间屋内声息全无，一片寂静。 I want to say nothing but sorry. 我只想说对不起。 His story is nothing but a pack of lies. 他说的纯粹是一派鬼话。 He owned nothing but the clothes on his back. 他除了身上的衣服一无所有。 Although he seems angry with his son, he means him nothing but good. 他似乎对儿子很生气,但他只是想让他好。
anything but 决不 She is anything but a beauty. 她一点也不漂亮。 She can do anything but sing. 她除了唱歌之外，什么都会。 The problem is anything but easy. 这个问题绝不容易。 He is anything but a liar. 他决不是一个撒谎的人。 She's not satisfied with anything but the best. 她事事都要最好的方才罢休。 The hotel was anything but satisfactory. 这家旅馆太不让人满意了。 The result is anything but successful.结果并没成功。 One never loses anything but politeness.礼多人不怪，谦虚无所失。 Feeling wronged, he couldn't do anything but sob.他委屈得说不出话来，只是抽噎着。 I can resist anything but temptation. 我可以抵抗任何事，除了诱惑。
no occasion：没有必要 [there’s ～for sth./ to do sth.; sb. have ～for sth./ to do sth.] There's no occasion to be so rude.你没有理由这么粗鲁。 There was no occasion for ranting.没必要大声咆哮。 You have no occasion to buy another car.你没有必要再买一辆汽车。 No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. 我们没有理由去仇恨；也没有理由去从恶。 Women love getting gifts on any season and occasion (and certainly with no occasion too). 女人喜欢在任何时节和任何场合收到礼物（当然也没必要总送）。 I've had no occasion to visit him recently.我最近无缘去拜访他。 She has no occasion for being late.她无迟到的理由。 That is, one cannot abandon the world, hoping to understand oneself, or be so tangled in the world that there is no occasion to comprehend oneself. 也就是说，人不能寄希望于用弃世的办法来了解自己，也不能深深纠缠在这个世界中，以至于连了解自己的机会都没有。
encourage：鼓励；支持；促进 You should encourage your child's
attempts at self-expression. 对孩子表达自我的尝试，你应当加以鼓励。 Her success encouraged me to try the same thing.她的成功鼓励我尝试做同样的事。 Peter, my English teacher, never fails to encourage us to study hard. 我的英 He aims to encourage mutual understanding .他的目的在于增进相互了解。 Encourage enterprise to compete
in the market.把企业推向市场。 Encourage quality supremacy. Stop crude make.提倡质量至上，杜绝粗制滥造。 We encourage people to invest in Lesotho.我们欢迎人们来这里投资。 I favour the idea that we should encourage people.我赞成劲可鼓不可泄。 Reaction to his taunts will only encourage him.别理会他恶言寻衅。
attend：出席；上学，上课；照料 She didn't attend to what I was saying. 她对我所说的话未加注意。 Several maidens were invited to attend her wedding. 好几个少女被邀请去参加她的婚礼。 Children must attend school between 5 and 16. 5至16岁的孩子必须上学。 He is not so sick but he can attend a class. 他尽管有病，还是可以上课。 She asked me to attend the meeting in her stead.她要我替她去参加会议。 He did not attend the dinner; his plea was that he was too busy to come. 他没有参加那次宴会，借口是他太忙不能来。 He has a great deal to attend（=deal with）to today.他今天有许多事要处理。 How many courses did you attend? 你听几门课? |
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