各位同学kuku~水豚豚又来和大家一起学习地道表达法啦ku~这期的背景音乐来自Salena Jones的“We've Only Just Begun”。
☞go by在上面的例句中是“遵守”的意思,除此之外,go by还可以用来表示“(时间的)流逝”: He became better at singing as time went by. ☞go by还有“凭……来判断”的意思,比如,“不能以貌取人”用英文来说就是: You shouldn't go by others' appearances. 知识拓展点: Their plan has gone by the board because of the sudden change.
☞usher在上面的例句中作动词使用,表示“引;领;招待”的意思,而usher in则表示“开启,开创”。而usher someone into则表示“领某人进入……” My friend ushered me into his room. 知识拓展点: I work as an usher in this hotel.
☞drop off在上面的例句中是“让……下车”的意思。其实drop off不止这一个含义,你猜猜看下面的例句中,drop off表示什么意思呢? He kept dropping off at his desk. 这里的drop off表示“睡着”的意思,所以这个例句的意思就是“他不停在桌上打瞌睡。” ☞当然,drop off还有一个最常见的释义“下降”,比如: The number of casualties has dropped off drastically.
☞run out of是“用完,耗尽”的意思,如果我们想把这个词组放在句尾的话则需要删去介词of。比如,上面的例句我们还可以这么说: The paper for the photocopier has run out. 知识拓展点: She ran out on her husband when he was paralyzed. |
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