1. 他是个夜猫子,常常挑灯夜战。
He is a night person and often burn the midnight oil.
(a night person: 夜猫子)
2. 你知道的,挑灯夜战对你身体不好。
You know, burning the midnight oil is bad for your health.
(动词词组放在句首做主语,不能直接用动词原形,要加上ing变成动名词。)
3. 我昨天开夜车了,现在困得睁不开眼:
I burned the midnight oil last night, and now I can hardly keep my eyes open. hardly.
(表示否定意义的副词,相当于把这个句子变成了否定句)