Word 2008-04-21

2008年4月21日 星期一

 

crowded  擁擠的

形容乘客是否站得穩可以寫成 stand steadily = keep their balance
如為形容非生物則可以寫成 stand stable

driving with intoxcated (DWI) 酒醉駕駛
run red lights 闖紅燈

A friend in need is a friend indeed . (患難見真情)
indeed = 實在;著實

When's lunch? I'm famished!
什麼時候吃午飯? 我都快餓死了!

ache: [ eik ]
n. 痛

sore: [ sɔ, sɔə ]
感覺到酸
Starting at the screen all day makes my eyes so sore.

a. 疼痛的,痛心的
n. 痛處,瘡口

aches and sores
全身痠痠痛痛的

cracker: [ 'krækə ]
n. 餅干,爆竹,胡桃鉗

occupational disease 職業病

tremendous event

Let's wrap it up = Let's finished today = Let's call it a night.
= Let's call it a session. 今天就忙到這吧

If we keep this up, we'll be old before we know it.
如果我們繼續這樣下去,不知不覺很快就變老了.

My feet also ache tremendously from wearing high heels all day.
整天穿高跟鞋也讓我的腳超痛的!

exhausted. 筋疲力竭的=精疲力竭

without regrets. (沒有遺憾(n.))
1. 懊悔;因...而遺憾[+v-ing][+that]
I regret that you see it like that.
你這樣看待這件事,我很遺憾。
2. 痛惜;哀悼;思念
I regret his death.
我對他的逝世痛惜不已。
3. 為...抱歉,遺憾[+to-v][+that]
I regret to say that I am unable to help you.
很抱歉,我愛莫能助。

Is getting off work on time really too mush to ask for ?
準時下班真的是一種奢求嗎?

cope with = tolerate with = put up with 忍受
tolerable 可以忍受的

pull all-nighters. 熬夜工作]

it won't be any better. 這樣不會比較好

My sister urged me to look for a new job.
我姊姊催我找份新工作.

That's sounds brutal.
聽起來真殘酷.

gloomy 憂鬱的

I can't get my spirits up knowing it's going to be another long day.
想到又將是漫長的一天就讓我心情振奮不起來

occasionally: [ ə'keiʒənəli ]
ad. 偶爾地

 

bump into 巧遇,不期而遇
1.I really am so sorry to bump into you.
撞著你了真是非常抱歉。
2.The bus bumped into the back of the car.
公共汽車砰的一聲撞上了一輛汽車的後部.

come across:
vt. 碰到(遇到,無意中發現)

例句与用法:
1.She ,came across some old photographs in a drawer.
她在抽屜里偶然發現一些舊照片.
2.Come across to my office this afternoon.
你今天下午到我辦公室來一趟.
3.I ,came across an old school friend in Oxford Street this morning.
今天早上我在牛津大街碰見一位老校友.

herald 預示..的來臨

aviation 航空業

react: [ ri'ækt ]
v. 反應,起作用,反動

1.An acid can react with a base to form a salt.
酸可以和鹼起反應而生成鹽。

2.How did they react to your suggestion?
他們對你的建議有什么反應?

3.She reacted to the insult by turning her back on him.
她受辱之后就不再理睬他了。

4.Iron reacts with water and air to produce rust.
鐵与水和空气起化學反應而生鏽。

awe-inspiring: [ 'ɔ:inspairiŋ ]
a. 令人敬畏的,令人惊嘆的

 

gingerly: [ 'dʒindʒəli ]
ad. 极度小心謹慎地

1.Gingerly he opened the door of the rat's cage.
他小心翼翼地打開鼠籠的門.

2.She sat down in a gingerly manner.
她輕輕地坐下.

3.He tasted the coffee gingerly before drinking it.
他在喝咖啡以前先小心地嘗一嘗。

 

mischievous: [ 'mistʃivəs ]
a. 調皮的,惡作劇的

1.One expects active children to be mischievous at times.
活潑的孩子有時是會淘气的。

2.Mischievous, teasing, or annoying.
有害的、調皮的或打攪

3.The little boy is as mischievous as a monkey.
這個小男孩像猴子一樣調皮。

4.Small and sprightly; mischievous.
小巧的小而有生气的;惡作劇的

5.She yelled (out) at her mischievous child.
她對她淘气的孩子大喊大叫.

 

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