He refused to compromise his principles. 他拒绝放弃原则。 compromise表示放弃(原则等 compromise也可做一个不及物动词,表示妥协,让步。要说明在哪个方面妥协或让步就用介词on。 He refused to compromise on q...
Let me put it another way. 让我换个方式来说。 当中的put 意思是表达,表述。 I don't know how to put it. 我不知道如何表达。 Can you put it in simpler English? 你能用更简单的英语来表达吗?...
His parents don't like him to go to the cyber cafe. 他的父母不喜欢他去网吧。 cyber表示电脑的,和电脑有关的;也表示和网络有关的。 cyber singer就是指网络哥手; cyber space就是指网络空间; cyber cafe就是...
He vowed that he would never do that again. 他发誓绝不再作那样的事。 vow表示发誓。可在vow后加that引导出发誓的内容,也可用vow to do something。 上句可写成: He vowed never to do that again. He vowed to do his be...
All our hard work was in vain. 我们的努力都是白费的。 in vain,徒劳的,白费的。 He didn't die in vain. 他没有白白地死去。 I tried to persuade him but in vain. 我尝试说服他,但没有用。...
I found a lot of goodies in the stockings. 我发现长袜里装有许多糖果。 goody是比较口语的说法,表示好吃的东西,糖果,吸引人的东西。 Each child here can take a bag of goodies home. 这里的每位孩子都能拿一袋...
We don't have any more pens, can we substitute pencils. 已经不再有钢笔了,可用铅笔来代替吗? substitute表示以...代替。注意上句中substitute后的pencils不是被替换的,而是用来替换pens的。如果要明确表明用...
You can buy at our market on credit. 你可在我们的市场里赊购东西。 credit表示信用, on credit表示凭信用。 buy on credit就是赊购;而对应的赊销则是sell on credit。 We sell these products on credit. 我们赊销这些...
He squandered a lot of time on computer games. 他在电脑游戏上挥霍了许多时间。 squander表示挥霍或浪费时间`金钱`资源等。 She squandered all her money on junk food. 她把钱都浪费在垃圾食品上。 squander也可表示...
There is no time like the present. 机不可失,时不再来。 there is no time like后面加一个时间,表示没有比...更好的时候了,后面可加to do something,表示没有比...更好的时候去做某事。 There is no time like the...