重点讲解:
1. stop by 顺便拜访;顺路探望;
Perhaps I'll stop by the hospital.
也许我会顺路去一下医院 。
2. figure out 想出;理解;弄清;
It meant I had to start from scratch and fi gure out where I fit in.
那意味着我必须白手起家并且得弄清楚我适合什么行业 。
3. catch sb. in the act 当场抓住;抓现行;
When the police caught the thief in the act, he tried to brazen it out.
当警察当场抓住那个小偷时,他还企图抵赖
4. feather one's nests 营私;自肥;
Mary's much more interested in doing things for other people than feathering her own nest.
相比追逐私利,玛丽更乐意帮助他人 。
vt. 获得,得到
vi. 通用,流行,存在