重点讲解:
1. to date 迄今;到目前为止;
To date there is no evidence to support this theory.
到目前为止,还没有证据支持这种理论 。
2. by far (比较时用作强调)显然,…得多,大大地;
By far the most important issue for them is unemployment.
对他们来说最重要的无疑就是失业问题 。
3. in service (车辆、设备)在使用中,可以使用;
Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced.
资金的削减意味着早该换掉的设备一直在长期运转 。
4. be comparable to 与…可比较的,比得上…的;
Yet, on the whole, he is comparable to the best.
但是总体来看他却可以和班上最好的媲美 。