重点讲解:
1. out of breath
喘不过气;上气不接下气;
eg. There she was, slightly out of breath from running.
她在那儿,跑得有点儿喘不过气来 。
eg. He ran so fast that he was out of breath.
他跑得太快,气都喘不过来了 。
2. in the nick of time
在事情正好发生的时候;关键时刻;
eg. Seems we got here just in the nick of time.
看来我们来得正是时候 。
eg. News of interest cuts came in the nick of time for borrowers.
对借款人来说,减息的消息来得正是时候 。
3. in time
及时;
eg. Firemen reached the house on fire in time.
消防队员及时赶到那幢失火的房子 。
eg. Disregarding all the difficulties, we arrived here in time.
尽管有那么多困难,我们仍然及时地到达了这里 。
4. at the last moment
最后一刻;最后时刻;
eg. They changed their minds at the last moment and refused to go.
他们在最后一刻改变主意,决定不去了 。
eg. I hope I can depend on you not to back out at the last moment.
我希望你绝对不会在最后的时刻变卦 。
5. give birth
生(孩子);分娩;生育
eg. She's just given birth to a baby girl.
她刚生了一个女孩 。
eg. She's due to give birth at any moment.
她随时可能分娩 。
6. catch fire
着火;起火;开始燃烧;
eg. My home catches fire and everything is destroyed.
我家失了火,所有的东西都烧毁了 。
eg. Paper is apt to catch fire.
纸容易着火 。
7. put out
扑灭;熄灭;
eg. Firemen tried to free the injured and put out the blaze.
消防队员努力救出伤者并扑灭大火 。
eg. Smoke lingers in the air hours after cigarettes are put out.
烟头熄灭后烟雾还会在空气中停留数小时 。
n. 感动(激动,愤怒或震动), 搅拌,骚乱