大家好,欢迎来到《可可茶话会》。学习英语不是一朝一夕的事,今天,你学英语了吗?接下来我们一起来分享三句实用口语。
1. The garden party was put off because of the contrary weather.
Put something off在本句中表示“推迟,拖延”,近义词有postpone,delay,defer,suspend等。我们之前学到的set back也可表示推迟的意思。Put something off是“推迟”,put someone off呢?如果你去办事,人家说太晚了明天再来吧,这就是在put you off,即“敷衍,搪塞”。如果电视声音很大,影响你背单词了,也是put you off,即“使分心,搅扰”,主语可以为物也可为人。如果室友生活习惯不太好你不喜欢,ta的习惯就会put you off,即“使反感,使对……失去兴趣”,这里主语只能为物。例句的意思是:由於天气不好,园游会延期了。
The garden party was put off because of the contrary weather.
2. The thief tried to open the locked door but in vain.
小偷试图打开这扇锁着的门,但徒劳无功。In vain在此表示“徒劳,白费力气”,即useless,近义词有pointless,futile,fruitless等。Vain一词本身即可表示“徒劳的,无效的,不成功的”,本句亦可写为:The thief tried in a vain attempt to open the locked door. 此外,in vain还可表示“无用的,无意义的,无价值的”,如:His son did not die in vain. 他的儿子没有白白死去。
3.His total working time per week fluctuated between 35 hours and 45 hours.
他每周工作时间在35至45小时间波动。Fluctuate的意思是变动、波动、上下浮动,后接between限定波动范围,fluctuate between A and B也就是在A和B之间上下波动的意思。Gold prices would likely fluctuate around current levels but could rise later this year. 黄金价格可能会在当前水平波动,但今年晚些时候可能上升。Around表示围绕,前面说到fluctuate between是指在某一范围内波动,fluctuate around表示的则是围绕某一水平出现上下波动。
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