单词与短语:
1. none other than
(用以加强语气)不是别的; 正是; 不是别人
eg. The new arrival was none other than the President.
刚到的不是别人,正是总统。
eg. None other than people always store the disagreeable things in heart, so it's hard to cheer up in deed.
正是因为大家总想把不愉快的事藏在心里,所以才会很难真正快乐起来
2. apples and oranges
习惯用语,意为两个非常不同的事物,无法相比
eg. You can't compare our generation and our parents' generation. They are apples and oranges.
不能把我们跟父辈那代比,完全两码事。
eg. Germany and Brazil are two nations that dominate the World Cup, but their footballing styles are like apples and oranges.
德国和巴西在世界杯上的地位举足轻重,但他们的比赛风格却是截然不同。
3. sink into
渗入; 陷入; 沉入; 把…投入
eg. The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现,这个国家的文化生活将衰退。
eg. Sink roots into the present until the strength grows to think about tomorrow.
扎根于现在,直到生出力量来思考明天。