重点讲解:
1. grounds for
理由;根据;
eg. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.
他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。
eg. They have reasonable grounds for suspicion.
他们有充分的根据产生怀疑。
2. lose patience/lose one's patience
失去耐心;发脾气;
eg. As the minutes ticked away they to lose patience.
随着时间一分一分的过去,他们开始变得不耐烦了。
eg. If you don't stop making that noise I'm going to lose my patience.
你要再不停止发出噪音,我可要火了。
3. why the heck
(尤在迷惑或恼怒时用于疑问句中表示强调)到底,究竟;
eg. Why the heck are you standing here?
你站在这里做什么?
eg. Ask yourself this: If you don’t like who you really are, why the heck should I like you?
问问自己:如果你自己都不喜欢真实的自己,那别人怎么会喜欢你呢?
4. hold a conversation
谈话;
eg. It's impossible to hold a conversation with all this noise.
噪音这么大,根本没法进行交谈。
eg. It remains to be seen whether I would ever again be able to hold a conversation with John.
我能否和约翰再次进行谈话现在还不清楚。
adj. 自信的,有信心的,有把握的
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