1. get used to...:变得习惯......
讲解:短语中的to是介词,如果后面跟动词的话,要使用动名词形式,即为:get used to doing。
e.g. This is how we do things here. You'll soon get used to it.
我们这里就是这么做事的。你很快就会习惯的。
e.g. Driving on the left is strange at first but you get used to it.
沿着路的左侧驾车刚开始时有些别扭,可是习惯就好了。
2. a share of...:一份......
讲解:share在这里做名词用,表示数量。具体是指“(分享到的或贡献出的)一份东西”。例如:the robber's share of the stolen money的意思是“劫匪的一份赃款”。A fair share的意思是“应该得到的一份”,one’s share of的意思是“某人得到的一份”。和动词搭配使用如下:get a share of的意思是“得到一份.....”,give sb. a share of的意思是“给予某人一份......”。
e.g. You should get a fair share of the food to eat.
你应得的一份食物吃。
e.g. He did not mind giving his family a fair share of all that he earned, but he did not like to be forced to provide against his will.
他并不在乎把大部分收入拿出来供家庭开销,但是他不喜欢那种不顾他的反对要这要那的做法。
e.g. Everyone who helped gets a share in the profits.
凡是帮过忙的就得到一份利润。
e.g. Your share of the cost is 10.
你这一份费用是10英镑。
3. on one’s own:独立地
e.g. John quit his job and struck out on his own as a traveling salesman.
约翰辞掉工作去做旅行推销员,独力闯新路。
e.g. I can't believe he'd do a thing like that on his own. He must have been put up to it by some of the older boys.
我不相信他会主动干那种事, 一定是有些年龄大的男孩子叫他干的。
4. be hard for...:对于.....来说艰难
e.g. It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time.
任何人都很难逃避时间的摧残。
e.g. It's hard for some older people to take all that noise.
一些老年人没办法忍受那些噪音。