try on:试穿
Eg. The housemaid wanted like anything to try on her mistress's clothes.
那个女仆极想试穿女主人的衣服。
Eg. The clerk held out a dress for Martha to try on.
店员拿出一件衣服给玛莎试穿。
Eg. She wanted to try on the glass shoe.
她想试一试这只水晶鞋。
Eg. Is there anywhere I could try on the trousers, please?
请问在哪里可以试一下裤子?
be right about something:对......是对的
Eg. Lord was right about his own record.
洛德对自己成绩的看法是正确的。
Eg. There's something not quite right about the whole thing.
整个这件事儿有点儿不对劲儿。
Eg. You're right about the importance of keeping in touch.
你说得没错,保持联络是很重要的。
Eg. I think my father was right about the power of dreaming flight.
我想,父亲对于梦中飞行的作用的看法是对的。
be supposed to:应该
Eg. I'm supposed to be seeing that he's tortured, doubtful, confused.
我应该看到他在痛苦、怀疑、困扰着。
Eg. You're supposed to pay the bill by Friday.
你最晚在星期五结清这笔帐。
Eg. He was supposed to have graduated from college two years ago.
他本该两年以前大学毕业.
Eg. How am I supposed to take care of the documents?
我应该怎么处理这文件?
take into account:考虑
Eg. You did not take into account our different Backgrounds.
你没有考虑到我们的背景不同。
Eg. We must take into account the desires of our members.
我们必须把我们成员们的欲望列入考虑。
be based on:建立于
Eg. It's based on sound thinking.
这是建立在慎重考虑的基础上的。
Eg. Capitalism is based on private ownership.
资本主义是建立在私有制基础上的。
Eg. Scientific theories must be based on facts.
科学理论必须以事实为根据。
Eg. The TV play was based on real life.
那出电视剧是根据现实生活写成的。
lose one's accent:改变口音
Eg. She had always said how lucky she was to have been able to lose her Lincolnshire accent.
她常常谈到为能改掉林肯郡口音感到高兴。
against one's will:违背意愿
Eg. He refuses to do anything against his will.
他拒绝做违背自己意愿的事.
Eg. Don't do anything that should go against his will.
不要做违背他心意的事。