1. pick and choose--- Dont pick and choose, but take whats given to you. Choose to do情愿做...---I choose to learn from it. 我选择从中吸取教训. Have no choice but---除...外别无他法,不得不---If you press too hard,they would have no choice but to apply for bankruptcy. 你逼急了,它就只好破产. 2. 500 B. C---公元前500年; A. D. 500公元500年 3. civil servants文职人员; urban城市的---urbane有礼貌的,文雅的; rural乡村的---rustic土气的,粗俗的 4. claim既是名词也是动词---It is claimed that有人说,据说,据称--- It is claimed that more petroleum may be preserved in stratigraphic than in structural traps. 有 人主张,地层圈闭也许比构造圈闭存有更多的石油. Exclaim against injustice鸣不平---Widows exclaim loudly against second marriages.寡妇们大声非议再婚 Proclaim是一个及物动词,其主语只能是权力机关或政府领导---proclaim war宣战; proclaim a law宣布法律 5. classic意思是一流的,最上等的; classical才是古典的 6. find ones match---找到对手 7. clean还可以做副词意思是一干二净地,完全地---Sorry, I clean forgot. cleanly意思是清洁地,干净利落地 clear还有批准的意思,同样的clearance也可以做批准的名词 |