11. work as 做……工作 I worked as a secretary after I graduated. 毕业后我做过秘书。 work under sb. 在某人手下工作 work for sb. / sth. 供职于某人或者某公司,也可以表示工作时间。 work away / at / on sth. 忙于某事 work out 解决问题 David has worked under a strict boss for nearly two years. 大卫在一个严格的老板手下已经差不多工作 两年了。 He found it very embarrassed to have to work for his former employee. 他觉得要为他以前的雇员工作很尴尬。 I believe that you can work out this problem by yourself. 我相信你自己能做出这道题的。 12. date / go back to, date from 追溯到…… This temple dates from the 15th century. 这座寺庙建于15世纪。 Whenever Grandma talks, she always likes to go back to her youth days. 祖母只要一谈话, 总是喜欢谈到她的青年时代。 trace back to也可以译为“追溯到……”,一般 要用人作主语;如果物作主语的话,则使用 被动语态。 The contact between our two countries can be traced back to last century. 我们两国之间的往来可以追溯到上个世纪。 这座教堂的历史可以追溯到13世纪。 ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 她很怕水,起因可归于儿时的一次事故。 |