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常考释义
1.(指已提到或易领会到的人或事物)used to refer to sb/sth that has already been mentioned or is easily understood
There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard.有三个问题。头两个相对容易,第三个困难。
There was an accident here yesterday. A car hit a tree and the driver was killed.昨天这里发生了一起事故。一辆小轿车撞到树上,驾车的人死了。
The heat was getting to be too much for me.天气热得快让我受不了了。
The nights are getting longer.夜越来越长。
2.(指独一无二的、正常的或不言而喻的人或事物)used to refer to sb/sth that is the only, normal or obvious one of their kind
the Mona Lisa《蒙娜丽莎》
the Nile尼罗河
the Queen女王
What's the matter?怎么回事?
The phone rang.电话铃响了。
I patted her on the back.我拍了拍她的背。
How's the(= your) baby?宝宝好吗?
3.(解说时用)used when explaining which person or thing you mean
the house at the end of the street街尽头的房子
The people I met there were very friendly.我在那里遇到的人很友善。
It was the best day of my life.这是我一生中最美好的一天。
You're the third person to ask me that.你是第三个问我那件事的人。
Friday the thirteenth十三号,星期五
Alexander the Great亚历山大大帝
4.(用以泛指)used to refer to a thing in general rather than a particular example
He taught himself to play the violin.他自学拉小提琴。
The dolphin is an intelligent animal.海豚是聪明的动物。
They placed the African elephant on their endangered list.他们把非洲大象列为濒危动物。
I heard it on the radio.我从收音机里听到了这件事。
I'm usually out during the day.白天我通常不在家。
5.(与形容词连用,指事物或统称的人)used with adjectives to refer to a thing or a group of people described by the adjective
With him, you should always expect the unexpected.在他身上你应随时料到有意想不到的事情发生。
the unemployed失业者
the French法国人
6.(用于姓氏的复数形式前,指家庭或夫妇)used before the plural of sb's last name to refer to a whole family or a married couple
Don't forget to invite the Jordans.别忘了邀请乔丹一家。
7.(指特定用途的事物)足够,恰好enough of sth for a particular purpose
I wanted it but I didn't have the money.我想买那东西,但钱不够。
8.(与计量单位连用)每,一used with a unit of measurement to mean ‘every’
My car does forty miles to the gallon.我的车每加仑汽油跑四十英里。
You get paid by the hour.你领的是时薪。
9.(与时间单位连用)当前的,本,此used with a unit of time to mean ‘the present’
Why not have the dish of the day?何不试一下今天的特色菜?
She's flavour of the month with him.她是他眼下的红人。
10.(重读,表示所指的为知名或重要的人或事物)used, stressingthe , to show that the person or thing referred to is famous or important
Sheryl Crow? Not 'the Sheryl Crow?雪瑞尔 ) 克洛?莫不是大名鼎鼎的雪瑞尔 ) 克洛?
At that time London was 'the place to be.那时候伦敦是不可不去的地方。
Recently, however, often see water heater accident, did not know how to transform in the end need to be safe?
可是最近常看到热水器事故,不知道到底需要怎样改造才能安全?
I was charmed by the flush round her eyes and on her rather prominent cheekbones caused by the wine.
葡萄酒使她两眼四周和突出的颧骨泛起一片红润,真令我心醉神迷。
It has evolved over the decades into an international financial center but hasn't been able to use or trade the currency of its hinterland.
经过几十年的发展,它成了一个国际金融中心,但却不能使用或交易其腹地的货币。
When it's hung on a movable stand, you can take it with you to the bathroom or on a stroll down the hall.
当它被挂在可移动的架子上时,你可以带上它去洗手间或者在大厅里漫步。
But I missed being eligible for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the only way I could attend.
奖学金是我上学的唯一途径,然而在入学考试中,我因一分之差与奖学金失之交臂。
With regret, Orvos sent Anakin off; the Great Mother needed his strength, regardless of the dark consequences.
奥尔沃斯怀着惋惜的心情送走了阿纳金,“伟大的母亲”需要他的力量,不论后果多么黑暗。
Beijing Branch of the body should be . I do not know whether the foreign sales.
你可以试试。北京体科所应当有。不知能否对外出售。
Odysseus and Diomedes went into the city in disguise and stole it out of the temple of the city.
于是,奥德修斯就和狄俄墨得斯伪装入城,偷偷地将神像盗了出来。
It's safe to say that in the case of the subprime-mortgage mess, regulation and government subsidies deserve much of the blame.
可以负责任地说,在混乱的次优级抵押贷款的案例中,监管和政府补贴受到许多的批评。
Just as the heat threatened to overwhelm this correspondent, the woman in the group broke into a slow Mexican song, which somehow helped.
正在记者快承受不了高温的时候,一起干活的妇女突然放声唱了一首慢节奏的墨西哥歌曲,她的歌声让高温有所缓解。
The ship he commanded was the largest afloat at the time of her maiden voyage.
他指挥的这条船在其首航时是海上最大的漂浮物了。
As if the nausea isn't enough, this week you may be noticing increased gas, indigestion, heartburn and general discomfort in you gut.
好像仅仅恶心还是不够的,这一周你可能发觉胃里涨气、消化不良、心痛和全身不舒服。
They were listening intently, and as though looking not at me, but at the pattern of my voice upon the air.
他们全神贯注地倾听着,他们眼睛里看到的仿佛不是我,而是我的声音在空气中传播的样式。
Yes, the moment I left the house, I realized how much I love you and I couldn't bear the thought of leaving.
是啊,我一离开这座房子,就意识到我多么爱你,我不能忍受离开你。
Observing all this from the great beyond, Susie gradually figures out that she's not alone in her victimhood.
当苏西在乐园中置身事外地观察着这一切时,她渐渐体察到受害的并不只是她自己。
Bree was the chief village of the Bree-land, a small inhabited region, like an island in the empty lands round about.
布理是布理兰的中心村落,是一个小居住区,如小岛一般被空旷之地围绕。
Needless to say, the approaching match has been a topic of conversation at the Chelsea training ground.
毫无疑问,现在这场即将到来的比赛成为切尔西训练场上谈论的焦点。
To draw out of others more valuable opinions upon the problem, I might as well cite my own experience.
为了抛砖引玉,我不妨先说说自己的经历。
Medical studies have been, have not always pass the white smoke to imagine him in uniform, full air look.
医已学成,可还没有过门的白烟总是想象着他穿着制服,神气十足的样子。
He underestimated the cost of a vacation and ran out of the money.
他过低估计度假的费用,把钱花光了。
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