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一些实用的英语表达(1) 英语笔记 2007-01-04 20:23:09 阅读68 评论0 ??字号：大中小?订阅 1.from A to Z(从最初到最末)全部因为在英语字母表中,A是最初的字母, Z是最后的字母, 所以从A到Z意为自始至终,彻头彻尾,完全.Ive read all of Shakespeares works from A to Z.莎士比亚的作品,我全部都读过了.Steven Knows Chinese history from A to Z.史蒂文对中国的历史了解得很透彻.Hes mastered his field from A to Z.他精通自己的专业.I dont suppose he read a book from years end to years end. But he was no fool. He knew his work from A to Z.我看他一年到头没有读一本书,可是他决不是傻瓜,他完全熟悉自己的工作. 2.Be about to即将......的这个句式在口语中用来表示将做(打算做,将从事)某事. We were about to leave when the snow began.我们正要离开的时候,下起雪来了.I havent gone yet, but Im about to.我还没有去,但我正要去.My father is about to retire.我父亲就要退休了.The film was about to start.电影就要开始了.As I was about to say, you interrupted me.我正要说的时候,你打断了我. 3.Be?not about to完全没有去做.....的意思这一条不单单是be about to do something的否定形式. 肯定形式 I 的意思是现在马上去做......,否定形式的意思并不是现在不马上去做....., 而是表达强达强烈反对的意志: 完全没有去做.......的意图. Im not about to go out shopping in all this rain.老这样下雨,我根本不打算出去买东西.Im not about to admit defeat.我还不想认输.Im not about to tell you the answer to that.我完全没有回答你那个问题的打算.Im not about to sit around the house doing nothing when I have the chance to go skiing.既然有机会去滑雪,我可不算在家里闲呆着.Im not about to lend you any more money.我再也不想借钱给你了.4.have a? nodding acquaintance点头之交, 不大熟悉have a nodding acquaintance一般后接with someone. 另外,a nodding acquaintance 也指有点头之交的人. 其次, 也有在have a nodding acquaintance 后不接with someone 而接with something 的情况, 来表示不大熟悉, 不大会 日意思. I dont know her very well. We have only a nodding acquaintance.我对她不很了解, 我们只是点头之交.I have more than a nodding acquaintance with him.我与他不是泛泛之交.Hes a nodding acquaintance, but I dont know where he lives.他与我有点头之交, 但是我不知道他住在哪里.The old doctor has only a nodding acquaintace with most recent discoveries in medicine.这位老医生对大多数医学上的新发现不太熟悉.Even after ten years in America he appears to have little more than a nodding acquaintance with English.他虽然在美国已经呆了十年, 但是看起来不大会英语. 5.Add up to 总计为......;意味着, 等于是按照字面的意思就是总数合计为......,在中语中,引申为(把说话, 事实等种种因素都考虑在内)结果是...