Have you ever paid any heed to the translation of sentences when looking up a word in the dictionary?
Today Irene would like to invite you to appreciate some expressions which might well appeal to you.
1. Where do you stand on private education?
你對民辦教育持什么觀點？
詞組：stand on 持……觀點；立場
句型：Where do you stand on … ?
2.The BBC had to field more than 300 phone calls after last night’s programme.
英國廣播公司在昨夜的節目播出以后，不得不答復了300多次電話。
單詞：field v. [answer adequately or successfully]
e.g. The lawyer fielded all questions from the press.
詞組：field a question 成功應對問題
3. She stopped short of calling the president a liar.
她差一點兒沒指責校長說謊。
詞組：stop short of 差一點就；未到達
e.g. Ideas stop short of becoming reality.
想法差一點就能實現。
e.g. We will never stop short of goal.
我們不達目的，決不罷休。
4. The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.
這件事喚起了他對往昔苦難的回憶。
詞組：wake memories of sth.
5. The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake.
暴風雨過處滿目瘡痍。
詞組：a trail of destruction (a trail of 一串…新三高頻詞組)
e.g. He left a trail of unpaid bills behind him.
他走后留下一連串未付的賬單。
e.g. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.
(N3 L1 A Puma At Large)
e.g. Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.
(N3 L39 Nothing to Worry About)
詞組：in one’s wake / in the wake of sth. 在…之后
Indeed, in the wake of the financial crisis, many immigrants have gone back.
實際上，在金融危機后許多移民已經返鄉。
6. She comes across well in interviews.
她在采訪中常給人留下很好的印象。
詞組：come across 給人…印象；講得清楚明白
e.g. When sober, he can come across as an extremely pleasant and charming young man.
在他不醉酒的時候，他給人的印象可能會是一位極其可愛迷人的年輕人。
7. By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.
他運氣好，幾乎立刻找到了工作。
詞組：a stroke of fortune 意外的好運
8. Fortune smiled on me.
我交了好運。
詞組：smile on … 向…微笑；對…加以贊許
9. I wondered uneasily what he was thinking.
我惴惴不安，不知道他到底在想什么。
詞組：wonder uneasily
10. I am afraid I am not in a position to help you.
我恐怕幫不了你。
詞組：be in a position to do sth. 能夠做 = be able to do
11. She kept turning over the events of the day in her mind.
她腦子里不斷琢磨當天發生的事。
詞組： turn over sth. in one’s mind 反復考慮
12. I’m afraid the matter is outside my province.
很抱歉，這事不歸我管。
詞組：be outside one’s province
Hope you enjoy them! ^_^
