150.A little bit.
有一点儿。
【疯狂实战】
A: Are you tired?
(你累了吗?)
B: A little bit.
(有一点儿。)
A: Were you drunk?
(你喝多了?)
B: A little bit.
(有一点儿。)
A: Did you change your hair?
(你改变发型了吗?)
B: A little bit. Do you like it?
(改了一点儿。你喜欢吗?)
【疯狂替换】
①A little.(一点点。)
②A bit.(一点点。)
③Not much.(一点点。)
151.More or less.
或多或少。
【疯狂实战】
A: Was the lecture interesting?
(那演讲有意思吗?)
B: More or less. I didn’t understand all of it.
(多少有点意思,但我不能完全领悟。)
A: Did you enjoy the party?
(你在晚会上玩得开心吗?)
B: More or less.
(有点儿。)
A: Do you like playing with kids?
(你喜欢和孩子们一起玩吗?)
B: More or less. Sometimes I’m not in the mood to deal with them.
(有那么点儿。有时候我没什么心情和他们玩。)
【额外成就感】
①To a degree(某种程度上是)
②To a certain extent(某种程度上是)
③To some extent(某种程度上是)
152. All the time.
总是。
【疯狂实战】
A: Is she always like this?
(她总是这个样子吗?)
B: All the time.
(总是这样。)
A: Does he always complain about you?
(他经常抱怨你吗?)
B: All the time. I can never do anything right.
(经常抱怨,我什么事都做不好。)
A: Don’t you sometimes get stressed-out?
(有时难道你不感到心烦吗?)
B: All the time. This job is very stressful.
(总是这样。做这份工作的压力很大。)
【疯狂替换】
①Always.(一直是。)
②Often.(经常是。)
③Frequently.(经常这样。)
153.Most of the time.
大多数时候。
【疯狂实战】
A: Are you on time for work everyday?
(你每天都准时上班吗?)
B: Most of the time.
(大多数时候是。)
A: Do you always take a taxi to work?
(你总是坐的士上班吗?)
B: Most of the time.
(大部分时候是。)
A: Do you often help your wife?
(你经常帮你的妻子吗?)
B: Most of the time.
(大多数时候是。)
【疯狂替换】
①Usually.(通常是这样。)
②Normally.(通常是这样。)
③Mostly.(通常是这样。)
④Almost always.(几乎总是这样。)
154.From time to time.
有时;偶尔;时常。
【疯狂实战】
A: Do you often visit your parents?
(你经常去看望父母吗?)
B: From time to time.
(有时去。)
A: Do you e-mail them?
(你给他们发电子邮件吗?)
B: From time to time.
(偶尔发。)
A: Did you ever talk to Kim?
(你和Kim聊过天吗?)
B: From time to time.
(有时。)
【疯狂替换】
①Sometimes.(有时。)
②Now and then.(时而。)
③Once in a while.(有时候。)
④Every once in a while.(时不时。)
155.For a long time.
很长一段时间。
【疯狂实战】
A: How long have you been in China?
(你在中国呆了多久?)
B: For a long time.
(很长时间。)
A: How long have you been married?
(你结婚多久了?)
B: For a long time.
(很久了。)
A: How long have you worked here?
(你在这儿工作多久了?)
B: For a long time.
(很长时间了。)
【额外成就感】
①For years.(有些年头了。)
②For months.(有几个月了。)
③For weeks.(几个星期了。)
④For days.(几天了。)
⑤For hours.(几个小时了。)
156.For a short time.
时间不长。
【疯狂实战】
A: Have you lived abroad before?
(你以前在国外住过吗?)
B: For a short time. When I was very young.
(住的时间不长。那时我还很小。)
A: Were you going out with Cindy?
(你和Cindy出去了吗?)
B: For a short time.
(出去了一会儿。)
A: Did you see your boss today?
(你今天见到你的老板了吗?)
B: For a short time. He was too busy to talk about my project.
(只见了一会儿。他忙得没时间讨论我的项目。)
【疯狂替换】
①For a second.(一会儿。)
②For a split second.(一刹那。)
157.For some time.
一段时间。
【疯狂实战】
A: Were you a professional singer?
(你过去是个职业歌手吗?)
B: For some time.
(时间不长。)
A: Did he live in Beijing?
(他在北京住过吗?)
B: For some time.
(住过一段时间。)
A: Were you working with him?
(你和他在一起工作过吗?)
B: For some time.
(工作过一段时间。)
【疯狂替换】
①For a while.(有一会儿。)
②For a short while.(有一阵儿。)
③For a certain period of time.(有一段时间。)
158.For the time being.
暂时。
【疯狂实战】
A: Are we going to live in this terrible place?
(我们要住在这个可怕的地方吗?)
B: For the time being. We don’t have any choice.
(暂时住一阵。我们别无办法。)
A: May I use your computer?
(我可以借用你的电脑吗?)
B: For the time being. I won’t need it until this afternoon.
(暂时可以。我今天下午才用。)
A: Are you going to sleep on the couch?
(你就准备在沙发上睡了吗?)
B: For the time being.
(暂时是。)
【疯狂替换】
①For now.(眼下。)
②Temporarily.(临时。)