1. on the evening of:在......日的晚上
讲解:这个短语的介词of后面接月份,日期,再接年份,表示“在某年某月某日的一个晚上”。
例句:On the evening of October 1, every street was a blaze of light.
十月一日的晚上,条条大街上灯火辉煌。
On the evening of Dec. 31, we usually celebrate the New Year's coming.
通常,我们在12月31号的晚上庆祝新年的到来。
2. attend a must ball:出席必须参加的舞会
讲解:must在这里做名词用,意思是“必须做的事情”,修饰ball。Attend是“出席,参加”的意思。
3. according to
释义1:根据,按照
例句:According to the act of grace, many prisoners are set free.
按照大赦令,很多囚犯获得释放。
According to my watch it is already 12 o' clock.
根据我的表,现在已经是十二点了。
释义2:按......记载,据......所说
例句:According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。
According to the Bible, Adam was the first man.
据《圣经》记载,亚当是人类始祖。
5. on a chair:用一把椅子
6. in his night-shirt:穿着睡衣
讲解:in在这里是介词,意思是“穿着”。再如:
例句:It is my brother who is in blue.
穿着蓝色衣服的就是我的哥哥。
联想记忆:dressed in rags(穿着褴褛) clothed in rags(衣着褴褛)
the man in the hat(戴着帽子的男子) in high-heeled shoes(穿着高跟鞋)
7. run into
释义1:跑进
例句:We saw them run into a cinema.
我们看见他们跑进一家电影院。
All rivers run into sea.
海纳百川。
释义2:偶然碰到,意外遇到(人,天气,事情等)
例句:He was delighted beyond measure to run into an old friend.
他意外地遇见一位老友,感到无比高兴。
On the way they had run into a high wind.
在路上,他们碰上了大风。
We'll run into that time and again.
这个问题我们还会时不时地碰到。
In some problems we might run into trouble if we do not take greater care.
在某些问题中如果我们不留心的话,可能会陷入麻烦之中。