重点讲解:
1. run out of
用完;耗尽;
eg. They have run out of ideas.
他们已经想不出任何办法了 。
eg. We're running out of time.
我们快没有时间了 。
eg. By now the plane was running out of fuel.
现在,这架飞机的燃料快用完了 。
2. set upon
突然攻击;袭击;
eg. We were set upon by about twelve youths and I was kicked unconscious.
我们遭到了大约 12 名青年的袭击,我被踢晕过去了 。
eg. Life is becoming a greater adventure and the only limits are those that you set upon yourselves.
生活正在变得更具有冒险意义,而仅有的限制是那些你自己强加于自己的 。
3. be supposed to do
(按计划或期望)应当,应该做某事;本应该做某事;
eg. He produced a handwritten list of nine men he was supposed to kill.
他拿出了一份手写的名单,上面列有9个他应该要杀死的人 。
eg. The first debate was supposed to have been held on Tuesday.
第一场辩论本该在星期二就举行了 。
4. How can you tell
你怎么知道?
eg. These kittens look exactly alike how can you tell which is which?
这些小猫看上去一模一样--你怎么能分出哪个是哪个?
eg. How can you tell which button to press?
你怎么能判断出该按哪一个按钮?
5. pitch dark
漆黑的;乌黑的;
eg. It was pitch-dark in the room and I couldn't see a thing.
房间里一片漆黑,我什么也看不见 。
eg. It was pitch dark in the corridor and I had to feel my way along.
走廊里漆黑一团,我只得摸索着走过去 。
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