重点讲解:
1. sore point
痛点;痛处;
eg. Don't mention baldness to Eddie. It's a sore point with him.
别对伊迪提起秃头之类的事,他对这事很敏感 。
eg. This just becomes these achieving to drop the biggest sore point of copartner.
这恰恰成为这些创投合伙人的最大心病 。
2. compared to
相对…而言;对照;
eg. The writer was compared to Shakespeare.
把这个作家与莎士比亚进行了比较 。
eg. That had been a placid pastime compared to his condition now.
与他目前的情况相比,那简直算是安静的消遣了 。
3. as far as sth. is concerned
就…而言,说到(用于表明所谈论的话题) ;
eg. As far as starting a family is concerned, the trend is for women having their children later in life.
在要孩子方面,目前的趋势是女性要孩子要得比较晚 。
eg. As far as oil energy is concerned, we cannot be too frugal.
就石油能源而言,我们愈节省愈好 。
4. bump into
偶然遇见;意外碰到;
eg. I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.
我在走廊里意外碰见了默文·约翰斯 。
eg. How nice to bump into you!
碰到你真高兴!
5. in the middle of
在…的中间;
eg. I was in the middle of the back row.
我在后排的中间 。
eg. Two actors carried on a dialogue in the middle of the stage.
两个演员在舞台中央进行对白 。