重点讲解:
1. depend on
取决(于);有赖(于);
eg. How much can you get depend on how much you pay.
你能得到多少取决于你付出了多少 。
eg. And the next step up the ladder would depend on her performance in Paris.
而她的下一次晋升就取决于她在巴黎的工作表现 。
2. dress up
装扮;打扮;
eg. For children, the main point of Halloween became to dress up and collect as much tasty candy as possible.
对于孩子们,万圣节最重要的就是打扮起来,并搜集尽可能多的美味糖果 。
eg. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from other student she was living it up.
她喜欢打扮并乐意成为其他学生关注的焦点,她尽情地享受生活 。
3. meet up
碰到;遇见;
eg. When he was in the supermarket, he met up with a buddy he had at Oxford.
他在超市遇见了他在牛津时的一个朋友 。
eg. They met up in 1956, when they were both young schoolboys.
他们1956年相遇,那时他们俩都还是小男生 。
4. by chance
偶然;碰巧;
eg. He picked up a purse on his way there by chance.
他碰巧在去那儿的路上捡了一个钱包 。
eg. It was not by chance that he was able to open up a new field and perform great deeds.
他之所以能开辟新天地,成就一番事业,绝非偶然 。
5. set off
动身;出发;启程;
eg, By midmorning we were done with the eiffel tower and had set off for versailles.
上午的时候,我们已经结束了埃菲尔铁塔的游览,出发前往凡尔赛宫 。
eg. We were about to set off when it suddenly began to rain.
我们刚要出发,突然下起雨来 。
6. in the end
最后;终于;
eg. Almost everyone gets their comeuppance in the end.
几乎每个人最终都会得到应有的报应 。
eg. In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter.
最终,我们一致决定组织一场复活节音乐会 。
7. turn out
(以某种方式)发生;最后是;结果是;
eg. I was positive things were going to turn out fine.
我确信事情最终会好起来的 。
eg. It's strange how things turn out.
事情的结局出乎意料 。
8. as soon as
一…就…;
eg. As soon as the matter is cleared up. I shall write to them.
等到这事一弄清楚,我就给他们写信 。
eg. I arranged the flowers in the vase as soon as I came back home.
一回到家里,我就把花在花瓶里插好 。
n. 音乐会,一致,和谐
vt. 制定计划,通