1. on the outside
在外面;外部地
eg. On the outside, we criticized capitalism but on the inside, we were doing it.
在外面 我们批评资本主义 但在内 我们正在这么干。
eg. On the outside, they are one of the leaders of search and advertising on the Internet.
在外面的世界,他们是互联网搜索和广告业务的领导者之一。
2. what in the world
干什么,到底(强调语气)
eg. What in the world does that have to do with my divisor example?
那么这到底跟我的除数的例子有什么关系呢?
eg. Then I spent my first day as a freelancer wrapped in a blanket, wide-eyed and paralyzed, wondering what in the world I’d gotten myself into.
然而,真正成为自由职业者的第一天,我就把自己裹在一张毛毯里,睁大眼睛,什么也没做,就在那想着我到底把自己推进了一个什么境地。
3. ask for
请求,要求;寻找
eg. Therefore, do not ask for whom the bells tolls, it tolls for you.
所以,不要问丧钟是为谁而鸣——它就是为你而鸣。
eg. What we expressed to them is that we know they did not ask for this.
我们向他们表明的就是我们知道他们不要对这件事有什么刻意要求。