(单词翻译:单击)
重点词汇词组
1.at an end 结束
例：The recession is definitely at an end.
萧条期肯定是要结束了。
【常见短语】
①bring sth. to an end 使……结束
例：Having agreed upon the matter of payment, he brought the interview to an end.
在付款问题上达成一致之后，他结束了会面。
②come to an end 完结，结束
例：Everyone wishes the war would come to an end soon.
每个人都希望战争尽快结束。
【相关俚语】
①put an end to sth. 使终止
例：How can we put an end to the fighting?
我们怎样才能制止这场打斗呢？
②no end 非常
例：It would please Granny no end if you wrote to her occasionally.
如果你能不时给奶奶写封信，她会非常高兴的。
2.as for 至于
例：As for food for the party, that's all being taken care of.
关于聚会要用的食物，都在置办当中。
【常见短语】
①be all for sth. 完全赞同；全力支持
例：I'm all for gender equality, but I think the most qualified person should get the job.
我完全支持男女平等，但我认为最具备所有条件的人应该得到这个工作。
②for all 尽管
例：For all her qualifications, she's still useless at the job.
尽管她有种种资历，她还是不能胜任这项工作。
3.speak to sb. 与某人交谈
例：I've spoken to the manager about it.
那件事我已经和经理谈过了。
【常见短语】
①speak out/up 公开发表意见
例：If no one has the courage to speak out against the system, things will never improve.
如果没有人敢挺身而出反对现行体制，情况永远也不会改善。
②speak up for sb./sth. 支持；为……辩护
例：She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers.
她经常为上班族妈妈说好话，维护她们的权益。
【相关俚语】
①speak your mind 坦言直说
例：He's certainly not afraid to speak his mind.
他当然不怕说出自己的真正想法。
②none/nothing to speak of 不值一提
例：She's saved a little money but nothing to speak of.
她攒了一点钱，不过数目不值一提。
长难句解析
He1 scarcely ever spoke to2 her3, and the assiduous attentions4 which he had been so sensible of himself5, were transferred6 for the rest of the day to Miss Lucas7, whose civility in listening to him, was a seasonable relief to them all, and especially to her friend8.
解：1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4主语+5定语从句+6谓语+7宾语+8定语从句
析：①定语从句：which he had been so sensible of himself
该从句修饰先行词attentions，关系代词which在从句中作宾语。
②定语从句：whose civility in listening to him, was a seasonable relief to them all, and especially to her friend
该从句修饰先行词Miss Lucas，关系代词whose在从句中作定语，从句的主语是whose civility。
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