(单词翻译:单击)
重点词汇词组
1.in common with 与……一样
例:In common with many mothers, she feels torn between her family and her work.
与许多母亲一样,她觉得家庭与工作难以兼顾
。常见搭配:have sth. in common 有相同(兴趣、经历或特点)
例:We don't really have much in common.
我们其实没有多少共同点
。相关俚语:the common touch 平易近人的品质
例:It was always said of the Princess that she had the common touch and that was why she was so well loved by the people.
人人都说王妃平易近人,也正是因为这一点她才会如此深受民众的爱戴
。2.have the honour of sth./doing sth. 得到某殊荣;有幸做某事
例:May I have the honour of the next dance?
能赏光和我跳下一曲舞吗?
常见搭配:
①in honour of sb./sth. 为表示对……的尊敬
例:A banquet was held in honour of her.
为欢迎她而设宴
。②do sb. the honour of doing sth. 做……使(某人)感到特别荣幸;赏光做……
例:Would you do me the honour of accompanying me to the New Year Ball?
你愿不愿意赏光陪我去参加新年舞会?
相关俚语:on your honour 以名誉担保
例:I swear on my honour that I knew nothing about this. 我
以人格担保我根本不知道这件事
。3.give rise to 引起,导致
例:International support has given rise to a new optimism in the company.
国际上的支持为公司上下带来了新的乐观情绪
。常见搭配:
①on the rise 在上升,在增长
例:Police say that youth crime is on the rise again.
警方称青少年犯罪再次增长
。②give sth. away 赠送;捐赠
例:The shop is giving away a sample to every customer.
商店赠送给每一位顾客一个样品礼包
。相关俚语:get a rise out of 激怒;使发火
例:Steve always manages to get a rise out of me with his racist jokes.
史蒂夫一讲他那些种族歧视的笑话我准会恼火
。4.speak of 谈及
例:She spoke of her sadness over her father's death.
她谈起了父亲过世带给她的悲伤
。常见搭配:
①speak out/up 坦率说出
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. 为……说好话,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:so to speak 姑妄言之,可以说
例:In that relationship it's very much Lorna who wears the trousers, so to speak.
可以这么说,他们家里基本上是洛娜说了算
。长难句解析
At that ball, while I had the honour of dancing with you1, I2 was first made acquainted3, by Sir William Lucas's accidental information, that Bingley's attentions to your sister had given rise to a general expectation of their marriage4.
解:1时间状语从句+2主语+3谓语+4宾语从句
析:“that Bingley's attentions to your sister had given rise to a general expectation of their marriage”是宾语从句,连接词是that,该从句使用了过去完成时,表示过去某一时刻或某一动作(was first made acquainted)之前已发生或完成的动作、状态(had given),结构是“had+动词的过去分词”
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