迷你对话：

A: You are starting to learn English？

你开始学英语了？

B: Yeah. I like it, Dad.

是的，爸爸，我喜欢英语。

A: You’re lucky you start to learn it so easily. I learned English very late, and learned it all by myself. At that time we didn’t have a good English studying environment. I have to keep my dictionary on hand.

能这么早学习英语，你真是很幸运。我学英语很晚，而且都是自学。那时候，我们学习英语的环境不大好，我不得不总是把字典放在手边。

B: Really?

真的吗？

地道表达：

on hand

解词释义：

hand指“手”，on hand指“手头上有急需处理的事情”或者是“在手边，手头上”，常含有紧迫和令人疲劳的意思。

支持范例：

He has too much work on hand to go picnicking with us.

他手头的工作太多了，不能跟我们去野餐。

We should settle the business on hand first.

应该先处理眼底下的事。

We have no copies of the book on hand.

这书我们现在手头一本也没有。

I always like to keep a certain amount of money on hand.

我总喜欢在手头备好一笔钱。

拓展讲解：

on hand除了指“手头上有要处理的紧急事情”外，还可以在“到现场”。

支持范例：

In daytime we'll have a clerk on hand to handle queries.

白天，我们这里有一名职员处理询问事宜。

All the residents and storekeepers in the neighborhood were on hand.

邻近的居民和店主们全都闻声赶来。

He assured Magnus that he would be on hand.

他跟曼克奈斯说，他到时候一定出席。

He should be on hand to direct operations personally.

他应该亲自到场指挥。