單字解析
1. hesitate  vi. 猶豫, 遲疑
hesitate to + 原形動詞  做……猶豫不決
例:Do not hesitate to give me a call if you need help.
(如果你需要幫助就打電話給我,不要猶豫。)
2. 句型分析:
He who hesitates is lost.  遲疑者將喪失良機。
(1) (2)     (3) (4)
(1) 主詞
(2) 關係代名詞who引導的形容詞子句, 修飾 (1)。
(3) 不完全不及物be動詞
(4) lose的過去分詞作形容詞用, 表『輸的』,為主詞補語。
注意:
He who...+ 單數動詞  凡是……的人……
=One who...+ 單數動詞
=Those who...+ 複數動詞
例:He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
=One who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
=Those who live by the sword die by the sword.
(刀口舔血者必死刀下/玩火自焚。──諺語)
3. have the time of one's life  度過某人一生最愉快的時光
例:My family and I had the time of our lives in Hawaii last summer.
(我和家人去年夏天在夏威夷度過了我們一生中最愉快的時光。)
4. fantastic  a. (口語) 極好的, 美妙的
例:Mark played a fantastic game and beat John at tennis.
(馬克打了一場漂亮的網球賽,打敗了約翰。)
5. bike  vi. 騎腳踏車
例:Although your place is not very near, let's bike there.
(雖然你住的地方離這兒有一段路,我們還是騎腳踏車去吧。)
6. bank  n. 河岸; 銀行
例:Dad went fishing on the bank of the river.
(老爸到那條河的河岸釣魚。)
The bank is the safest place to keep your money, I guess.
(我想銀行是放錢最安全的地方。)
7. As they say, "..."  諺語有云/俗話說的好:『……。』
=As people say, "..."
=As an old saying goes, "..."
=As the saying goes, "..."
=As the saying puts it, "..."
例:As the saying goes, "Live and learn."
(諺語有云:『活到老,學到老。』)
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