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brain n. 腦
have no brains 沒有大腦/腦筋
rack one's brains 絞盡腦汁
rack vt. 折磨; 榨取
＊上述片語中, brain恆用複數形brains。
例:How could you believe that crook? You have no brains.
(你怎麼會相信那個騙子呢？你真是沒有大腦。)
You don't have to rack your brains to get the answer to that simple question.
(你用不著絞盡腦汁就可以想出那個簡單問題的答案。) |
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talk about... 討論……
=discuss vt.
例:There's one thing I want to talk about with you.
=There's one thing I want to discuss with you.
(有件事我要跟你討論。) |
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help + 人 + (to) + 原形動詞 幫助某人……
例:Can you help me (to) move this table to the living room?
(你可否幫我把這張桌子搬到客廳？) |
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dignity n. 尊嚴
例:You can lose everything you own but never lose your dignity.
(人可以失去所擁有的一切，但不可以失去尊嚴。) |
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本文:
Well, helping people die with dignity is not that bad, is it?
可以, 幫助人死得有尊嚴不是件壞事, 是不是？
注意:
本句使用反問句, helping people die with dignity是主詞, 反問部份用代名詞it取代, 形成"is it?"的反問句。
反問句句構如下:
敘述句為肯定句時, 接否定反問句; 敘述句為否定時, 接肯定反問句。此外, 反問句的主詞一定要用代名詞。
a. 敘述句有be動詞時, 反問句沿用be動詞 (如本句)。
例:Jim is having his summer vacation in Japan, is Jim? (╳)
→Jim is having his summer vacation in Japan, isn't he? (○)
(吉姆正在日本過暑假，不是嗎？)
b.敘述句有一般動詞時, 反問句則依人稱時態使用do、does或did。
例:Carlos rides a bike to work, doesn't he?
(卡洛士騎腳踏車上班，不是嗎？)
c.敘述句有助動詞時, 反問句沿用助動詞。
例:You cannot sing, can you?
(你不會唱歌，是嗎？)
d.與命令句使用時, 反問句一律用will you。
例:Shut up, will you?
(閉嘴，好嗎？)
e.與"Let's..."句型使用時, 反問句一律用shall we。
例:Let's go dancing, shall we?
(咱們去跳舞，好不好？) |
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Where there is life, there is hope. 得青山在, 不怕沒柴燒。(諺語)
=If there is life, there is hope.
此處的Where可視為副詞連接詞, 相當If (如果) 之意, 引導副詞子句, 修飾之後的主要子句。
類似用法的諺語尚有:
Where there's a will, there's a way. 有志者事竟成。
Where there's smoke, there's fire. 無風不起浪。 |
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realistic a. 實際的
例:Be realistic! That pretty girl will never go out with you.
(實際點！那個漂亮女孩絕不會和你約會的。) |
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suffer vi. 受苦; 罹患 & vt. 遭遇到
suffer from + 疾病 (長期) 患……(疾病)
注意:
suffer作及物動詞時, 表遭受短期的痛苦, 而"suffer from..."則表遭受長期的痛苦 (尤指慢性病所造成的痛苦)。
例:My mother suffers from migraine headaches.
(我媽媽患有偏頭痛。)
＊migraine n. 偏頭痛
The lion trainer suffered wounds all over his body.
(那個馴獅師全身是傷。) |
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painlessly adv. 無痛苦地
painless a. 無痛苦的
painful a. 痛苦的
例:They say that acupuncture is painless.
(據說針灸不會痛。)
＊acupuncture n. 針灸
It was a painful experience to watch my pet dog pass away.
(看著我的愛狗死去是一種痛苦的經驗。) |
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have no heart 鐵石心腸, 沒有同情心
例:A: I made my husband sleep on the floor when he came home
drunk last night.
B: You have no heart.
(甲：昨晚我老公喝醉酒回家，我叫他睡地板。)
(乙：妳真是鐵石心腸。) |
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