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call in for... 為……而打電話到 (公司、單位) 來 |
例:The secretary called in for a day off because she wasn't feeling well.
(秘書打電話來請一天假，因為她覺得不太舒服。) |
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a day off 請一天假, 放一天假 |
ask for + 天數 + off 請幾天假
ask for leave 請假
例:Luke asked for a day off to visit his sick mother.
(路克請了一天假去看他生病的媽媽。)
Ruby wants to take a day off but she's afraid to ask for leave.
(露比想請一天假，但她不敢請假。) |
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guts n. 膽子, 勇氣 |
注意:
guts表『膽子、勇氣』時, 恆用複數形, 其前須置定冠詞the, 如"have the guts" (有膽子、有勇氣); 亦可以用nerve或courage取代, 但nerve及courage為不可數名詞, 故不可加s。
have the guts to + 原形動詞 有膽子/勇氣……
nerve
courage
例:Do you have the guts to go skydiving?
nerve
courage
(你有勇氣去高空跳傘嗎？) |
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acceptable a. 可接受的, 尚可接受的 |
例:Your suggestion is quite acceptable.
(你的建議頗能令人接受。) |
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New Zealand n. 紐西蘭 |
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be counted as... 被算為是…… |
例:Children are counted as half a person because they only pay half the price to take the bus.
(孩子被算作是半個人，因為他們坐公車只付半價。) |
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paid a. 有薪俸的; 已付清的 |
例:Jeff won an all-paid trip to Rome.
(傑夫贏得一趟到羅馬的全額免費旅行。) |
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sick leave n. 病假 |
be on sick leave 請病假
例:Ron is on sick leave but he isn't home.
(朗恩請病假但人卻不在家。) |
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dependant n. 受撫養者, 眷屬 |
dependent a. 依賴的, 離不開的
independent a. 獨立的
be dependent on... 依賴……
be independent of... 脫離……而獨立
例:Mr. Williams has many dependants to support.
(威廉斯先生有一大家子人要養。)
He's thirty, but he's still dependent on his parents.
(雖然他三十歲了，但他仍然依賴他的父母。)
Alan has been independent of his parents ever since he went to college.
(艾倫自從上了大學便不再依賴他的父母了。) |
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plenty of + 不可數/複數名詞 許多…… |
例:Mr. Longman says he eats plenty of fish to keep healthy.
(朗文先生說他吃許多魚來保持健康。)
You can tell that he's a good guy because he has plenty of friends.
(你可以看得出來他是個好人，因為他有許多朋友。) |
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make sense 有道理 |
例:Don't you think what he said makes sense?
(難道你不認為他說的話有道理嗎？) |
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