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flunk vi. 考試不及格 & vt. 使不及格
＊本字是fail的俚語用法。
例:If you don't work harder, you're sure to flunk.
(如果你不用功一點的話，你一定會被當掉。)
If I flunk my English exam, my American girlfriend will kill me.
=If I fail my English exam, my American girlfriend will kill me.
(如果我英文考試被當的話，我的美國女友會殺了我。) |
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bump into... 偶遇……, 和……不期而遇
=run into...
=come across...
例:Winnie bumped into her ex-boyfriend in London.
(溫妮在倫敦偶遇她的前任男友。) |
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depressed a. 沮喪的
depressing a. 令人沮喪的
depress vt. 使沮喪, 使消沈
depression n. 沮喪
例:I hate movies that make me feel depressed.
(我討厭令我心情沮喪的電影。)
The boy's exam results were depressing.
(那個男孩的考試成績令人失望。)
It depresses me to be broke.
(身無分文令我感到很沮喪。)
Many old people suffer from depression.
(許多老人飽受沮喪之苦。) |
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....or what? ……還是什麼的？
例:Do you think I'm crazy or what?
(你認為我瘋了還是什麼的？) |
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How come + 主詞 + 動詞？ 為何……？
=Why is it + that子句？
=Why + 倒裝句？
例:How come your father looks so young?
=Why is it that your father looks so young?
=Why does your father look so young?
(你父親怎麼會看起來那麼年輕？) |
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be sure of... 確信/有把握……
例:The team was sure of winning the game.
(那支隊伍有把握會贏得這場比賽。) |
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