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mean vt. 意味 |
人 + mean what + 人 + say 某人說話算話/心口如一
例:A trustworthy person always means what he says.
(值得信賴的人總是說話算話。)
＊trustworthy a. 值得信賴的
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promise n. 承諾, 諾言 & vt. 承諾
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make a/one's promise 許下承諾
keep a/one's promise 遵守諾言
break a/one's promise 打破諾言, 食言
promise (人) to + 原形動詞 答應 (某人) 做……
promise (人) + that子句 答應 (某人)……
例:Bobby made a promise to his parents to study harder in the future.
(鮑比對父母許下承諾說以後會更用功。)
Dad kept his promise and took us to Europe on vacation.
(老爸遵守諾言帶我們到歐洲度假。)
Ian promised to repay me the loan in a week.
(伊恩答應一個禮拜後還我錢。)
＊repay vt. 付還, 償還 |
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cutthroat a. 競爭激烈的 |
throat n. 喉嚨
例:In this cutthroat society, we must all be careful when doing business.
(在這個競爭激烈的社會裡，做生意時我們都得小心。) |
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ruin vt. 毀滅; 破壞 |
例:The bad weather ruined our holiday.
(壞天氣破壞了我們的假期。) |
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reputation n. 名譽, 名聲 |
例:Nick has a reputation as a fair person.
(尼克為人公正是出了名的。) |
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trust vt. & n. 信賴 |
例:If you can't trust your parents, who(m) can you trust?
(如果你連父母都不信賴，還會信賴誰呢？)
My honesty has earned me everybody's trust.
(誠實已為我贏得每個人的信賴。) |
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...no one will trust you anymore. ……沒有人會再相信你了。 |
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I give you my word. 我給你我的承諾/我向你保證。 |
＊word n. 諾言; 字眼, 話語; 爭論
注意:
word表『諾言』時為不可數名詞; 但若表『字眼、話語、爭論』時則為可數名詞, 且常用複數。
keep/break one's word 信守/不守諾言
have words with... 與……爭論/口角
例:He is a man of his word.
(他是個信守承諾的人。)
Kent broke his words when... (╳)
→Kent broke his word when he failed to show up at the meeting. (○)
(肯特不守諾言，因為他沒有在會議上出現。)
The principal had words with the naughty student's parents.
(校長和那名頑皮學生的家長發生口角。) |
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let + 人 + down 讓某人失望 |
= disappoint + 人
＊disappoint vt. 使失望
例:My friend let me down when I was in trouble.
= My friend disappointed me when I was in trouble.
(朋友在我有麻煩時令我失望。) |
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be sure + (that) 子句 確信/定…… |
例:Be sure that the door is locked before you leave the house.
(在你離開屋子前，要確定門鎖上了。) |
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live up to... 符合/遵守…… |
例:Pete lived up to his father's expectations.
(彼特達到了他父親的期望。) |
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句型分析: |
Just remember never to promise anything we are not
(1) (2) (3)
sure we can live up to .
(1)原形及物動詞形成的命令句, 其前省略了You should。
(2)否定副詞never加不定詞片語形成的否定不定詞片語, 作(1)中及物動詞remember的受詞。
(3)關係代名詞that (已省略) 引導的形容詞子句, 代替(2)中的anything, 並作live up to的受詞; 其中sure之後省略了that, 其所引導的子句修飾其前的sure, 故此子句視為副詞子句。 |
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in short 簡言之 |
例:In short, that was the best concert that I've ever been to.
(簡言之，那是我曾去過最好的一場音樂會。) |
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trustworthy a. 值得信賴的, 可靠的 |
例:A trustworthy person usually has many friends.
(一個值得信賴的人通常會有許多朋友。) |
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