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Live and let live. 自已活也讓別人活。 |
| = You live your life the way you want and let others live theirs the way they want. |
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To be frank (with you), 主詞 + 動詞 坦白 (對你) 說,…… |
= Frankly speaking, 主詞 + 動詞
= To tell (you) the truth, 主詞 + 動詞
frank a. 坦白的, 直言無諱的
注意:
上述用法中, to be frank (with you) 及to tell (you) the truth均為不定詞片語, 作副詞用, 修飾逗點之後的主要子句。
例:To be frank with you, I think the poor are more sincere than the rich.
(坦白說，我認為窮人比有錢人真誠。)
＊sincere a. 真誠的
To tell you the truth, I'm broke.
(坦白對你說，我破產了。)
I had a frank conversation with my parents last night.
(我昨晚和父母有番開誠佈公的談話。) |
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What on earth for? 究竟是為了什麼？ |
注意:
on earth在句中為強調性副詞片語, 通常置於疑問詞 (what、who、where...) 之後, 中文譯為『到底、究竟』。
例:What are you doing?
(你在做什麼？)
→What on earth are you doing?
= What in the world are you doing?
(你到底在做什麼？)
Who is he?
(他是誰？)
→Who on earth is he?
= Who in the world is he?
(他究竟是誰？)
Where did she go?
(她去了哪兒？)
→Where on earth did she go?
= Where in the world did she go?
(她究竟去了哪兒？) |
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What for? 為什麼？ |
= Why?
例:A: Should I give Bill a call?
B: What for?
(甲：我是不是該撥個電話給比爾？)
(乙：為什麼？)
bored a. 感到厭煩的
be bored with... 對……感到厭煩, 厭煩……
= be fed up with...
= be sick of...
= be tired of...
例:Doing the same thing day in and day out can be boring.
(日復一日做相同的事會很無趣。)
Mr. Lin is bored with his monotonous lifestyle.
(林先生對他一成不變的生活方式感到厭煩。)
＊monotonous a. 單調的, 無變化的 |
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boring a. 令人厭煩的 |
bored a. 感到厭煩的
be bored with... 對……感到厭煩, 厭煩……
= be fed up with...
= be sick of...
= be tired of...
例:Doing the same thing day in and day out can be boring.
(日復一日做相同的事會很無趣。)
Mr. Lin is bored with his monotonous lifestyle.
(林先生對他一成不變的生活方式感到厭煩。)
＊monotonous a. 單調的, 無變化的 |
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To be honest, 主詞 + 動詞 老實說,…… |
注意:
to be honest亦為不定詞片語, 置於句首作副詞用, 修飾之後的主要子句。使用時加逗點, 再接主要子句。
例:To be honest, I wouldn't mind being single all my life.
(老實說，我不介意終生單身。) |
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kind of... 有點…… |
注意:
本片語和sort of、somewhat皆表『有點』, 作副詞用, 常用來修飾形容詞 (如本文)、副詞或動詞, 且皆放在其修飾的詞類之前。
例:Everyone thinks Andy is kind of nice.
(每個人都認為安迪還不錯。)
Sometimes, Sara behaves kind of foolishly.
(有時候，莎拉的行為有些愚蠢。)
I kind of think Nancy likes Alex.
(我認為南西有點喜歡艾歷克斯。) |
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weird a. 怪異的 |
例:Young Jack likes to wear weird clothes.
(年輕的傑克喜歡穿著奇裝異服。) |
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nonsense n. 無意義的話或文章; 胡扯 (不可數) |
talk nonsense 胡說八道
例:No one listens to him because he always talks nonsense.
(沒有人聽信他的話，因為他總是胡說八道。) |
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appealing a. 令人嚮往的, 動人的 |
appeal vi. 吸引
注意:
appeal常與介詞to並用, 形成下列用法:
appeal to + 人 吸引某人
= attract + 人
＊attract vt. 吸引
例:The well-paying job is very appealing.
(那份高薪工作非常吸引人。)
Only well-educated women appeal to Mr. Chen.
(只有受過良好教育的女人才能讓陳先生心動。) |
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To each one's own. 人各有所好。 |
例:A: I don't understand why Jim would marry such a woman.
B: To each his own.
(甲：我不懂為什麼吉姆會娶那種女人。)
(乙：人各有所好。) |
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exactly adv. 正是; 正確地 |
例:You talk exactly like my grandmother.
(你說話的口氣就和我奶奶一模一樣。) |
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