2014年8月29日 星期五

實用片語 1-9 (Cambridge)

1. be in two minds 
to be unable to decide about something 
猶豫不決;拿不定主意
I was in two minds whether or not to come this morning.

2. a load/weight off your mind
when a problem which has been worrying you stops or is dealt with
卸下了思想上的重負,放下了心頭大石

I'm so relieved that I don't have to do the after-dinner speech - it's such a weight off my mind!

3. out of blue

If something happens out of the blue, it is completely unexpected
出乎意料地,突然
One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving.

4. never even 

連…也不
He never even tasted the soup .  
那湯他連嚐也沒嚐一下
I never even knew what the computer was then. 
 我連電腦是什麼都不知道
(Voicetube)

5. not for a moment/ never for a moment 
used to say that you do not think or do something at all:
決不
I don't believe that story for a moment.

6. never so much as
甚至不
She never so much as said " thanks " . 她甚至不說一個“謝”字。


7. on the never-never 
using a system of payment in which part of the cost of something is paid immediately and then small regular payments are made until the debt is reduced to nothing
【英口】分期付款(制) ,
以分期付款的方式

I don't like buying things on the never-never because they charge you such a lot in interest.
我不喜歡分期付款買東西,因為這樣要支付高額利息。
邊遠地區,遙遠而人煙稀少的地區 (n.)
理想之國,想像中的地方或情況 (n.)
想像中的,非真實的,幻想的 (a.)
never-never land 烏托邦
He plans to live at never-never after he retires.
(Cambridge & Voicetube)


8. never-failing 
不絕的、不盡的
Thanks must go to my family for their never-failing support.
十分感謝我的家人給我無限的支持
The mines are’t never-failing source.
礦產並不是無盡的資源
(Voicetube)


9. the never-say-die spirit
永不放棄的精神;永不言敗的精神
(Yahoo)

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