3、by all means 一定
I’ll come by all means. 我一定会来的。
4、all night long 整晚
My present neighbor plays piano all night long. 我现在的邻居整晚都弹钢琴。
5、apply
这里我们详细串联一下在听力考试中涉及到的与求职相关的短语。
apply for(申请),这是工作的第一步;既然要申请,必然需要递交letter of application(求职信),只要你足够confident about yourself,就有可能获得job interview(工作面试)的机会。是否能够give a good impression(留个好印象)给主管,那就得看你个人犄造化了。
有些工作岗位会require much traveling,(要求经常出差)还有些工作,做不了多久就会希望find a way out(找到出路)。
正所谓城里城外,各有风光。没工作的人想工作,有工作的人又烦工作。
6、as
(1)作为,当作。
I am working as his teaching assistant. 我作为他的助教进行工作。
(2)as…as 就像……一样
I’ve heard that he is as well-known as Johnson herself. 我听说他跟约翰生本人自己一样著名。
I don’t think it would be as boring as working in an office.
我并不认为这会跟在办公室工作一样枯燥。
It wasn’t as easy as I had thought. 这不像我想的那么简单。
It’s not as bad as it looks. 这并不像看上去的那么糟糕。
Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?
那个选修课真的就像每个人说的那样难吗?
(4)as far as I know 据我所知
As far as I know, whether there’ll be such a trip is yet to be decided.
据我所知,是否有这么一趟旅行尚未决定。
As far as I know, he works until midnight every day.
据我所知,他每天都工作到半夜。
(4)as well 也
If the weather is this hot tomorrow, we may as well give up the idea of playing tennis outside.
如果明天温度还是这么高 ,我们也可能放弃到户外进行比赛的主意。
(5)as soon as 一……就,尽快
I will do that for you as soon as I have fixed the machine.
一修好机器我就会尽快为你完成那个工作。
7、awfully
非常地,相当地。在口语中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous 相当紧张;awfully cold 相当冷;awfully sorry 十分抱歉
Tom looks awfully nervous. 汤姆看上去相当紧张。
I am awfully sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. 十分抱歉。我不想伤害你的。
8、be bound to
肯定,注定
The movie starts in 5 minutes and there’s bound to be a long line.
电影还有5分钟就开始了,现在那里肯定排着长队。
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