3、by all means 一定
I’ll come by all means. 我一定會(huì)來(lái)的。
4、all night long 整晚
My present neighbor plays piano all night long. 我現(xiàn)在的鄰居整晚都彈鋼琴。
5、apply
這里我們?cè)敿?xì)串聯(lián)一下在聽(tīng)力考試中涉及到的與求職相關(guān)的短語(yǔ)。
apply for(申請(qǐng)),這是工作的第一步;既然要申請(qǐng),必然需要遞交letter of application(求職信),只要你足夠confident about yourself,就有可能獲得job interview(工作面試)的機(jī)會(huì)。是否能夠give a good impression(留個(gè)好印象)給主管,那就得看你個(gè)人犄造化了。
有些工作崗位會(huì)require much traveling,(要求經(jīng)常出差)還有些工作,做不了多久就會(huì)希望find a way out(找到出路)。
正所謂城里城外,各有風(fēng)光。沒(méi)工作的人想工作,有工作的人又煩工作。
6、as
(1)作為,當(dāng)作。
I am working as his teaching assistant. 我作為他的助教進(jìn)行工作。
(2)as…as 就像……一樣
I’ve heard that he is as well-known as Johnson herself. 我聽(tīng)說(shuō)他跟約翰生本人自己一樣著名。
I don’t think it would be as boring as working in an office.
我并不認(rèn)為這會(huì)跟在辦公室工作一樣枯燥。
It wasn’t as easy as I had thought. 這不像我想的那么簡(jiǎn)單。
It’s not as bad as it looks. 這并不像看上去的那么糟糕。
Is that optional course as hard as everybody says?
那個(gè)選修課真的就像每個(gè)人說(shuō)的那樣難嗎?
(4)as far as I know 據(jù)我所知
As far as I know, whether there’ll be such a trip is yet to be decided.
據(jù)我所知,是否有這么一趟旅行尚未決定。
As far as I know, he works until midnight every day.
據(jù)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.
如果明天溫度還是這么高 ,我們也可能放棄到戶(hù)外進(jìn)行比賽的主意。
(5)as soon as 一……就,盡快
I will do that for you as soon as I have fixed the machine.
一修好機(jī)器我就會(huì)盡快為你完成那個(gè)工作。
7、awfully
非常地,相當(dāng)?shù)?。在口語(yǔ)中用于表程度的比例十分高。
awfully nervous 相當(dāng)緊張;awfully cold 相當(dāng)冷;awfully sorry 十分抱歉
Tom looks awfully nervous. 湯姆看上去相當(dāng)緊張。
I am awfully sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. 十分抱歉。我不想傷害你的。
8、be bound to
肯定,注定
The movie starts in 5 minutes and there’s bound to be a long line.
電影還有5分鐘就開(kāi)始了,現(xiàn)在那里肯定排著長(zhǎng)隊(duì)。
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