We?shall?defend?ourselves?to?the?last?breath?of?man?and?beast. ——William?II
只要一息尚存,我們就要為保衛(wèi)自己而戰(zhàn)?!?威廉二世

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一、關(guān)于breath,你應(yīng)該知道的用法有

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1.呼吸,氣息 [U]

The athlete soon recovered his breath after the final dash.

這位運(yùn)動(dòng)員最后沖刺之后很快就呼吸正常了。

2.一口氣,(呼吸的)一次 [C]

He made a deep breath.

他深深地吸了一口氣。

3.跡象

This boomlet has a growing chorus of skeptics, who make the observation that the global economy has only just caught its breath.

越來(lái)越多的人對(duì)這種走勢(shì)表示懷疑,他們認(rèn)為全球經(jīng)濟(jì)才剛剛出現(xiàn)了一絲緩和的跡象。

4.微量;微風(fēng)

There was not a breath of air in the hot auditorium.

在那個(gè)悶熱的禮堂里沒(méi)有一絲微風(fēng)。

5.瞬間,瞬息

The second thing is, treasure every breath. Life is precious.

第二,珍惜每一個(gè)瞬間,生命是寶貴的。

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二、下面我們來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)一下含有breath的常見(jiàn)短語(yǔ)

catch one's breath

喘氣,松口氣,屏氣

in the same breath

同時(shí);立刻,馬上 同一個(gè)等級(jí),等量齊觀

out of breath

上氣不接下氣,氣喘吁吁

shortness of breath

氣急,呼吸短促

take a breath

深深地吸一口氣


三,學(xué)會(huì)breath的用法了嗎?來(lái)做個(gè)測(cè)試吧!

He?took?a?deep _____ and?dived?into?the?water.
他深深吸了口氣,然后跳進(jìn)水里。

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