和谐英语

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2018-11-27来源:Economist
1.born(in front of a particular name) 出生取名
She was born Jenny Harvey on June 11, 1946.
1946年6月11日她出生时取名珍妮·哈维。
2.born with 先天的
He was born with only one lung.
他生下来就只有一个肺。
3.all the same (尽管如此…)同样,依然
I arranged to pay him the dollars when he got there, a purely private arrangement. All the same, it was illegal.
我安排好了,他到那儿就付给他钱,纯粹的个人安排。同样,这是违法的。
4.think up 想出(主意或计划)
Julian has been thinking up new ways of raising money.
朱利安已经想出几个筹款的新办法。
5.bring back 恢复
Pennsylvania brought back the death penalty in 1978.
宾夕法尼亚州于1978年恢复了死刑。
6.take over 接管(公司)
I'm going to take over the company one day.
我总有一天会接管这家公司。
7.but then 毕竟,另一方面(引入相反言论)
Most of the people I have spoken to since agree but then they don't live in homes with gardens big enough to warrant weekly collections of garden waste!
从那以后,我交谈过的大多数人都同意我的看法,但他们的家花园不够大,不值得每周收集花园垃圾!
8.cut out 剪下
I cut it out and pinned it to my studio wall.
我把它剪了下来,钉在我工作室的墙上。
9.be pitted against 使对立
You will be pitted against two, three, or four people who are every bit as good as you are.
你将和两个、三个或者四个跟你一样好的人对决。