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2011-01-28来源:和谐英语
1.Within hours, many car dealers showed up outside his home.

show up到场, 出席,如约赶到,出现,露面

例句:He showed up when we least expected him.
      我们根本没有料到, 他竟然来了。

      He promised to come on Tuesday but he never showed up.
      他答应星期二来, 可是一直未露面。

2.She once told a reporter that she loved nothing more than to discuss books with students who are new to them.

nothing more than仅仅, 只不过

例句:They expected nothing more than a new-type machine.
      他们期望的只不过是一台新型的机器而已。

3.That book turned out to be "The Bluest Eye," published in nineteen seventy.

turn out to be结果是, 原来是, 证明是

例句:Software may turn out to be a bigger hurdle.
      软件可能成为更大的障碍。