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VOA慢速英语:'Providing' More Assistance With Prepositions

2017-03-03来源:VOA

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短语讲解：

1. This adds up to 150 chances to make mistakes.

add up to 总计达
例句：For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.
一场热门演出的利润可达数百万美元。

2. The expression using “to” is rather new to American English, according to the Internet application Google Ngrams.

according to 根据，按照
例句：Philip stayed at the hotel, according to Mr Hemming
据亨明先生所说，菲利普住在旅馆里。

3. But we hope that we have been able to provide assistance to all of our listeners and readers.

be able to 能够; 能
例句：They may be able to help with childcare so that you can have a break
他们可以帮忙照料孩子，这样你就可以歇一歇了。