英语俚语习语小对话第360期: "亲眼所见"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

第360期:亲眼所见

英语情景对话：

A: I heard several people were killed in the car accident.
我听说那场车祸中死了好几个人。

B: Twelve, to be exact.
确切地说是12个。

A: How do you know it clearly?
你怎么知道这么清楚？

B: I was walking along the road that day. So it happened under my very eyes.
那天我正好走在街上，亲眼看到的。

对话精讲

地道表达

【地道短语】
under one’s very eyes

【解词释义】
very在这里是个强调词，相同于same或identical，所以under one’s every eyes的意思就是“亲眼所见”。

【支持范例-1】
They stole the jewels under my very eyes.
他们就在我眼皮底下偷走了珠宝。

【支持范例-2】
I was standing by the side of the road, so the accident happened under my very eyes.
我当时正站在马路边，事故就发生在我的眼前。

词海拾贝

to be exact：具体地说

【例句-1】
It happened late last century in 1895, to be exact.
事情发生在上个世纪末--准确地说, 在1895年.

【例句-2】
He is, to be exact, sixteen years old, and is not old enough to join the army.
确切地说，他才十六岁，还没达到参军的年龄。

walk along：沿着......行走

【例句-1】
We felt exhilarated by our walk along the beach.
我们沿着海滩散步感到心旷神怡。

【例句-2】
I take a walk along the bank every morning.
我每天早晨在岸上散步。

in the accident：在事故中

【例句-1】
He was seriously injured in the accident and died several days later.
他在那次事故中受了重伤,几天后就死了。

【例句-2】
He lost the use of both legs in the accident.
他在事故中双腿丧失了功能。