实战口语情景对话 第483期:Irish History 爱尔兰历史

重点讲解：
1. frighten away
吓跑；吓走；把…吓得躲远；
eg. The fishermen said the company's seismic survey was frightening away fish.
渔民们说这家公司进行的地震勘测把鱼都吓跑了。
eg. The purpose of many of the festivities is to frighten away bad spirits.
很多这样的庆祝仪式都是为了吓走妖魔鬼怪。
2. to all intents and purposes
差不多等于；几乎在一切方面；
eg. To all intents and purposes he was my father.
他几乎可以称得上是我的父亲。
eg. The work is, to all intents and purposes, finished.
那项工作实际上已经完成了。
3. in line with
（与…）一致；（与…）相符；
eg. The session was closed to the press in line with an earlier decision.
按照先前的决定，会议不对新闻界公开。
eg. We're trying very hard to keep our prices in line with.
我们尽力使我们的价格与顾客的期望值相一致。