我们讲的英语第88期:To bend over backwards 竭尽全力
重点讲解:
1. bend over backwards
竭尽全力;
eg. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客。
eg. Sue will bend over backwards to help her friends.
苏会尽全力帮助朋友。
2. go to great lengths
不遗余力;竭尽全力;千方百计;
eg. Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.
葛丽泰·嘉宝想方设法躲开记者和摄影师。
eg. He'll go to great lengths to get the job done.
他将不遗余力去完成这项工作。
3. put in
花费,投入(时间或精力);
eg. They've put in time and effort to keep the strike going.
他们花费了很多时间和精力以使罢工持续下去。
eg. If we don't put money in we will lose our investment.
如果我们不再投入资金,我们会失掉本金。
4. expect sb. to do sth.
要求;认为应当得到;指望某人做某事;
eg. I wasn't expecting you to help.
我没指望你帮忙。
eg. It is unrealistic to expect them to be able to solve the problem immediately.
指望他们能够立即解决问题是不现实的。
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