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我们讲的英语第205期:Killing time 打发时间

2015-02-15来源:和谐英语

重点讲解:
1. turn up
(常指出其不意地或经长久等待后)出现,到来,露面;
eg. Franklin did not turn up until well after midnight.
富兰克林直到午夜过后很久才出现。
eg. For some reason she didn't turn up.
由于某种原因,她没有来。
2. smash up
砸碎;砸毁;捣毁;
eg. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.
为了报复,她砸了前任男友的家。
eg. You could smash the drawer up with a hammer.
可以用锤子把抽屉砸开。
3. occupy oneself
使忙碌;使全神贯注;
eg. He hurried to take the suitcases and occupy himself with packing the car.
他急匆匆地去拎手提箱,忙着往车里装。
eg. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
如果我都不能让自己忙碌起来,那真是太可怜了。
4. would rather do sth.
宁愿;宁可;
eg. He's as proud as Lucifer and would rather starve than take a penny from anyone.
他狂妄自大,宁愿挨饿也不愿接受他人的一个便士。
eg. She said she would rather not tell her age.
她说她还是不告诉我年龄为好。