London is the political, economical and cultural centre of Britain.倫敦是英國政治,經(jīng)濟(jì)和文化中心。
middle:“中間”,指空間或時(shí)間意義上與兩端等距離的中間部分。如:
He telephoned me in the middle of the night.他半夜給我打來電話。
Soon they were in the middle of the river.不久他們來到河中央。
4、chance, opportunity
chance表示“機(jī)會(huì);可能性(強(qiáng)調(diào)偶然性)”,如:
If we can swim, the chances are that we can save our lives.如果我們會(huì)游泳的話,我們就有可能得救。
Harold has lost a lot of money so he wants to take a chance on stock exchange.海洛得丟了很多錢,因此他想在股票上碰一碰運(yùn)氣。
而opportunity表示機(jī)遇(強(qiáng)調(diào)好時(shí)機(jī)),既可作可數(shù)名詞又可作不可數(shù)名詞。如:
This has been my only opportunity to practise speaking English.這一直是我練習(xí)英語口語的機(jī)會(huì)。
I am very glad to have had the opportunity to talk to you.我很高興能有機(jī)會(huì)與你交談。
5、certain, sure
certain表示“有把握的,確信的”,語氣較強(qiáng),主語可以是人也可以是物,表示有充分的信心。有時(shí)也有“某些”的含義。如:
middle:“中間”,指空間或時(shí)間意義上與兩端等距離的中間部分。如:
He telephoned me in the middle of the night.他半夜給我打來電話。
Soon they were in the middle of the river.不久他們來到河中央。
4、chance, opportunity
chance表示“機(jī)會(huì);可能性(強(qiáng)調(diào)偶然性)”,如:
If we can swim, the chances are that we can save our lives.如果我們會(huì)游泳的話,我們就有可能得救。
Harold has lost a lot of money so he wants to take a chance on stock exchange.海洛得丟了很多錢,因此他想在股票上碰一碰運(yùn)氣。
而opportunity表示機(jī)遇(強(qiáng)調(diào)好時(shí)機(jī)),既可作可數(shù)名詞又可作不可數(shù)名詞。如:
This has been my only opportunity to practise speaking English.這一直是我練習(xí)英語口語的機(jī)會(huì)。
I am very glad to have had the opportunity to talk to you.我很高興能有機(jī)會(huì)與你交談。
5、certain, sure
certain表示“有把握的,確信的”,語氣較強(qiáng),主語可以是人也可以是物,表示有充分的信心。有時(shí)也有“某些”的含義。如: