自考“綜合英語(yǔ)(二)”下冊(cè)詳解(8)

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31.…but this caused him no inconvenience,because he made up for it miraculously in his last ten minutes.不過(guò),這到?jīng)]有給他造成不便,因?yàn)樗谙掳嗲暗?0分鐘之內(nèi)奇跡般地把還沒做的事都干完了。
    …but this caused no problems because he finished all that he had to do in the last ten minutes,by using his miraculous power.
    make up for sth:補(bǔ)償,彌補(bǔ)
    His hard work makes up for his lack of intelligence.他的勤奮工作彌補(bǔ)了他的不聰明。
    I had to study harder to make up for the time I missed in school when I was ill.我得努力學(xué)習(xí),把我生病時(shí)缺的課補(bǔ)上。
    32. As the day passed,his state of mind passed from wonder to delight .就在這一天之內(nèi),他的思想狀況由驚訝變成了喜悅。
    pass from…to/into…:change from one state or condition to another由一種狀況轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榱硪环N狀況
    During the debate,their attitudes towards the project passed from disagreement to approval. 在辯論中,他們對(duì)這項(xiàng)目的態(tài)度從不贊成到同意。
    33. He intended,among other things,to increase his personal property by acts of creation,and called into existence a number of nice things 除其它事情外,他還打算使用他的造物之舉來(lái)增加他的私人財(cái)產(chǎn),并真地創(chuàng)造出了幾件好東西。
    among others/other things 用來(lái)從一群人或一群事物中列舉一兩個(gè)
    Gu Xiulian,vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the NPC,among others,attended the reception in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan.全國(guó)人大常委會(huì)副主席顧秀蓮和其它人一起出席了紀(jì)念中日建交30周年的招待會(huì)。
    At the recent press conference,the spokesman of the foreign ministry talked,among other things,about China-Germany relations.在近記者招待會(huì)上,那位外交部發(fā)言人特別談到了中德關(guān)系。
    call sth. into existence:ask sth to be created 指令造出……
    The magician said he was able to call anything into existence.那魔術(shù)師說(shuō)他能變出任何東西。
    bring sth into existence/being:cause sth to exist;create,establish 創(chuàng)造;建立
    A new committee has been brought into existence to address the non-performing loans in the state-owned banks.成立了一個(gè)新的委員會(huì)來(lái)處理國(guó)有銀行的呆帳。
    34. But he could see that the gift required caution and watchfulness.不過(guò)他明白,對(duì)這個(gè)天賦他必須小心,必須保持警惕。
    But he knew that his unusual power should be used very carefully,and he should keep them secret,otherwise it might cause trouble.
    35. He struck a match and saw that this beautiful miracles was indeed accomplished. 他劃了根火柴,發(fā)現(xiàn)那個(gè)美妙的奇跡確實(shí)創(chuàng)造出來(lái)了。
    accomplish:強(qiáng)調(diào)通過(guò)堅(jiān)韌不把的努力完成一項(xiàng)使命或達(dá)到某一目標(biāo)。 強(qiáng)調(diào)完成全部任務(wù)的過(guò)程,不強(qiáng)調(diào)完成的手段和方法。
    He accomplished a great deal in his short life 在他短暫的一生里,他取得了很大成就。
    achieve:可指由于努力而理所當(dāng)然應(yīng)該得到的成功,達(dá)到了既定目標(biāo)。這一過(guò)程中包含技能、毅力和努力。
    despite repeated experiments,so far,no noticeable results have achieved 盡管多次試驗(yàn),但到目前為止,還沒有取得顯著的結(jié)果。
    36.He could think of no answer but the truth.“I was working a miracle.”他想不出別的答復(fù),只好以實(shí)情相告。
    He had to tell the truth. As he couldn't find a better answer to convince the policeman,he had no choice but to tell him that he was performing a miracle.
    work,perform,create,…a miracle 創(chuàng)造奇跡
    37.Don't talk rot.別胡說(shuō)八道
    Don't talk nonsense.
    38.He realized that he had given himself away 他意識(shí)到他露了餡。
    He realized that he had betrayed himself.
    give oneself away:to reveal *******./sth./oneself intentionally or without meaning to;
    betray ******./sth.暴露了他人或自己(的真實(shí)情況或身份);出賣了
    It never occurred to him that his close friend would give him away.他決沒想到他的好朋友會(huì)把他出賣。
    Please don't give my secret away. 別洩露我的秘密。
    39. I've had enough of this.我已經(jīng)受夠了。
    I can't put up with your ridicule any more.
    have had enough of sth.:to want no more of,to be enable or unwilling to tolerate
    sth./********. any more.再也不能忍受……
    he's had enough of his boss ordering him about and decided to quit.他再也不愿受老板那樣的支使而決定不干了。
    I have had enough of her gossips.我聽夠了她的搬弄是非的話。
    40.…nor did he trouble to see what had become of his flowering stick.也沒有費(fèi)神去看看那根開花的拐杖到底怎么了。
    ……not did he bother to find out what had happened to his walking stick that had turned into a rosebush.
    not trouble to do sth:not do sth because it needs too much effort沒有特意去做
    The interviewer even did not trouble to look at my resume. 給我面試的那個(gè)人甚至不屑看一下我的簡(jiǎn)歷。
    You need not trouble to answer this.你不需要特意地回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題。
    what has/had become of sth./********:what has happened to sth./********.后來(lái)怎樣
    What has become of the project that had cause so much controversy?那個(gè)爭(zhēng)論得很激烈的項(xiàng)目后來(lái)怎樣了?
    What has become of the student who dropped out of school? 那個(gè)退學(xué)的學(xué)生后來(lái)怎樣了?