1.at a loss
不知所措、困惑不解
【例句】I'm at a loss what to do next. 我不知道下一步怎么辦。
虧本地
They sold the goods at a loss.
他們虧本出售貨物。
【總結】at a loss相當于一個形容詞和副詞,做表語和狀語。
【拓展】loss in 在……方面的虧損,在……的傷亡
at a loss over 對……不知所措
be at a loss to conj. 感到為難
be at a loss as to 對……很困惑
2.at a low/high price 價格低(高)
【例句】I bought this watch at a low price. 我以便宜的價錢買了這只表。
【拓展】at the price of 以……的價格(通常用于表示買賣的動作的句子中)
with the price 通常表示一種狀態(tài),不常用
3.at a low/high speed 速度很慢/快地……
【例句】The signals go to and fro at a very high but almost constant speed. 那些信號用非??斓珟缀醪蛔兊乃俣葋砘貍魉?。
【拓展】speed 作名詞的用法
(1)at + full/top/low/a high/an ordinary/the same + speed
以全(高、低、高、平常、同樣)的速度
(2)"at a speed of... " 以……的速度
at a speed of 700 miles an hour
at a speed of 160m/s
4.at a mouthful 一口、滿口
【例句】He wants to eat it up at a mouthful.
他要一口把它吃掉。
【拓展】swallow sth at a mouthful
一口吞下某物
say a mouthful vi.說意味深長的話中肯的話
make a mouthful of 一口吞下
fill one's mouth full 填滿嘴,堵住嘴
5.at a time ;有時、曾經
【例句】Personal enmities must be forgotten at a time of national crisis.
民族危機當頭,必須捐棄個人恩怨。
【總結】at a time
作“,每次”講,常用于“數詞+at a time”的結構中
【詞語辨析】at a time,at one time
at a time 依次,逐一,每次。如: Don't try to do everything at once, take it a bit at a time. 不要什么事情都一塊干,要做一點。
at one time 一度,從前。如:At one time I used to go skiing every winter. 我有一度每到冬天就去滑雪。