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2009年04月23日 新东方在线
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) Y* ^- u5 A& h no standing 与free-standing:. E* z. T5 E/ e. f- ]2 K
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no standing 意思是不准在此停车,即使司机还在车上也不行。也就是“don't stop”或“no car at all”,通常用在大城市交通十分拥挤的地方。至于“no parking”,意思也是不准在此停车,但司机还可以坐在车里一段时间,必要时,可随时移动车子,也就是“you may stay in your car for a short period of time。”0 s$ ~) f; d3 o" i$ Q7 k
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例如:Walking along the street, I saw a “no standing” sign。
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" l. _! u/ D4 b1 J' h) I/ f 走在路上,我看到一个“不准停车”的路牌。In New York City there are many “no standing” signs (posted) on the streets。- [. [9 O6 w- Q" E/ C6 [9 j
2 M, `( Q5 {2 W* e) c3 N 在纽约市,路上有许多“不准停车”的牌子。- P; {6 U) ]; U" j* ?+ \
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“No parking” signs sprang up around the school campus。& U6 W- @; J; K7 z: a
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校园里出现一些“不准停车”的路牌。7 D& _8 F0 i* K% W: K
/ W- w, j+ }) O7 N, o spring up = appeared 也就是说:……Signs were put up around……但是free-standing是形容词,意思是独立式的,多指为特别用途而盖的单独建筑物或指一大建筑特的某种装饰。. h; I3 f) S( j7 [% L
1 u+ f9 F. O, i# a 例如:( J' _8 {" Q3 r6 ]2 R* n1 `' D' `
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There is a new free-standing restaurant near the downtown area。5 z0 T# ^ T, u: ^
& w, v3 b- i# }8 {$ A 在市中心区附近有座新的独立餐馆
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Mr. A built a free-standing shoe store behind the mall。+ J3 u+ C5 I) ^7 H
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A先生在采购中心后面盖了一栋独立鞋店)The free-standing design does not overpower the rest of the buildings surrounding it。(这种独立式的设计,不会影响其他建筑物的外观。)(overpower=distract压倒或扰乱)9 Z+ w& U8 i% w6 b! v
6 Y: h9 ~* H% i break the house与housebreak:
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* E/ F. ? }% A) D( s housebreak 是指训练狗、猫等宠物,使其能在指定的地点大、小便,以保持家里的卫生。9 x/ x/ ?+ s$ `, q0 `) ^, _ {% c
# D; [* V; ]" N) Z% l+ M/ l" I 例如:The dog (或cat) has been housebroken。或My dog is housebroken。(多半用被动语态)但也有人用主动语态。. y9 d5 V# z t7 e& Y
5 t8 f5 ]; [' o& E9 {6 h. W* o 例如:
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$ E, o7 n6 {. q1 }! y Pet owners should housebreak their dogs and cats。
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! U% N! z/ X& U- P# c T2 o 宠物主人应该训练狗猫的卫生习惯。$ d. r, K: i) E2 {. z7 Y: M; C
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或者可以说 Housebreaking is necessary for cats and dogs。. S# u2 K$ e1 A
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但是“break the house”是指破坏了房子。
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& z( k' `% w( W& C5 e8 z 例如:: Y/ \" c! I0 F7 C7 o- M0 } f% U6 F
: F7 j; |" b. i# A) A( O Accidentally, he broke the house by backing up his car。
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他倒车时,意外碰坏了房子。(broke=damaged)
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The house was broken by a hurricane。( \; O6 X4 H3 h, D' ~6 y
; D3 c. b+ E( w' p. o8 j- o 风破坏了房子。! z5 K- T0 c1 Y
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但用在赌场(casino)时,又指赢了一大笔钱(won lots of money)" b( m" e1 E5 g; E- y- Z
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kick off与 tip off:
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kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始,有时也指球赛。: w" K. z8 K0 c' h0 H8 S/ e" W
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q) c) u; Q! U, e; u, R, F: ` Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。( Y, a# U9 L J x' |
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我们学校最近发动一次大规划的筹款运动。9 B# o; g; H% I
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We will kick off the no-smoking drive。. ? k( ~: k+ r' K3 l* c0 {
/ \, [# K8 [1 e2 v( w 我们将要发动戒烟运动。8 }: a3 P' b4 d. @8 D
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They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。 f0 [+ P' g" y/ \
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他们明天正式开始足球赛。
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: h5 S3 m9 ~9 C, j' u! P 多半是用主动语态,有时也用被动。/ n2 g( g! G: t
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The fund–raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。# l1 H: @3 P* D4 s+ q
# f" E( C+ G4 a 一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。0 j% v; H, u# a% w! X" ]
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但是,tip off 虽然也指开始,不过多半是指篮球开赛前,裁判开球让两边球员跳球。例如:The players tipped off the basketball game at 2:00 yesterday afternoon。
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篮球赛于昨天下午两点开始。
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注意:to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone)
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$ z V. @: h2 c7 c5 G 例如:
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7 R$ v; ^5 P W; Y! l( f I will tip him off about this breaking news。4 B3 ?4 I3 `- o& Q- l& _ C0 j1 |
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我要告诉他最新消息。(breaking=latest)
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