1. life expectancy 预期寿命,平均寿命
2. get out of hand 失控
3. be fed up with 感到厌烦;讨厌;对……感到厌烦;厌烦
4. 某人对某事不熟悉的两种表达
sb. is unfamiliar with sth.
sth. is unfamiliar to sb.
5. come down with sth. 生病
6. boil down to sth. 归结为
7. frown on sth. 不悦;蹙眉不悦;对……不赞成;不赞成某事
8. do nothing but do 固定用法
9. in honor of sb./sth. 纪念某人/某事
10. There’s no point in doing sth. 做某事无意义
11. nothing but 只有;只不过 anything but 根本不;除…以外任何事
12. rarely, seldom, hardly, scarcely
Rarely和seldom意思都是“很少”(表频率),seldom更正式、更书面。Hardly和scarcely意思都是“几乎不”或者“刚刚”(表程度)。相比之下scarcely更正式、更书面。People rarely ask questions.She was seldom seen in public.I hardly had time to ask her name.We had scarcely arrived when he asked us to leave. |
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