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2009年04月23日 新东方在线
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no standing 与free-standing:. u p5 I$ e9 ~/ D. `
2 i; F, Z5 W" A: i, N1 r( w 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。”
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' d8 w. b4 Y5 D8 D9 i" h 例如:Walking along the street, I saw a “no standing” sign。: H+ L, t. y, u; S
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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。( K9 F. T* \+ t0 w) ?$ w
3 u) x+ C9 H1 v 在纽约市,路上有许多“不准停车”的牌子。
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“No parking” signs sprang up around the school campus。
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校园里出现一些“不准停车”的路牌。2 I4 l; ^6 Q0 [5 P& j$ Z
3 g C5 }7 U' I/ K4 B7 C 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。2 m0 J, N/ L, a+ ~6 n; b2 w
" E0 n0 n9 [' L# b0 m9 E6 C 例如:; ?! ?* T; i8 S) Y% ?
1 }4 ? E& F% Z- W* s$ u There is a new free-standing restaurant near the downtown area。+ _8 F& I+ r9 h* s# J6 ~
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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。
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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)
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break the house与housebreak:+ a2 i; v: \1 `0 U# @9 ^
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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。: E& H. u1 E% _" V; l$ Q: M
, q, a) T- {& v8 u- E3 V4 r. B+ W. o 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。
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. e; T5 X/ z; O& P/ U 例如:
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Pet owners should housebreak their dogs and cats。
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0 U5 v$ e8 [$ O. b! T 宠物主人应该训练狗猫的卫生习惯。
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或者可以说 Housebreaking is necessary for cats and dogs。 b% V/ ^: N; E- X
8 N( k# t2 _+ v! x) I5 C 但是“break the house”是指破坏了房子。9 T+ z3 W1 m1 x9 Y$ h5 k$ V
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例如:
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( F" x. L. A; {& r Y4 K Accidentally, he broke the house by backing up his car。- M( h2 f8 v. P3 P4 G2 Z
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他倒车时,意外碰坏了房子。(broke=damaged): P6 N l( e! {# x% r
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The house was broken by a hurricane。, f$ B) a1 a" D. ~$ b" o* H
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风破坏了房子。& v! G* S5 l, ]7 f+ Y9 X3 h
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但用在赌场(casino)时,又指赢了一大笔钱(won lots of money)
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kick off与 tip off:
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2 u- ] d, t/ y8 l, ~ kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始,有时也指球赛。/ ^$ E9 a1 f: m( T
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7 {8 r! F# S, i9 P0 B, y Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。7 @2 N; B5 F4 H( Y
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我们学校最近发动一次大规划的筹款运动。% J# V. K0 [- ]- O
8 [9 w* ^1 _& B+ c1 v3 O, N: ]6 D! Q We will kick off the no-smoking drive。; ]% ~6 h1 @/ ]! _0 j
6 l/ R$ Q( |, a7 w% _ 我们将要发动戒烟运动。) u0 x; S( N$ B/ \8 m6 _
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They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。; c& j% U+ z I; P1 S2 |7 X+ ]& [
+ J# Y. |! ^, c" n 他们明天正式开始足球赛。; Y" b. O- ]8 I# F
9 o% `; x# b/ c& P6 x 多半是用主动语态,有时也用被动。6 K( F4 g- ], Z9 ]" G3 X4 n
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例如:
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The fund–raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。
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一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。0 k! u0 F" C7 y- D, t
; C9 P/ S' S/ ~; _- r, G$ w: w( l3 X7 y 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。+ V# r# Z- ?* ?+ X# t3 f* ^
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篮球赛于昨天下午两点开始。
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, m0 v7 v0 @+ x7 z 注意:to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone)2 n/ R* b( s+ h8 j4 T
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例如:
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I will tip him off about this breaking news。
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我要告诉他最新消息。(breaking=latest)
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