習語集錦 第四輯

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① Hail someone or something as someone else/something else
    — recognise or welcome someone/something as someone else/something else.
    — 熱情地承認某事或招呼某人
    Examples: ① Because of having a good voice, Sharon has been hailed as singing queen in her school.
    ② The recent scientific discovery was hailed as breakthrough.
    ② I couldn't agree more
    — I agreed completely.
    —(與某人意見)完全一致
    Example: A: I think our country is well-developed.
    B: I couldn't agree more.
    ③ I dare say
    — I suppose.
    — 我相信;可能
    Example: In your quarrel with Jason this time, I dare say you were in the wrong.
    ④ I hate to disturb/bother/trouble you, but……
    — I am sorry for disturbing/bothering/troubling you, but……
    — 我不愿麻煩你,但……
    Example: I hate to bother you when you are so busy, but there is something important I have to tell you before it is too late.
    ⑤ Jack up
    — lift with a jack.
    — 頂起
    Example: You have to jack up your car before you can remove the tyre.
    — (of prices) increase.
    — 增加;提高
    Example: During festive seasons, some shops have jacked up the prices of some goods.
    ⑥ Oddities and absurdities
    — something odd and absurd.
    — 稀奇古怪
    Example: Sometimes, we have to accept the oddities and absurdities of certain aspects of a language which cannot be logically explained.
    ⑦ Odds and ends
    — small objects of different kinds.
    — 瑣碎物品
    Example: Where there are children, there are odds and ends lying here and there.
    ⑧ Pack up
    — stop doing something.
    — 不再做某事;放棄……
    Example: It is late now. Let's pack up and go to bed.
    ⑨ Packed like sardines
    — pressed very tightly together.
    — 擁擠(如罐中的沙丁魚)
    Example: The bus was full of passengers who were packed like sardines.
    ⑩ Queue up (for something)
    — stand in a queue.
    — 排隊等候
    Examples: ① People queue up one after another outside the theatre.
    ② All have to queue up for tickets for the musical concert.
    (11) Quibble about/at something or a quibble over something
    — argue about small unimportant points.
    — 因小事而爭論
    Examples: ① Don't quibble with her about the money.
    ② She quibbled at the small price.
    ③ There was a quibble cver a few dollars.