新概念英語第二冊(cè)習(xí)慣用語總結(jié):Lesson 58

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1.claim vt.1.以…為其后果,聲稱,主張2.要求,認(rèn)領(lǐng)
    make a claim against 向...索賠(sk...to pay the compensation)
    例句:An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of stealing a Christmas card.
    一位上了年紀(jì)的婦女昨天向一家百貨商店索賠,因?yàn)檫@家商店誣告她偷了一張圣誕卡。
    2.evil n.邪惡,罪惡 adj. 邪惡的,罪惡的,壞的
    speak evil of sb. 說某人壞話(say bad things about sb.)
    A:Don't you fear that she knows what you are saying?
    你不害怕讓她知道你所說的話嗎?
    B:I'm not speaking evil of her. What should I fear?
    我又沒說她壞話,為什么我要害怕呢?
    3.gain v. 1.獲得2.增加 n.1.收益,得益2.增進(jìn),增加
    gain some weight 胖了一些
    例句:I've gained some weight recently, because I don't have any time to do exercise.
    沒時(shí)間鍛煉,我最近胖了一些。
    4.income n. 收入,所得,收益
    income tax 收入所得稅
    例句:What did you think of those articles on the proposed income tax?
    你覺得提出的所得稅的條款怎么樣?
    5.mention vt./n. 提及,說起
    don't mention it 沒什么值得提的,沒關(guān)系的
    A:It's very nice of you to give me your tickets for the play.
    很感激你把戲票讓給我。
    B:Please, don't mention it. I'm going to be out of town this weekend anyway.
    好了,這沒什么。反正這個(gè)周末我不在城里。
    6.so far 到目前為止,到這種程度
    例句:Our basketball team's won every game so far.
    到目前為止我們的籃球隊(duì)贏得了每一場(chǎng)比賽。