新概念英語第一冊習(xí)慣用語大全:Lesson 71-72

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Lesson 71~72
    1.time n. 時間;時光;點鐘;期間;經(jīng)歷按次序來;準(zhǔn)時地;暫停 v. 測定…的時間;記錄…時間;計時;定時
    kill time 消磨時光(spend time in a leisure way; not doing anything useful)
    例句:1.I'm just killing time. Traffic was unusually light, so I came a bit too early.
    我正在打發(fā)時間。路上的車少得很,所以我來得早了一點兒。
    2.Gosh, what can we do to kill the next lO hours?
    天啊,怎樣才能消磨掉以后的這10個鐘頭呢?
    in the nick of time 在最后一刻;剛好;在關(guān)鍵時刻
    例句:I caught my plane of the nick of time.
    我在最后一刻趕上了飛機。
    as time (days,years) goes by 隨著時間流逝(with the time passing)
    例句:As years go by, Arbor Day has become one of the major holidays in America.
    隨著時間流逝,植樹節(jié)已經(jīng)成為美國的主要節(jié)日之一。
    2.typing v. 打字 n. 類型;樣式;型;標(biāo)志
    typing errors 打印錯誤(對照typos排版錯誤)
    例句:Beth proofread her paper and corrected the typing errors.
    貝思校對了她的論文,糾正了打印錯誤。