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2009年04月23日 新东方在线 . E1 [% c O. }. D
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no standing 与free-standing:% f$ d: Q; f7 k
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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。”$ d8 r# O) J" J; \* }
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例如:Walking along the street, I saw a “no standing” sign。3 A1 z& Z: d! A% l2 Z
4 ?9 n6 p: M7 p. d" t 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。
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在纽约市,路上有许多“不准停车”的牌子。, C) }0 p. |4 P! N! O4 w% D A& k7 n
S: z' [; _4 ^2 b2 A5 k “No parking” signs sprang up around the school campus。7 A. A9 p/ D0 C' i
- U$ A' E5 L% h; Q& w. S 校园里出现一些“不准停车”的路牌。8 {1 |/ _ O* S! }6 i
! }( g: v' j. a& a" h/ g! L 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。 @' M2 Q4 y6 n8 s6 Q+ w
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/ N9 S& N7 I, J: a There is a new free-standing restaurant near the downtown area。, d! }$ m& ]: V$ H
B: G; |9 \, P) t9 A 在市中心区附近有座新的独立餐馆
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! R! E* ^; X ^4 r1 x4 z. l Mr. A built a free-standing shoe store behind the mall。6 o: H: n) L7 h- D e5 }
0 W) J: T# [2 J5 g4 s8 i8 _' e 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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) Z9 X% ?7 D i9 J. M8 `* p break the house与housebreak:, p0 i9 R! [7 {' f' ?
: q0 u0 {9 k0 U- T1 ?) [ 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。8 G. L# ~9 }0 j& E- G+ y* I- E% R: i
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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。# F' Q3 e; d4 J8 l
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例如:8 S/ p: D, |4 z/ q K4 E
R4 ~$ O! N" B, k+ o Pet owners should housebreak their dogs and cats。
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宠物主人应该训练狗猫的卫生习惯。6 G+ C6 l/ y' f% ]" k) t& l
) k2 K7 z* L, D+ F 或者可以说 Housebreaking is necessary for cats and dogs。
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但是“break the house”是指破坏了房子。# x* Q2 {; t! `* J
e; b k& i! }2 E* n6 k# I U/ c 例如:
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# c/ O5 Y6 d$ A5 a Accidentally, he broke the house by backing up his car。6 T6 O9 Y* E* ~( u
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他倒车时,意外碰坏了房子。(broke=damaged) t% L9 u' j4 |+ L6 b" W& J
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The house was broken by a hurricane。2 K' I2 Q0 o* h+ v, r
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风破坏了房子。& d; I0 V% K: g% B7 Y$ d% g
) G) ^9 J, @; q 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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kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始,有时也指球赛。/ G3 R; p4 S3 E- Z! f
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/ x3 J- }0 \' ]+ @ Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。# F4 L. ~9 }4 v/ b" j
3 s/ P4 ]2 l! k 我们学校最近发动一次大规划的筹款运动。
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We will kick off the no-smoking drive。/ }8 A& o' ?+ e
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我们将要发动戒烟运动。' T. E, m1 c" M F4 v
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They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。
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他们明天正式开始足球赛。
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多半是用主动语态,有时也用被动。
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: m4 G( E' U% Q. y8 J2 ~ 例如:, i" h+ O$ b* B# s
' U' e+ \2 P" f The fund–raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。
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^, D5 n6 L1 N2 N 一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。 j6 }+ O2 ^3 D1 F
( K0 Z! {# }4 d 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。3 s4 q9 M. d4 t5 L! R
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注意:to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone)
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- ^6 E" P0 S/ z2 t' O# Y 例如:
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; Z# z8 X& C3 I I will tip him off about this breaking news。& m' ]0 H Q# D
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我要告诉他最新消息。(breaking=latest)
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