自考“綜合英語(二)”下冊詳解(23)

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1.Take over Bos'n!
    take over (from sb.):接管,接替 落伍、落在后面
    eg:A competent young woman took over from Mr.White as the CEO of the company last year.
    去年一位年輕有為的女士接替了懷特先生成了公司的首席執(zhí)行官。
    eg:Who's going to take over the running of the park when Mr.Liu retires?
    劉先生退休以后誰管理體制公署這攤子事?
    eg:Who's going to take over the running of the park when Mr.Liu retires?
    一年之內(nèi),那家媒體托拉斯兼并了好幾家報業(yè)
    2.Hour after hour kept the gun pointed at tothe other nine men.
    kept the gun pointed at:
    eg:He kept the door locked 他一直鎖著門
    eg:Keep sb.covered一直瞄準(zhǔn)某人
    3.From the lifeboat's stern,where I'd sat most of the twenty days our drifting,I could keep them a covered
    cover:to continue aiming a gun at,so that they cannot attack you 瞄準(zhǔn),控制在范圍之內(nèi)
    eg:Cover her while I phone the police. 把槍對準(zhǔn)她讓她別動,我去叫警察來
    3.If I had to shoot at such close quarters.
    at/from close quarters/range:很近
    eg:The boys love to watch the aircraft take off and land at close quarters
    這些男孩子酷愛在近處觀看飛機(jī)起飛、降落。
    eg:The birds were photographed at close range這些小鳥是近距離拍攝下來的。
    eg:The victim had been shot at close range/quarters被害者遭到近距離槍殺。
    4.But in the way they all glared I could see hoe they'd come to hate my guts.
    glare at:怒目而視
    eg:He did not shout or swear,but just glared at me silently.他沒有大喊,也沒有叫罵,而是一言不發(fā),憤怒地盯著我
    5.hold out forever!
    hold out: 抵抗,堅持
    eg:The whole village held out until the last man
    他沒有大喊,也沒有叫罵,而是一言不發(fā),憤怒地盯著我。
    eg:The refugees held out against the severe cold winter.難民們熬過了那年冬天的嚴(yán)寒
    7.Very soon now I'ddoze off and the instant that happened they'd jump on the little water that was left.
    doze off: 打盹,小息
    eg:The lecture was so boring that the audience began to doze off.講座太乏味,聽眾開始打盹了
    8.Yet I could see in their bloodshot eyes that they'd gladly kill me for those few drops
    gladly:willingly:
    eg:She would gladly pay more to travel by air  她情愿多花錢乘飛機(jī)旅行
    eg:I'm running out of money this month.Could you please land me some
    我這個月的錢快花光了,你能借我點嗎?
    9.As a man I didn'tcount any more.
    count:to be of value or importance 有價值,有意義
    eg:First impressions of people do count 人們的最初印象確實重要
    eg:We have only a few bullets left,so make each one count
    我們只剩下幾發(fā)子彈了,每一發(fā)都要真正派上用場
    eg:Such men do not count for anything 這種人毫不足取。
    10.I was just the gun that kept them away from the water they craved
    crave (for): 渴望
    eg:The 15-year-old boy craves (for)a room of his own.那個15歲的少年渴望有一間屬于自己的屋子。
    eg:At the age of thirty,he had everything he had craved in his childhood.
    30歲的時候,他有了小時候渴望得到的一切。