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? He took on two jobs at the same time, but could only just keep the wolves at bay. 他同時(shí)兼兩份工,卻還是只能勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)。 ? I pity those who have to work in order to keep the wolves/wolf at bay/from the door. 我同情那些為了勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)而工作的人。 ? She held the gun tightly, trying to keep the stranger at bay. 她緊緊握著槍?zhuān)噲D 不讓 陌生人 靠近 。 Para 4 ? The very mention of his name will make her cry. 別提他的名字 ,不然她會(huì)哭的。 ? He?ll go into a temper at the very mention of that man‘s name. 只要有人一提到那人的名字他就會(huì)生氣。 ? In that area, AIDS is so dreadful a disease that the very mention of it strikes terror into the population. 在那個(gè)地區(qū) ,艾滋病是一種可怕的疾病 ,一提到它人們就非常害怕。 Para 6 ? not for a moment 一點(diǎn)不,根本不 ? He was not for a moment deceived by her words. 他絲毫沒(méi)有被她的話(huà)所蒙騙。 ? Not for a moment did I think he?d win. 我根本不認(rèn)為他會(huì)贏。 ? Now, I do not for a moment mean to speak poorly of business。 my whole point is that it was just not for me. ? 當(dāng)然,我一點(diǎn)都沒(méi)有 貶低 經(jīng)商的意思;我的意思只是說(shuō)經(jīng)商不適合我。 ? Go into ? 進(jìn)入;加入;變得;詳查 。從事(某種職業(yè)) ? It was a private conversation and I don39。t want to go into details about what was said. ? 那是一段私人談話(huà),我不想詳述所談內(nèi)容。 ? Mr. Pok has now gone into the tourism business. ? get... out of 從 …… 得到;獲得 The old man got lots of money out of his investment. ? I felt that life was passing me by. ? Meaning: I felt that I was not really living the life I was meant to. ? pass somebody by/over: pay no attention to。 take no notice of 對(duì) …… 不予理會(huì);無(wú)視;忽略 ? When the presents were given out, the little girl was passed by. 分發(fā)禮物時(shí),那個(gè)小女孩被漏掉了。 ? His suggestion was passed over at the meeting the next day. 在第二天的會(huì)上,沒(méi)人理會(huì)他的提議。 Para 7 ? Little by little 漸漸;逐漸地 。一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地 ? Little by little he usurped his boss39。s authority. ? 他逐漸地篡奪老板的權(quán)力。 ? I became interested in reading little by little. ? 我漸漸地對(duì)讀書(shū)產(chǎn)生了興趣。 usurp [j?39。z??p。 j?39。s??p] vt. 篡奪;奪??;侵占 vi. 篡奪;篡權(quán) Para 9 ? walk on air: be extremely happy [非正式 ] 極其高興 ? I walked on air when I learnt that I39。d won the ,我高興極了 ? 說(shuō)真的,“開(kāi)心”這個(gè)詞還不足以表達(dá)我的心情;我簡(jiǎn)直是陶醉了 . ? I really lived: Life was really meaningful to me. ? 這才是真正的生活。 Para 10 ? 如果一直經(jīng)商的話(huà),我今天可能已經(jīng)是一個(gè)真正的有錢(qián)人了。 ? 然而,我并不認(rèn)為那樣的生活會(huì)是成功的。 ? 我可能放棄掉了金錢(qián)所無(wú)法買(mǎi)到的幸福 ——當(dāng)一個(gè)人的主要目標(biāo)是賺錢(qián)時(shí),這種幸福往往就被放棄掉了。 Para 11 ? Conditioned ? adj. 有條件的,受制約的;習(xí)慣于 … 的 ? v. 使適應(yīng)( condition的過(guò)去分詞);以 … 為條件 ? Women are conditioned to expect lower wages than men in that country. ? 在那個(gè)國(guó)家,婦女認(rèn)為自己的工資比男性低是意料之中的事。 ? All the cultural and spiritual eminence of man is conditioned by the accumulation of capital. ? 人類(lèi)一切文化和精神的卓越成就都是以資本積累為其前提條件的。 ? His love is not conditioned by your response. ? 不管你做何反應(yīng),他的愛(ài)總是無(wú)條件的。 ? so much s