1 Pros1 and Cons2 优势和弊端
例句:
I think there are pros and cons to every candidate.
我觉得每一个候选人都有他们的利弊。
你也可以进行详细说明优势和弊端,The pros,the cons 好处在于不好在于
2 sick and tired对某事或者某人感到烦闷或者沮丧
例句:
I am sick and tired of having nobody.
我厌倦了无人伴随。
3 Give or Take 大约,像approximately的意思
例句:
Its 100 kilometers, give or take.
大约100公里。
4 Short and Sweet 快而精简无误
例句:
Lets keep it short and sweet today.
让大家维持今天迅速精准。
5 Odds3 and Ends 一些无关紧要,没意义的事情
例句:
A self-employed jobber4, he was always building things out of odds and ends.
他是个体技术人,一直用零星东西做些小玩艺儿。
6 Hustle5 and Bustle6. 人来人往
例句:
We stayed on the phone to each other for hours and hours until the suns rays shone through the windows, and outside we could both hear the hustle and bustle of daily town life starting up around us.
大家在电话里说了很长时间很长时间,直到早晨的阳光从窗户射进去,大家两个听到外面人来人往的声音,一天的生活开始了。
7 Back and Forth7. 反复地;来回地
相信这个大伙都很熟悉吧!
例句:
Life imitates art and art imitates life and back and forth, he said.
生活模仿艺术,艺术模仿生活,来来回回。他说。
8 By and Large 总的来讲,和in general大体相似
例句:
Taking it by and large, the conditions of employment are good.
从大体上说来, 就业条件是好的。
9 More or Less 大概,大约
和这篇文章第三点其实意思有点相似,但这个更偏向于抽象的,也就是情感之类的。而Give or Take则是偏向数目方面。
例句:
So far, they are all more or less on track.
现在来看,他们都多少地在按计划行事。