A: Do naughty boys upset you?
你討厭調(diào)皮的孩子嗎?
B: Oh, no. On the whole, I would rather see children active.
喔,不討厭??偟膩碚f,我更為喜歡活潑的孩子。
A: What about the trouble they made.
如果他們闖禍了怎么辦?
B: They are annoying sometimes.
那確實有點煩人。
地道表達:
on the whole
解詞釋義:
此語的意思是“大體上說來,總的看來”,其中的whole是名詞,也可以做upon the whole。與之相似的on whole是表示“整個地,全部地”的意思。
支持范例:
My opinion is on the whole the same as yours.
我的意見大體上同你的差不多。
On the whole it's a good plan and we shouldn't nitpick.
總的來說,這個計劃是好的,我們不應(yīng)過于挑剔。
On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大體上說,她生活儉樸,不事張揚。
Journalists on the whole don't create public opinion. They can help to nourish it.
大體說來記者不制造輿論。他們會助長輿論。
詞海拾貝:
1. would rather:寧可,寧愿
Eg. I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind.
如果你不介意的話,我寧愿今晚出去。
Eg. They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.
他們想要一座房子, 而我們寧愿住在一套房間里。
聯(lián)想記憶:would rather...than...寧可.......也不......
Liu Hulan would rather die than surrender before the enemy.
劉胡蘭在敵人面前寧死不屈。
He would rather die than live in dishonor.
他寧死不愿忍辱偷生。
2. make trouble:招來麻煩,闖禍
Eg. We decided not to implead them in case of make trouble.
我們決定不起訴他們,免得惹事生非。
Eg. It is typical of him to make trouble.
制造麻煩是他的特點。
聯(lián)想記憶:
make the worst of one’s trouble:朝最壞的地方想,往最壞處想
make light of one’s trouble:對麻煩是滿不在乎
make trouble by spreading rum ours:造言生事
make trouble on every hand:橫生事端
口語句型:
What about...?
釋義:......如何?......怎么樣?
用法:用于征詢別人的意見如何。使用時,about后面能接名詞或動名詞短語。
例句:What about the salary? 薪水怎么樣?
They are very splendid. What about the price? 這些非常不錯。價格怎么樣呢?
What about washing the car on Sunday? 禮拜天洗車怎么樣?
What about going for a row? 一起去劃船好嗎?
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