大学英语综合教材四

1. Taxes are an obligation which may fall on everybody.

2. We applauded the authority's decision not to close the hospital.

3. The doctor's instructions must be fulfilled exactly; the sick man's life depends on it.

4. Do these opinion polls really mirror what people are thinking?

5. I prefer to think of memorization as a stepping-stone to flexibility in use of words and phrases.

6. In her office memos she tended to devalue the work done by her staff.

7. The history of train transport has partly been a history of striving for greater efficiency and profit.

8. He took on the new post without having the faintest idea of what it entailed.

9. He is s upposedly one of the greatest experts in this field.

10. Absolute secrecy is essential. Consequently, the fewer who are aware of the project the better.

1.随着职务的提升，他担负的责任也更大了。(take on)

With his promotion, he has taken on greater responsibilities.

2. 他感到他再没有必要对约翰承担这样的责任。（make a commitment）

He felt he did not have to make such a commitment to John any more.

3. 闲暇时玛丽喜欢外出购物，与她相反，露茜却喜欢呆在家里看书。(as opposed to)

Mary likes to go shopping in her spare time, as opposed to Lucy, who prefers to stay at home reading.

4. 充其量可以说他有抱负，用最糟糕的话来说，他是一个没有良心(conscience)或没有资格的权力追求者。（at best, at worst）

At best he’s ambitious, at worst a power-seeker without conscience or qualifications.

5. 我们已尽全力说服他，但是却毫无进展。（strive，make no headway）

We have striven to the full to convince him, but we have made no headway.

1. By the age of 20, Mozart had written some ten operas and was well prepared for the demanding audiences that him awaited in Vienna.

2. After only three years in the American market, our US sales there have overtaken those in Japan.

3. Earthquakes pose such serious danger to the country that Japan has become a world leader in earthquake prediction, earthquake-proof construction techniques, and disaster preparedness by

both civil defense forces and the general public.

4. American artists often took their cues from European literary salons and art schools, and cultured Americans traveled to Europe to become educated.

5. A series of body explosions has undermined all hopes for a peaceful solution in the Middle East.

6. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man made for the exit as quickly as possible.

7. Many of the scientists and engineers are judged in terms of how profitable their achievements are.

8. A person who moves to a house on a busy street may initially be distracted every time a noisy vehicle drives by but after a month he will become used to it.

9. These publishers all depended on the favor of the English crown for their existence, and so they only published materials that did not offend royalty.

10. They will seek to persuade others that they are moral in the accepted sense of the term in order to mask their motives to gain the awards.

1.要是他适合当校长，那么哪个学生都可以当。（no more...than）

He is no more fit to be a headmaster than any schoolboy would be.

2. 至于她的父亲，她不敢肯定是否会接收她和她的小孩。(as for)

As for her father, she is not sure whether he will accept her and her baby.

3. 晚睡会损害健康而早睡早起有益于健康。(undermine)

Staying up late will undermine one’s health while going to bed early and getting up early will benefit it.

4. 大使亲自向总理转达了总统的问候。(convey)

The ambassador personally conveyed the president’s message to the premier. 5. 这个女孩决定敞开心扉，把她看见的一切都告诉警方。(open up)

The girl decided to open up and tell the police what she had seen.

1. Priests thought angrily that the soldiers violated the church by using it as a stable.

2. We derive knowledge not only from books, but also from practice.

3. Yesterday I was caught in the rain, so now my nose is all blocked up and I can hardly breathe.

4. The default system in this lap-top computer is Windows XP.

5. He further rationalized his activities by convincing himself that he was actually