校园英语迷你惯用语（16）
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英文名句短语
76. I scrunch 1 up my nose at the sight of (table) scraps 2 in the garbage.
残羹剩菜使我掩鼻.
scrunch 压迫,挤压, 捏成一团,揉成一团.
scraps 是"不可吃的残羹剩饭",而 leftovers 3 则是"可以再吃的剩菜".
78. I wonder if there are any alumni of my school at this company.
不知道这家公司里有没有我们学校的校友.
alumni 是 alumnus 的复数形式,是指"毕业生,校友". 女子大专的毕业生其复数
形式为alunma. "同学会"是 alumni association; "同学的聚会,聚餐"则称为
alumni metting. wonder if...从功能上讲相当于疑问句,所以句中使用any.
79. I guess the whole world runs on connections.
我想全世界还是靠人际关系运作的啦.
run on 是"用...运转/开动",如 This toy runs on batteries.
(这玩具使用电池开动的). How can I find a job without connections?
是(没有人际关系我怎么能找到工作呢?)
80. Working for a foreign company'd be glamorous 4.
在外商公司工作会很神气.
"外商"也称为 foreign affiliate 5. glamorous 是指"(工作等)富有魅力的,迷人的"
之意;在此处也可以用 stylish 6 "时髦的"加以代替. Working for a local govern-
ment might be good. 是(在地方政府机关工作也并不坏)的意思.
- The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet.地板上的沙子在我们脚下嘎吱作响。
- Her mother was sitting bolt upright, scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball.她母亲坐得笔直，把她的白手套揉成了球状。
- Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
- A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
- He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
- She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。
- The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
- It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。
- Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
- What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？