选择做某事的英文短语

选择做某事的英文短语（精选6篇）

篇1：选择做某事的英文短语

1、be good at

中文释义：擅长于

例句：

Only through repeated practice can one be good at doing things.

只有通过反复的练习，你才能擅长一件事。

2、be accomplished in

中文释义：擅长…

例句：

He is accomplished in numerous arts.

他精通各种技艺。

3、be strong in

中文释义：擅长

例句：

She is not strong in English.

她英语不好。

4、be skillful at

中文释义：擅长

例句：

As I manage to accomplish all these, I can be so skillful at catching cicadas.

因为我能够做到这些，所以捕蝉才会这样熟练。

5、have a way with

中文释义：善于

例句：

I have a way with people.

我很擅长跟人打交道，处理人际关系。

篇2：选择做某事的英文短语

success的.基本意思是“成功,成就,胜利”,是抽象名词,不可数,也不可加不定冠词a修饰。

success还可作“成功的事或人”“一次成败”解,这时为可数名词。

表示“由于〔通过〕…的成功”,通常用by引出。

篇3：选择做某事的英文短语

文中将这些短语表达分八类列出, 并附加一些简短的分析说明和必要的英中翻译。当然, 该文只限于为英语教学 (或自学) 提供一手资料, 至于这些短语中of前后两部分的逻辑关系 (及英中翻译) 等深层次问题, 有兴趣的读者可参见文献[3-6]等自行学习研究;另外, 有关英文报纸的阅读技巧问题, 可参见文献[7-8]等。最后还需要说明几点:1) 所列短语表达均保持原貌, 未加改动, 只是经过挑选/比较/归类便于叙述而已;2) 在例句中, 这些短语改为斜体以与句子的其它部分相区别;3) 短语后面括弧内为作者给出的参考译文或注解。

1 关于描述某地状况的表达

1.1 城市 (city)

这类表达的最简单形式是"the city of"后跟城市名, 如the city of Toronto (多伦多市) 。有些时候, 只见地名而无"the city of"字样, 可能是认为该城市人人皆知, 无须指明。

常见的情况是, 词city前有多个限定词, 以详细描述该市的地理位置, 特点及所属国家/州等, 如:

1) the southern city of Volgograd (南方城市Volgograd) ,

2) the ancient city of Pompeii (古城Pompeii) ,

3) the Italian city of Perugia (意大利城市Perugia) ,

4) the northern Syrian city of Aleppo (叙利亚北方城市Aleppo) ,

5) the snowbound Siberian city of Kransoyarsk (为雪所困的西伯利亚城市Kransoyarsk) ,

6) Russia's southern city of Volgograd (俄罗斯南方城市Volgograd;该形式不加定冠词the) ,

7) the flight's destination city of Constantine (该航班的目的地城市Constantine) .

这种情况下, 词city起着承接的作用, 这可能是它不能被省略的第二个原因。另外, 比较可以看出, 多个限定词一起出现会有个排列次序问题。

1.2 其它

表示地方行政单位的其它词, 如:province (省) , state (州) , town (城镇) , village (村庄) , 也有与city相同的用法。具体例子如: (1) the western province of Anber, (2) the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, (3) the volatile northwestern town of Bannu, 和 (4) the village of Plaster Rock。

表示地方行政单位以外的一些其它词也可有类似用法。具体例子如: (1) the Swiss resort of Davos, (2) the commercial hub of Shanghai, (3) Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, (4) the Ukrainian region of Crimea, 和 (5) the French Atlantic port of SaintNazaire。

2 关于某种婚姻关系及其持续时间的表达

四个有代表性的短语是: (1) his wife of 43 years (同他结婚43年的妻子) , (2) her husband of eight days (同她结婚8天的丈夫) , (3) his partner of 15 years (与他同居15年的伴侣) , 和 (4) her boyfriend of 13 years。可以看出, 介词of之前为在双方婚姻关系中某一方所扮演的角色, 其后为这种关系的持续时间。

3 关于某 (些) 人的居住地或所属机构的表达

居住地可为某市/某国/某地区/某间屋子/某街道。各种情况下的表达选例如下:

1) Edward Kular, 84, of Toronto (多伦多84岁居民Edward Kular) , (2) fourth-seeded Li Na of China (4号种子中国的李娜) , (3) the young people of Africa (非洲的青年人) , (4) residents of the area north of Dupont and south of Eglinton (Dupont大街以北与Eglinton大街以南所夹区域的居民) , (5) residents of that home (那间屋子的居民) , (6) a resident of 15 Windsor Rd. (Windsor路15号的一位居民) ; (7) Det.Mark Benallick of the sex crimes unit (性犯罪部的警探Mark Benallick) , (8) Trish Krale of the airport authority (机场当局的Trish Krale) .

这类意思的表达, 几乎未见有使用介词at, in或from的。

4 关于年龄的表达

年龄的表达可谓多样化。含有of的表达常见有以下几种形式:

1) at the age of+数字:Dr.Henry died at the age of 90.

2) the age of+数字+years old:He said she was somewhere between the age of 50 and 53 years old.

3) 数字+years of age:Are you a healthy male or female 18years of age or older?

值得一提的是, 还时常见到另外两种不含of的简单表达形式。它们既不含of也没有定冠词the, 只使用aged (有时后跟years) 和at age引出年龄。例如: (1) British actress Kate O'Mara died in England on Sunday aged 74, (2) Children aged 6-12 years are needed for a research study, (3) She died last month at age 29。

5 关于某种类型文化 (culture) 的表达

见到的有: (1) a culture of fear, (2) a culture of abuse, (3) a culture of rape, 和 (4) the pot culture of California。

这类短语的英中翻译会存在因翻译不当而难以理解问题。曾在多伦多的某中文网站上看到一篇题为“安省负债累累:公务员高管高薪惹怒百姓”的报道。文中有这样一句话:“该报告又形容TDSB存在“恐惧的文化”, 以致职员都害怕公开发表意见。”, 其中“恐惧的文化”一词有点费解。该中文报道的依据是加拿大安省审计长发表的2013年度审计报告;报告中指出TDSB (多伦多教育局) 存在culture of fear问题。Metro News Toronto的一篇相关报道中有一句话是这样写的:“The audit also raises the issue of a'culture of fear'about speaking up when problems arise”。看完这篇英文报道全文后我才明白, 原来在TDSB内长期存在一种不正之风, 即每当遇到问题时大家都害怕公开发表意见。再简单一点说, 该报告所揭示的一个问题就是TDSB内存在fear。因此, 中译该短语时, 若将“恐惧的文化”中的“的”字省去 (甚至在整文中译的情况下连“文化”也一起省去) , 则既可免去中文理解上的困难, 又无偏离原文本意之嫌。总之, 这个例子从另一角度反映了深入学习研究of的用法及其相应翻译技巧的必要性。

6 关于某活动/事件及其持续时间的表达

这类表达中的时间名词放在介词of之前, 突出了某活动/事件的持续时间或指明其时间段。这些表达可用作句子的主语, 宾语和介词宾语。几个含有这类表达的有代表性的句子如下:

1) Months of looting, raping and killing since has brought reprisals by Christian militias.

2) 15 days of solitary confinement causes significant harm to people.

3) My days of writing about women in their 20s and 30s are over.

4) The delays have forced her to miss the first days of classes at Lakehead University.

5) After weeks or months of agonizing over which university program to pursue, you're faced with yet another formidable decision—where to apply.

6) Teens living on the street might be lured toward prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home.

7) Residents of the Indian capital woke on Wednesday to a third day of thick gray smog.

7 关于降雨/雪量及风速的表达

关于降雨/雪的量, 常见的是数字放在of之前, 如450 mm of rain, 60 to 91 cm of snow;而未见有放在其后的。关于风速, 常见的是数字放在of之后, 如winds of up to 225 km/h;有见数字在前但省去of的, 如90 km/h winds。

8 与十个感兴趣的词有关的表达

这十个感兴趣的词分别是business, challenge, day, fortune, idea, issue, job, policy, practice和problem。这些词均在of之前, 词前亦可附加一些限定词。下面是含有相应短语的例句。

1) business:The business of recycling plastics in Ontario is a valuable endeavour involving non-governmental organizations.

2) challenge:It is one of the challenges of being a police office.

3) day: (a) The annual day of celebrating cannabis culture has ramped up into mainstream political activism. (b) Cyber Monday has become the biggest online shopping day of the year.

4) fortune:He will deeply be missed by everyone who had the good fortune of knowing him.

5) idea:Mayor Rob Ford isn't high on the idea of getting into the marijuana legalization debate any time soon.

6) issue:The parties are willing to discuss issues of access to needy people, the liberation of prisoners and local ceasefires.

7) job: (a) They didn't do a very good job of keeping the graves up. (b) He flew to Australia to interview for the job of wildlife caretaker.

8) policy: (a) Israel decided on Sunday to end a decades-old policy of issuing gas masks to the public. (b) He talked about the austerity policy of his government.

9) practice:The Conservative government's practice of not allowing aid dollars to go towards those organizations has sparked heated criticism.

(10) problem:The growing problem of childhood obesity has been compounded by the increasing technologies.

以上八个部分列出的这些短语及例句, 均取自当地英文报纸, 应该都是反映当今社会风情的地道的英文表达。因此, 对一般英文水平的中国人来说, 它们是不可多得的学习资料。发表这些学习资料的目的只有一个, 就是期望通过学习和借鉴这些表达, 改进我们的英语说/写技能, 流利地讲出地道的英语, 不太费力地写出地道的英文文章。需要指出的是, 由于这些短语及例句均出自报纸上的新闻报道, 从英语语言学的角度看, 它们也可能会存在写作不规范与用词不恰当 (badly worded) 问题, 但这不属于本文的讨论范围。

摘要：分八个部分给出一些由英语介词of构成的名词性短语, 并附加简短的分析说明和必要的英中翻译。这些短语表达均是从加拿大多伦多当地的两份英文日报 (24 Hours Toronto和Metro News Toronto) 上的新闻报道中搜集来的一手资料。这些表达及其中of的用法对某些学英文的人来说可能是陌生的;因此, 熟悉这些无疑会帮助他们更多地掌握地道英文。

关键词：英语介词,of,名词性短语,of用法

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篇4：选择做某事的英文短语

Could you please+do sth.?

Could you+do sth.?

Would you please+do sth.?

Would you+do sth.?

肯定回答：Sure./Of course./No problem./I’d love to.

否定回答：Sorry./I’d love to but I…

例：1)Could you please clean our yard?

你能打扫一下我们的院子吗？

2)Could you turn to page 34? 请翻到34页好吗？

3)Would you please turn on the light? 请打开灯好吗？

4)Would you close the door? 请关上门好吗？

2.委婉地提出被允许做某事：

Could I please+do sth.?

Could I+do sth.?

肯定回答：Sure./Of course./No problem.

否定回答：Sorry.

例：1)Could I please borrow your car? 我可以借你的车吗？

2）Could I buy some drinks and snacks?

我可以买一些饮料和小吃吗？

[例]从方框中选词并做适当变化填入横线内。

take care of, take turns, take out, take down

1. He always ____ my dog while I am away.

2. Our teachers ask us ____ the note in class.

3. Please ____ to get the tickets.

4. Tom is too lazy ____ the trash.

答案：

篇5：义务做某事的英语短语

Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task.

他们被迫卖房还债。 被迫做某事负责做某事… 有义务有责任去做某事被迫干某市。

篇6：做笔记的英文短语

1. However, I knew I needed my own book to annotate.

可是我知道我需要自己拥有来做笔记.

2. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad.

韦兰假装在便笺薄上做笔记。

3. He made some notes in the margin.

他在页边空白处做笔记.

4. We just took notes, tried to memorize the books, and got high marks.

我们只做笔记, 努力背书, 得高分.

5. E - readers have other great features , too, like touch screens and note - taking options.