Spend和squander都表示”花费”的意思吗?
With festive season round the corner people are ready to spend
节日季将近，人们正准备消费。
The money spent on educating a black child was just one fourth of that spent on each white child .
用于花在每个黑人儿童的教育经费,只有每个白人儿童的四分之一。
My kids know nothing about money and will squander the family fortunes.
我的孩子对理财一无所知,总有一天会荡尽家财。
Remember that time is money. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. --- Benjamin Franklin
记住,时间就是金钱。你爱自己的生命吗?那么就不要浪费时间,因为时间是构成生命的原料. --- 本杰明·富兰克林
注: dost和thou均为古英语, 分别相当于现代英语中的do和you.
So if they are left with a big inheritance, very soon they squander it, and are left with nothing.
一旦他们继承了大笔的遗产,这些钱很快地就会被挥霍净光,然后变得一穷二白。
On the whole与as a whole有什么区别?
On the whole, few people do not complain about their jobs. On the other hand, they would be very unhappy if they were unable to work.
总的说，很少有人不抱怨自己的工作的，然而一旦他们不能工作了他们又会不高兴。
On the whole, marine organisms are cold-blooded, meaning that their internal temperatures are essentially uniform with the environment.
总的来说，海洋生物是冷血动物，即是说，它们的体温与周围环境基本上是一致的。
The research has far - reaching implications for medicine as a whole.
这项研究对整个医学界都有着深远的影响.
The universe as a whole contains billions of comparable galaxies.
整个宇宙,包含亿万个可以比拟的银河系.
Put away与put aside有什么区别?
Look at your clothes; they are at sixes and sevens. You should put them away.
看看你的衣服,乱七八糟的,你应当把他们收拾好。
But when l became a man, l put away childish things.
但是当我成为成人之后，我就会抛弃孩子样的稚气。
China and Japan could put aside their differences and form the heart of a third major trading bloc in Asia.中国与日本则可能搁置分歧,在亚洲结成第三大主要贸易集团的核心。
You ought to have put aside some amount of money for a rainy day.
你应该储蓄一些钱,以备不时之需。
Look up与 look up to的区别是什么?
But she hugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able to look up with dim eyes and a smile and say: "My hair grows so fast, Jim!" --- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
不过,她依然把发梳搂在胸前,过了好一阵子才抬起泪水迷蒙的双眼,微笑着说:"我的头发长得飞快,吉姆!" ---《麦琪的礼物》, 欧·亨利
It would be a waste of time to look up every new word as it comes along.
碰到生词就查词典是浪费时间。
On my way home, I looked up an old friend of mine.
在回家的路上,我去看望了一下我的一个老朋友。
Inflation is coming down; unemployment is coming down; things are definitely looking up!
通货膨胀正在缓解,失业情形正在改善,形势确实已好转!
Rock stars are really good people to look up to.
摇滚明星就是善良人类的学习榜样。
I suppose I also looked up to her as somebody beautiful, brilliant--occasionally inspired.
我同时也尊敬她,认为她是一个美丽的有才能的女人--有时灵感焕发。
And experts say women will often become the main breadwinners, with more men staying at home to look after children.
专家称女性将更多地成为家庭的主要经济支柱,同时会有更多男性待在家中照看小孩。
The best way to remember is not to look back in sorrow, but to move ahead with determination!
对灾难最好的记忆不是悲伤地沉溺于过去,而是坚定地走向未来!
Motor traders are looking forward to a further increase in vehicle sales.
汽车经销商预期汽车销量会进一步攀升。
When you look in the mirror, make yourself find at least one good point for every demerit you give. Become aware of your positives.
当你照镜子时,试着给自己认为的每个缺点找出一个好的方面.慢慢就会意识到自己的优点了.
I thought they would help us. As it was, they just sat there and looked on.
我以为他们会帮助我们。实际上他们却只是坐着旁观。
"It wasn't something that I was prepared for." Michelle admitted last week as she looked back on her first year as First Lady.
上周,米歇尔在回顾成为第一夫人一年来的生活时坦称:“我有点措手不及。”
On all accounts与by all accounts有什么区别?
The plan was far better on all accounts. 总之这计划很好.
On all accounts you must finish the assignment tomorrow.
无论如何你必须明天完成作业.
By all accounts, North Korea is in very poor shape financially.
从各个方面讲,朝鲜的财政状况都是非常差的。
Mr. Jobs, by all accounts, relies on intuition and his own sense of taste, in decisions ranging from hiring to matters of product design.
乔布斯,众所周知,从招聘到产品设计都依靠他的直觉和个人品味下决定。
By all accounts, for the past five years he has been holed up in the leafy environs of Abbottabad, without phone or e-mail.
根据各方的说法,本•拉登过去5年来一直藏身在巴基斯坦郁郁葱葱的阿伯塔巴德市,没有电话或电子邮件。
People have fallen into poverty on account of a chain of negative everyday events like illnesses and (spending on) marriages and deaths.
人们陷入贫困是由于一系列不利的日常事件,比如疾病和婚丧的花销。
I think the company should adopt a more flexible strategy on account of the changing market conditions.
我想,由于市场情况的变化,公司应该采取一种更加灵活的策略。
We must on no account view problems superficially and in isolation.
我们绝不能表面地、孤立地看问题.
On no account should we reckon examination as the only means of stimulating students to pursue knowledge.
我们无论如何也不能把考试认为是激励学生学习知识的惟一手段。
You would be conquering it if you took my advice below into account.
如果您能认真考虑我下面的建议,您就会克服这件事情的.
Cass has also made changes to the content in a number of its courses, updating financial models to take into account what went wrong.
卡斯商学院还对不少课程的内容做了改动,并更新了金融模型,把过去出现的问题考虑进去。
Equal to与equal in表示的含义完全一致吗?
Twelve inches is equal to one foot. 12英寸等于1英尺.
The duration of light was equal to that of darkness. 灯光一明一暗,间隔相等.
Mr. Smith is a most suitable candidate for such negotiator since his tact and quickness of mind are equal to the occasion. 这样的谈判史密斯先生是最合适的人选,他机智敏捷,随机应变.
Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
在权利方面,人们生来是而且始终是自由平等的.
An ostrich egg is equal in volume to 24 chicken eggs.
一枚鸵鸟蛋在体积方面相当于24枚鸡蛋.
His powerful mix of serious and humorous work made him hard to be equal in performance.
他那鬼斧神工、严肃与幽默巧妙揉合的作品使得在语言表现方面很难有人与之匹敌.
