她做事總是揀了芝麻,丟了西瓜。[誤] She is always collecting sesame at the cost of watermelon.[正] She is only penny-wise. [查看全文]
他累斷了腰才把兒子撫養(yǎng)成人。[誤] He broke his waist to bring up his son.[正] He broke his neck to bring up his s... [查看全文]
他倆總混在一塊兒,可真是物以類聚啊。[誤] They stay together all the time ---similar objects are always together.[正] T... [查看全文]
小聲點(diǎn)兒,隔墻有耳![誤] Turn down your voice! There is a ear behind the wall![正] Turn down your voice! Walls hav... [查看全文]
他做事總是半途而廢。[誤] He is in the habit of doing things by half.[正] He is in the habit of doing things by... [查看全文]
露西最喜歡吃巧克力冰淇淋。[誤] Lucy most likes chocolate ice cream.[正] Lucy likes chocolate ice cream best.注:中、英... [查看全文]
建好新的高速公路恐怕要等到猴年馬月了。[誤] The new motorway won\'t be ready until monkey\'s year and horse\'... [查看全文]
Be respectful to yourself![正] Behave yourself!注:這句中文幾乎是一種警告,不是 respectful 所能表達(dá)的。但 behave oneself... [查看全文]
他太激動(dòng)了,以致無(wú)法從頭至尾地把故事講完。[誤] He was too excited to tell his story from the beginning to the end.[... [查看全文]
[誤] invisible glasses[正] contact lenses注:一般的眼鏡是用玻璃(glass)制成的,所以在英文中用glass 表達(dá)。但隱形眼鏡因?yàn)橛商厥?.. [查看全文]