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开口ABC 之 寻找洗手间

时间:2005-10-21 16:00:00

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Nice day, huh? Follow me for fun on ABC Happy Express!

  天气无限好啊!坐上ABC快乐快车,跟我去寻找快乐吧!

  First One: Where's the washroom?

  Restroom, ladies'/men's room, the john, toilet, lavatory1, bathroom, are all synonyms2 that you can safely use.

  洗手间在哪?"restroom, ladies'/men's room, the john, toilet, lavatory, bathroom"都可以用来表示洗手间,你可以放心大胆地使用,没问题。

  Second One: I need to take a leak.

  This is a very casual way of telling someone that you need to urinate. You can use this sentence as a precursor3 to requesting help finding a restroom.

  我想小解。这是一种较为随意的方式,告诉别人你想小便。你可以使用这句话,要求别人帮你找到洗手间。

  Third One: Is it open to the public?

  If you are not allowed to enter an area, you may see a sign posted on the door: Not open to the public. Other sentences that mean the same things are, "Employees only" and "Authorized4 personnel only".

  它对公众开放吗?如果某个区域禁止外人进入,你通常可以在入口处看到这样的标志"闲人免进"。其他类似的句子有:"内部员工使用"、"指定人员使用"。

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1 lavatory LkOyJ     
n.盥洗室,厕所
参考例句:
  • Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗?
  • The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间,盥洗室暂停使用。
2 synonyms 61074ebd64d7f24131fd4b896f51f711     
同义词( synonym的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • If you want to grasp English, you must carefully discriminate synonyms. 如果你想掌握好英语,你必须仔细区分同义词。
  • Study the idioms and synonyms l wrote down before your test. 学考试前我给你写的习惯用语和同义字。
3 precursor rPOx1     
n.先驱者;前辈;前任;预兆;先兆
参考例句:
  • Error is often the precursor of what is correct.错误常常是正确的先导。
  • He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。
4 authorized jyLzgx     
a.委任的,许可的
参考例句:
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。