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人生状态用词荟萃-生活状态词

时间:2006-02-24 16:00:00

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三、生活状态词
1、If you don’t work hard today, you’ll try hard to look for a new job tomorrow.今天工作不努力,明天努力找工作。
2、Harry found a job in the company.哈利在这家公司找到了工作。
Henry works with the bank.亨利在银行上班。
3、His parents lost their job, and his family couldn’t afford him to go to college.他的父母失业了,无法支持他上大学。
表示“失业”的说法还有:be laid off, get a pink note, be dismissed, be fired, be given the bush, be given the sack, be axed, give the boot, get canned等等。
4、Now John has decided1 to turn over a new leaf and go to school on time every day.现在约翰决定改过自新,每天准时上学。
5、We live on salary but can’t feed on it. We can’t get what we want in the faraway town.我们靠工资生活,但不能吃钞票。在这个偏僻的小镇我们就是买不到想要的东西。
6、The beggars lived by begging in the street.这些乞丐靠在街头乞讨为生。
7、Grandpa told me in the old days they lived a miserable2 life.祖父告诉我在旧社会他们过着悲惨的生活。
类似的说法有:live/lead a happy life(过着幸福的生活), live a dog’s life(过着牛马不如的生活), live a great life(生的伟大), live up to one’s expectation(不辜负某人的期望), live a lie(过着虚伪的生活)等。
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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 miserable g18yk     
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
参考例句:
  • It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他,这是可耻的。
  • Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。