1.a bit①“有点;稍微”,作状语,常与动词、形容词或形容词与副词的比较级连用:If you had worked a bit harder, you would have succeeded. 如果你当初工作努力一些,你本来会成功的。 ②“一点;一些”,作宾语:There is no sugar in the sugar bowl, but you ma...[继续阅读]

    “貌似灾祸实际使人得福之事;因祸得福”,非正式用法,常作表语:Not going abroad may be a blessing in disguise. I dont think youd been happy there. 不出国或许是因祸得福,我想你在那儿是不会幸福的。...[继续阅读]

    ①“一对;一双;一把;一条”:Her red coat is in harmony with a couple of red shoes.她的红外套和她的一双红鞋很配。②“两个”,指同类中的两个:I saw a couple of rats running about in the house. 我看见房子里有两只老鼠跑来跑去。③ “几个;一些”[口语...[继续阅读]

    “沧海一粟;杯水车薪;九牛一毛”,[口语],英国用法。此短语出自《圣经·旧约》, 常作表语:At this point your help is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. 此刻,你的帮助只不过是杯水车薪而已。(only/just) a drop in the bucket[美语]...[继续阅读]

    ①“和…距离遥远”,常与from连用,作表语。此短语源于1819年,出自当时测量距离的原始方法,就是用人的喊声所及来测定距离的远近:Beijing in China is a far cry from San Francisco in the United States. 中国的北京和美国的旧金山相距甚远。② “与...[继续阅读]

    “某人的荣誉标志;值得自豪的事”[口语],常作表语。原指美洲印第安人戴上插有羽毛的头饰,以显示其作战英勇:It is a real feather in his cap to represent his country in the Olympics. 他很自豪能代表他的祖国参加奥运会。...[继续阅读]

    “一些;几个”① 作定语,用于可数名词,of 接名词时可以省略,但是接代词宾格时不能省略:This law is rather difficult to be understood, but a few of them can do. 这条法律相当难理解,但是对于他们中的一些人来说不成问题。 用于短语:quite a few/a g...[继续阅读]

    “美中不足”,常作主语:We enjoy our holiday very much. The only fly in the ointment is bad weather. 我们的假期过得很愉快,美中不足的是天气不好。...[继续阅读]

    “一小部分的;一点儿的”,常作定语;fraction 原意为“一个数字的零头”:They talked initially about the order of large quantities, but as a result, it was only a fraction of what they talked about. 他们起初说要大量订货,但是结果其订货量只是他们所说的一小部...[继续阅读]

    1.a good deal/a great deal①“大量地;很多地;许多地”,常作状语,两者相比,a great deal 比 a good deal 语气略强,更常用一些;除了修饰动词、形容词和副词外,还常与形容词和副词的比较级连用:It thunders a great deal here in summer. 此地夏天经常打雷...[继续阅读]