1. get a check-up 做个检查
例句:
How often do you get a check-up?
你多久做一次健康检查?
2. I figure... 我认为……
用于表达观点,“认为,相信”,类似的I maintain,I believe,I hold等。
例句:
I figure its worth it to have 8 million track on my ipad and ipod touch.
我觉得,为了ipad和ipod touch上的800万首歌曲还是值得的。
3. as long as 只要
例句:
It is eminently sustainable as long as the world economy continues to grow.
只要世界经济持续增长,德国的经济复苏肯定能持续下去。
4. find out about 发现,找出
例句:
He wrote to find out about a job in shanghai.
他写信去了解上海的一份工作的情况。
5. for one's own good 为了某人自己
例句:
I'm telling you for your own good.
我告诉你是为你好。
6. leading cause 主要原因
例句:
Is globalisation a leading cause of rising inequality in high-income countries?
全球化是高收入国家不平等现象加剧的主要原因吗?
7. quit/kick ... habit 戒掉……习惯
例句:
People are beginning to kick the bad habit.
人们开始戒除这个坏习惯。