more than meets the eye
释义:“比看得见的要更多”,形容事物具有潜在的意义或价值。
例句:
There is more to that problem than meets the eye.
Web Browser Tricks and Scripts Like the[……]
more than meets the eye
释义:“比看得见的要更多”,形容事物具有潜在的意义或价值。
例句:
There is more to that problem than meets the eye.
Web Browser Tricks and Scripts Like the[……]
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
—Pierre Beaumarchais[……]
and so on/forth
释义:两个固定搭配的意思完全一致,即对应中文中的“等等”。在留学文书里经常用它们来结束一个序列,表示之前所列举的项目只是代表而非序列的全部。
例句:
He told me about all his health problems, including his a[……]
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. But killing one tyrant o[……]
美国内战前,监理会(Methodist Episcopal Church South)希望创立一所区域性大学为教团培养牧师,并尝试于战后的1872年将这一计划付诸实践。然而在纳什维尔(Nashville, Tennessee)创立大学的进度因资金匮乏和当时的萧条境况而进展缓慢。此时,主事者麦克[……]
sleep on
释义:本事是“睡在……上”,有时会用来比喻推迟对于某事的决定,换言之“睡过一晚再说”。
例句:
I think you should sleep on it.
It sounds like a good idea, but I’d like to sleep on it bef[……]
A month in the laboratory can often save an hour in the library.
—Frank H. Westheimer*
*一位化学教授[……]
我们可以根据孩子的英语水平大致划分三个档次。
对于英语基础较好,在知名国际部就读,一直在为美本申请做准备的孩子,可能在这会托福分数已经达到了100+,SAT去年的首战也已超过1400分(ACT则是30分)。对于他们来说,接下来3月的SAT二战(ACT在4月)是非常关键的。因为AP考试集中在5月份,[……]
stem from
释义:本来的动词义是“像茎秆一样生长”,但在现代英语里绝大多数情况下是用它的比喻义“源自”。在留学文书里同样可以用这个习惯搭配来体现事物发展的一种因果关系,负面或正面的结果均可。
例句:
All of this stems from the collapse of the r[……]
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
—Terry Pratchett[……]