书城外语日常286词玩转英语口语
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第52章 Y

year年,岁,年度,年纪

Useful Phrases实用短语

①never in a hundred ,ect . years永远不,绝对不

I'd never believe that she could do that stupid thing in a hundred years.

我永远也不会相信她会做那么愚蠢的事情。

②all the year round一年到头

Albert has been fed up with doing the same work all the year round.

艾伯特已经厌烦了一年到头做同样的工作。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Don't count on I can help you this time. I'll never do such ignoble things in a hundred years.

不要指望我这次能帮你。我绝不会再做这样不光彩的事了。

B:Come on, do you think you're more noble than me

得了吧,你以为自己比我高尚到哪里去吗?

yield

结出(果实),产生(效果,效益等),给与,使屈服

Useful Phrases实用短语

①yield to sth.被……替代,为……所取代

Letters will yield to phone.

书信将被电话取代。

②yield one's position to the enemy把阵地让给敌人

How can you yield our position to the enemy

你怎么可以把我们的阵地让给敌人呢?

③yield to desire屈服于欲望

All his ambition yields to desire.

他所有的雄心壮志都屈服给了欲望。

Daily Conversation日常会话

Thomas:

I'm really disappointed in you, James. You said you would treasure our friendship forever, obviously, it had yielded to money.

James:

Listen to me, Thomas. I've never forgoten our friendship. But this time I really have no choice.

托马斯:

詹姆斯,我对你真的很失望。你说过永远都会珍惜我们的友谊,很明显,我们的友谊已经被金钱取代了。

詹姆斯:

听我说托马斯。我从没有忘记过我们的友谊。但是这次我真的别无选择。

young年轻的,年轻人

Useful Phrases实用短语

①young at heart人老心不老

Although her mother has been already 50 years old, she's still young at heart.

尽管她妈妈已经50岁了,但内心仍然很年轻。

②be getting younger(做某事的人)越来越年轻

It seems that the fans of her books are getting younger.

似乎她的书迷越来越年轻了。

Daily Conversation日常会话

A:Hello there. Haven't seen you for ages.

哈喽。好久不见。

B:Oh, Jack What a small world it is. Fancy to meet you here. You seems to be getting younger.

哦,杰克吗?这个世界真小啊。很高兴在这遇见你。你似乎更年轻了。

A:Really Thank you.

是吗?谢谢。

yourself你(们)自己

Useful Phrases实用短语

①(all) by yourself独立地,全靠自己,单独地

After graduating from colleage, you lived all by yourself.

大学毕业以后,你全靠自己生活了。

②behave yourself劝人要有礼貌和行为检点

Please behave yourself before the families.

请在家人面前你检点一些。

③for yourelf亲自,自己

You'll go there for yourself.

你将会亲自去那。

Daily Conversation日常会话

Sally:

Hi, Jasmine. Can you help me persuade Mary to forgiv me I have no mind to hurt her. You know she has refused to answer my phone for a few days.

萨利:

嗨,茉莉。你能帮助我劝玛丽原谅我吗?我不是有意要伤害她的。你知道她已经几天不接我的电话了。

Jasmine:

OK, I'll try. But you'd better beg her forgiveness for yourself.

茉莉:

好的,我会试试看的。但是你最好亲自去乞求她的原谅。

Notes:

persuade sb. to sth.劝某人……