重点讲解:
1. nothing to write home about 平平常常;没有什么特别有趣的地方;
例句:So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write home about, right?
这么说,在沃尔瑟姆斯托度过的一个沉闷的周一下午没什么值得大书特书的,是吗?
2. sift through 细查;详审;
例句:It took all week to sift through the job applications.
仔细审查完工作申请整整用了一个星期 。
3. result in 导致;引起;造成;
例句:If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
如果有两种选择,其中一种将导致灾难,则必定有人会作出这种选择 。
4. after all 毕竟;终究;
例句:None of this is to say that people must immediately bin all vitamin-containing substances; vitamins are, after all, essential nutrients.
这一切都不意味着人们应该立马将所有含维生素的物质弃之如敝屣 。毕竟维生素是基本营养品 。
n. 要素,要点
adj. 必要的,重要的,本