原文:You're gonna meet a nice girl, with low standards, no real options,or sense of smell..你会遇上个没要求,没对象,没嗅觉的好女孩的。
【option,alternative,choice,possibility同义词辨析】
option:指可选择的事物、选择、选择权、选择的自由
choice:同上
alternative:指可供选择的事物、其中一种选择
possibility:指某种情况下可选择的事物
例句:
As I see it,we have two options...据我看,我们有两种选择。
If I had the choice,I would stop working tomorrow.如果让我选择,我明天就停止工作。
You can be paid in cash weekly or by cheque monthly: those are the two alternatives.你的工资可以按周以现金支取,或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。
The possibilities are endless.可想的办法是无穷的。
【用option,choice,还是alternative?】
choice较option稍非正式,而alternative更正式些。
表示选择权或选择的自由最常用choice,不过有时也可用option,但通常不用alternative。
possibility的用法与其他相似,不过其重点主要在于可选择的事物而非需要作出选择。
例如:
If I had the choice/option, I would...如果让我选择,我会...(此时不用alternative)
parental choice in education父母在教育方面的选择权 (此时不用option和alternative)
原文:You are not meant to be a parent. Why not?你当不了家长,为什么?
【mean的用法】
mean to do 打算做……
mean doing 意味着……
例句:
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.
我想去,但是我父亲不肯让我去。
To raise wage means increasing purchasing power.
赠加工资意味着增加购买力。
原文:I'd like to present--我向你们介绍。。。
【present的用法】
1.形容词 a.
1.出席的,在场的[F]
How many people were present at the meeting?
到会的有多少人?
2.现在的,当前的[B]
I'm not at all satisfied with the present situation.
我对目前的情况一点都不满意。
3.【语】现在时的[B]
4.留在记忆里的,不能忘记的[F][+in/to]
2.名词 n.
1.现在,目前[the S]
There is no time like the present.
机不可失,时不再来。
2.【语】现在时态[U][C]
3.【律】本文件
3.名词 n.
1.礼物,赠品[C]
He often gave his neighbor's kids little presents.
他常常送些小礼物给邻居的孩子。
4.及物动词 vt.
1.赠送,呈献[(+to/with)]
They presented him with a bunch of flowers.
他们献给他一束鲜花。
2.引起(问题),造成(困难)[(+to/with)]
All this presented new safety problems.
所有这些都造成了新的安全问题。
3.提出,提交,呈递[(+to)]
Some 300 papers were presented at the conference.
会上提出了大约三百篇论文。
4.呈现;描述;出示[(+to)]
He had to present a smiling face though heavy-hearted.
虽然忧心忡忡,但他还得露出一副笑容。
5.上演;使扮演
6.介绍,引见
词形变化:
名词:presentness
动词过去式:presented
过去分词:presented
现在分词:presenting
第三人称单数:presents
词组:
at present现在,当前,眼下 相对将来(in the future)
I don't need any help at present.眼下我不需要帮助。
【生词扩展】
omelet:名词 n. 1.煎蛋饼,煎蛋卷[C]