重点讲解:
1. pick up the tab (替一群人)付账,承担费用;
Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night.
那天的晚饭是波拉德掏的钱 。
2. trade sth. for sth. 用…进行交换;互相交换;
Tom made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He asked me to tr ade his computer for my old cell phone. He must be crazy!
汤姆给我提供了一个我难以拒绝的条件,他要我用我的旧手机交换他的电脑 。他一定是疯了!
3. watch out for 密切注意;戒备;提防;
He called out to them to watch out for the unexploded mine.
他冲他们大喊,叫他们小心哑雷 。
4. in effect 其实;实际上;
In effect, the two systems are identical.
实际上,这两种系统完全一样 。
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