重点讲解:
1. bend over backwards
竭尽全力;
eg. People are bending over backwards to please customers.
人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客 。
eg. Sue will bend over backwards to help her friends.
苏会尽全力帮助朋友 。
2. go to great lengths
不遗余力;竭尽全力;千方百计;
eg. Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.
葛丽泰·嘉宝想方设法躲开记者和摄影师 。
eg. He'll go to great lengths to get the job done.
他将不遗余力去完成这项工作 。
3. put in
花费,投入(时间或精力);
eg. They've put in time and effort to keep the strike going.
他们花费了很多时间和精力以使罢工持续下去 。
eg. If we don't put money in we will lose our investment.
如果我们不再投入资金,我们会失掉本金 。
4. expect sb. to do sth.
要求;认为应当得到;指望某人做某事;
eg. I wasn't expecting you to help.
我没指望你帮忙 。
eg. It is unrealistic to expect them to be able to solve the problem immediately.
指望他们能够立即解决问题是不现实的 。