重点讲解:
1. in order to
为了;以便;目的在于;
eg. He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
他藏在壁橱里,以便偷听 。
eg. People often put money aside in order to save up enough to make one major expenditure.
人们常常为了一笔大的开销而存钱 。
2. the easy way out
(采取)最容易的办法,最省事的做法(以回避困难或尴尬处境);
eg. As soon as things got difficult he took the easy way out.
事情刚变得有点棘手他就急忙脱身 。
eg. It is the easy way out to blame others for our failure.
把我们的失败归罪到别人头上倒是省事 。
3. build up
逐步建立;增进;积累;
eg. He has built up a good reputation in doing business.
在做生意当中他已树立了良好的声誉 。
eg. Our business needs to build up its customer base.
我们的生意需要建立客户基础 。
4. aspire to do sth.
向往;渴望;有志于;
eg. They aspired to be gentlemen, though they fell far short of the ideal.
他们想要成为君子,虽然离这个理想还差得很远 。
eg. Many of us aspire to resemble the models that grace the cover of magazines.
我们许多人都渴望自己长得像那些用来装饰杂志封面的模特儿 。
n. 趋势,倾向