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地道英语口语解释

1、no standing 与free-standing:

 no standing 意思是不准在此停车,即使司机还在车上也不行。也就是?don't stop?或?no car at all?,通常用在大城市交通十分拥挤的地方。至于?no parking?,意思也是不准在此停车,但司机还可以坐在车里一段时间,必要时,可随时移动车子,也就是?you may stay in your car for a short period of time。?

 例如:Walking along the street, I saw a ?no standing? sign。

 走在路上,我看到一个?不准停车?的路牌。In New York City there are many ?no standing? signs (posted) on the streets。

 在纽约市,路上有许多?不准停车?的牌子。

 ?No parking? signs sprang up around the school campus。

 校园里出现一些?不准停车?的路牌。

 spring up = appeared 也就是说:Signs were put up around但是free-standing是形容词,意思是独立式的,多指为特别用途而盖的单独建筑物或指一大建筑特的某种装饰。

 例如:

 There is a new free-standing restaurant near the downtown area。

 在市中心区附近有座新的独立餐馆

 Mr. A built a free-standing shoe store behind the mall。

 A先生在采购中心后面盖了一栋独立鞋店)The free-standing design does not overpower the rest of the buildings surrounding it。(这种独立式的设计,不会影响其他建筑物的外观。)(overpower=distract压倒或扰乱)

 2、break the house与housebreak:

 housebreak 是指训练狗、猫等宠物,使其能在指定的地点大、小便,以保持家里的卫生。

 例如:The dog (或cat) has been housebroken。或My dog is housebroken。(多半用被动语态)但也有人用主动语态。

 例如:

 Pet owners should housebreak their dogs and cats。

 宠物主人应该训练狗猫的卫生习惯。

 或者可以说 Housebreaking is necessary for cats and dogs。

 但是?break the house?是指破坏了房子。

 例如:

 Accidentally, he broke the house by backing up his car。

 他倒车时,意外碰坏了房子。(broke=damaged)

 The house was broken by a hurricane。

 风破坏了房子。

 但用在赌场(casino)时,又指赢了一大笔钱(won lots of money)

 3、kick off与 tip off:

 kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始,有时也指球赛。

 例如:

 Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。

 我们学校最近发动一次大规划的筹款运动。

 We will kick off the no-smoking drive。

 我们将要发动戒烟运动。

 They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。

 他们明天正式开始足球赛。

 多半是用主动语态,有时也用被动。

 例如:

 The fund?raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。

 一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。

 但是,tip off 虽然也指开始,不过多半是指篮球开赛前,裁判开球让两边球员跳球。例如:The players tipped off the basketball game at 2:00 yesterday afternoon。

 篮球赛于昨天下午两点开始。

 注意:to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone)

 例如:

 I will tip him off about this breaking news。

 我要告诉他最新消息。(breaking=latest)

 有时也用tip off him about