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d up reading until 2:00 in the morning.
他熬夜看书直到凌晨两点。
9、come about 引起;发生;产生
(1)How did the accident come about?
这场事故是怎么发生的?
(2) They didn't know how the change had come about.
他们不知道这个改变是怎样产生的。
10、except for 除……之外
(1) except 与 except for 的用法常有区分。except 多用于引起同类事物中被解除的一项。如:
①He answered all the questions except the last one.
除去最终一个,他回答了全部问题。
②We go there every day except Sunday.
除了星期天,我们每天去那里。
(2)except for 用于引述细微环节以修正句子的主要意思。如:
①Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
除去一个老太太,这辆公共汽车全空了。
②Your picture is good except for the colours.
你的画儿很好,只是某些色调有问题。
(3)但在现代英语中,except for也用于表示except的意思。如上述第一个例子可以是:
He answered all the questions except for the last one.
(4) 另外,在介词短语之前只能用except,不能用except for。如:
We go to bed before ten, except in the summer.
除了夏季,我们通常十点之前上床睡觉。
11、end up with 以……告终;以……结束
(1) The party ended up with an English song.
聚会以一首英文歌结束。
12、more or less 几乎;差不多;大约;也许;大体上
(1) I've more or less succeeded, but they haven't.
我差不多胜利了,而他们没有。
(2) Our living condition has more or less improved.
我们的生活水平或多或少提高了。
13、bring in 引进;引来;汲取
(1) We should bring in new technology.
我们应当引进新技术。
(2) He brings in 800 dollars a month.