迷你對話學地道口語第1389期:在身邊,附近

第一，迷你對話

A: Than you for lending me the book.

謝謝你借書給我。

B: Sure. But it's very difficult one, you need to have a dictionary at your elbow.

不用謝！但是這本書內容非常難，你得手邊需要一本字典。

A: But I'm not used to looking up every new word when I'm reading a novel. I only look up the most necessary ones.

但是，我閱讀書籍時，不習慣去查每一個新詞，只查最必要的詞語。

第二，地道表達

at one's elbow

1. 解詞釋義

At one's elbow的意思是：在手邊，在身邊，很近。

2. 拓展範例

E.g. Her mother was always at her elbow to help her.

她媽媽經常在她身邊幫助她。

E.g. Mr. Chalfont felt scandal at his elbow.

查爾方特先生感到馬上就要當場出醜。

E.g. The president's wife was always at his elbow whenever an important decision had to be taken.

凡要做出重大決定時，總統夫人總是不離左右，隨時給他提出建議。

E.g. She stayed up all night writing the paper with a pot of coffee at her elbow.

她熬了一整夜寫論文,身邊放着一壺咖啡。

第三，好詞妙語

be used to：習慣於做.....

E.g. She isn't used to living in the countryside now.

她不習慣在鄉下生活。

look up a word：查字典

E.g. Go and get a dictionary and we'll look the word up.

去拿詞典來, 我們查查這個字。

E.g. The primary meaning of the word isn't used now, but you can look it up in a big dictionary.

這個字的本義現在不用了,但你可以在大字典裏查到。

E.g. When you do not understand a word, you can look it up in this dictionary.

當你不懂一個單詞時,可以查這本詞典。

E.g. How am I supposed to look up a word I don't know how to spell?

我怎麼去查一個我不會拼的字？