4/100 英语-常用易懂
1) at all costs 不惜一切代价
① We shall rescue him at all costs. He is our captain!!
我们要不惜一切代价去把他救出来。他是我们的队长!!
② He is the man who will pursue his dream at all costs. even friends, family and love.
他是哪种为了追求梦想而不惜一切代价的人,他甚至可以放弃朋友,家人和爱情。
Remark:
完全等价于中文的“不惜一切代价”,常用在一个人有很大决心要达成一些难以实现的事情,内心坚定且重视以至于不惜一切代价。比如,为了女人,为了梦想,为了家,为了国家,为了成功…do sth at all costs. 不惜一切代价做某事。
2) all my life 一生,一辈子
① All my life, I do my best to make myself and the people I love happy.
我这辈子一直尽力让我自己和我爱的人开心。
② The greatest lie on earth is that " I will love you all my life."
世界上最大谎言就是“我爱你,一辈子”
Remark:
描述一些会贯穿人生大部分时间的事物,比如家乡,伴侣,家人,习俗,习惯等等。最常见于我们发出誓言的时候:”我这辈子,这一生,都只....”
3) happen to 碰巧
① I happened to run into her in the bookstore ten years ago.
十年前,我在书店上碰巧遇到了她。
② This shit could happen to anyone, but it happened to me. Damn it!!
这种狗屎可能发生在任何人身上,但却碰巧发生在我身上了,我去!
Remark:
描述小概率事件的发生,接近中文“碰巧”之意,但有更多丰富的含义,如描述可能性“Could happen to anyone." "If anything should happen to him, who takes the responsibilities? you??".
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