满足的；满意的content,

对已拥有的东西感到不满足的人总感到沮丧。People who aren't content with what they have always feel depressed,

他安于现状。He is content to remain where he is now,

 满足；内容；目录；容纳的东西content,

我设法去理解她演讲的内容。I managed to understand the content of her speech,

她的钱包掉到地上，里面的东西散落在地板上。She dropped her purse and the contents fell out on the floor,

 对满足；满足于content,

我们切不可仅仅满足于书本知识。We should never content ourselves with book knowledge only,

 使惊讶；使震惊 astonish,

他带来的消息使全班人都很吃惊。The news he brought astonished everybody in the class,

我真没料到他会如此轻率。It astonished me that he could be so thoughtless,

 令人感到惊讶的；astonishing,

 感到惊讶的；astonished,

 惊讶；惊奇astonishment,

那辆吉普车以惊人的速度穿过森林。The jeep is driving through the forest at an astonishing speed,

听到自己考试不及格的消息他感到很吃惊。He was astonished to hear he had failed in the exam,

她突然去世的消息使我们感到震惊。We were astonished at the news of her sudden death,

We were astonished by the news of her sudden death,

使我吃惊的是，它消失得无影无踪了。To my astonishment, it had completely disappeared,

他惊奇地看着这一景象。He stared at the sight in astonishment,

 厌烦的；厌倦的bored,

过了一段时间，我开始厌倦我的工作。After a while, I began to get bored with my work,

孩子们很快就厌倦呆在屋子里了。The children quickly got bored with staying indoors,

 令人厌倦的；boring,

 使厌烦bore,

他就是这么惹人烦的一个人。He is such a boring man!,

 嘈杂声太大，她都快烦死了。There is so much noise and she is bored to death,

 使欢乐；款待entertain,

我做晚饭时，你能哄孩子们玩一个小时吗？Could you entertain the children for an hour, while I make supper?,

 他既讲故事又说笑话，把我们逗乐了几个小时。He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes,

 昨晚鲍勃和利兹设宴招待了我们。Bob and Liz entertained us to dinner last night,

愉快的；有趣的；entertaining,

 表演者；艺人 entertainer,

 娱乐；款待entertainment,

我发现这种谈话既有知识性又有趣味性。I found the talk both informative and entertaining,

他掉进水里，逗得孩子们乐不可支。He fell in the water, much to the entertainment of the children,

 遍及；贯穿 throughout,

这种疾病蔓延到了整个非洲。The disease spread throughout the whole Africa,

The disease spread all over the whole Africa,

大雨下了整整一夜。It poured with rain throughout the night,

 It poured with rain all through the night,

 到处；始终；全部throughout,

我看那部电影时从头哭到尾。I watched the film and cried throughout,

 不可数 失败failure,

他太骄傲了，不肯承认失败。He is too proud to admit failure,

令我失望的是，我所有的努力都以失败告终。To my disappointment, all my efforts ended in failure,

可数 失败的人或事failure,

作为音乐家他是个失败者，但作为艺术家，他非常成功。As a musician he was a failure, but as an artist, he was a great success,

战胜；克服；被(感情等)制服overcome,

overcame,

overcome,

他有足够的勇气来克服这个困难。He has enough courage to overcome the difficulty,

他们轻松地战胜了敌人。They overcame the enemy easily,

他们悲痛欲绝。They were overcome with sadness,

 使信服；使确信convince,

他的论点太薄弱了，说服不了我。His argument is too weak to convince me,

 我们说服了他坐火车去，不要搭飞机去。We convinced him to go by train rather than plane,

我怎样才能使你相信她很诚实呢?How can I convince you of her honesty?,

我无法使他明白他错了。I couldn't convince him that he was wrong,

 令人信服的convincing,

 信服的，相信的convinced,

没有人能对恐龙的灭绝作出一个令人信服的解释
Nobody has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaur die out,

我确信他有罪。I am convinced of his guilt,

I am convinced that he is guilty,

 导演；指示；指挥；指引direct,

他宁愿当演员也不愿当导演。He prefers to act rather than direct,

你能告诉我到车站怎么走吗?Can you direct me to the station?,

 径直的；直接的；直率的direct,

 她说话直爽。She has a direct way of speaking,

有一列直达利兹的火车。There is a direct train to Leeds,

 径直地；直接地direct,

直飞香港的航班票价要高一些。It costs more to fly direct to Hong Kong,

 特别的，特殊的，挑剔的particular,

我今天没有特别的事情要做。I have nothing particular to do today,

她对衣服特别挑剔。She is very particular about her clothes,

整顿饭都很好，尤其是葡萄酒更好。The whole meal was good but the wine in particular was excellent,

时刻；场合；时机occasion,

有一次，她深更半夜给我打电话。On one occasion, she called me in the middle of the night,

我只有在特殊的场合才打领带。I only wear a tie on special occasion,

 偶尔的；临时的 occasional,

 偶尔；有时occasionally,

偶尔 ; 有时 ; 间或on occasion,

大家都知道他有时会发脾气。He has been known to lose his temper on occasion,

He has been known to lose his temper occasionally,

白天将偶有阵雨。There will be occasional showers during the day,

 耳语；低语whisper,

他们坐在房间的后面低声私语。They sat at the back of the room, talking in whispers,

They sat at the back of the room, talking in a whisper,

 低语；小声说whisper,

你难道不知道窃窃私语是不礼貌的吗？Don't you know it's rude to whisper?,

她小声地对我说她觉得很害怕。She whispered to me that she felt very afraid,

 脏或乱的状态mess,

她把桌子上乱七八糟的东西收拾好。She cleared up the mess from the table,

这个房间杂乱不堪。The room was in a terrible mess,

我觉得我把事情弄糟了。I feel I've made a mess of things,

 把  搞乱；把  弄脏mess,

我不在的时候别把屋子弄得乱七八糟。Don't mess up the house while I am away,

 作出反应；回应 react,

 反应；回应reaction,

威尔逊对你的想法有什么反应？How did Wilson react to your idea?,

她受辱之后就不再理他了。She reacted to the insult by turning her back on him,

他父母对那消息的反应出乎意料的平静。His parents' reaction to the news was surprising calm,

到现在为止还没有人做得比查理·卓别林更好。and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin,

 到现在（目前）为止，一般用于现在完成时。up to now,

到目前为止，工作很顺利。Up to now, the work has been quite smooth,

直到现在我还没明白那个词的意思。Up to now I haven't worked out the meaning of the word,

不幸地是他的父亲去世了，整个家庭的状况更糟了，所以查理在童年时期就要照顾生病的母亲和弟弟。Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother,

worse off,是 badly off, 的比较级，

穷的；缺少的badly off,

 他们贫困得根本谈不上度假。They are too badly off to have a holiday,

 我们不应该因为穷而叫苦连天，许多人的家境更糟。We shouldn't complain about being poor, many families are much worse off,

富的；富有的well off,

 他家不太富裕。His family is not very well off,

查理首先挑出带子来吃，像是吃意大利面条一样。Charlie first picked out the laces and eats as if they were spaghetti,

挑出；选出；辨别出pick out,

她是被从数百位申请人里挑选出来做这份工作的。She was picked out from hundreds of applicants for the job,

他从人群中认出了他的姐姐。He picked out his sister from the crowd,

拾起，捡起pick up,

当她离开教室时，她把地上所有的碎片都捡了起来。She picked up all the pieces on the floor when she left the classroom,

无意中学会pick up,

她到法国居住后很快就学会了一些法语。She soon picked up some French when she went to live in France,

收听，接收pick up,

我的收音机能非常清楚地收听到英国广播公司的国际广播节目。My radio can pick up the BBC programs very clearly,

恢复健康，恢复体力pick up,

他休息了几天，身体很快复原了。He soon picked up after a few days' rest,

搭载；接某人pick up,

 我会八点去接你。I'll pick you up at 8 o'clock,

然后他切下鞋子最上边的皮革，好像那是最好的牛排一样。Then he cut off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak,

切掉；切断（水、电、煤气等）供应；中断（联系），打断（谈话）；使 隔绝cut off,

她从牛排上切下一大块肉来。She cuts off a big piece of beef from the steak,

这个城市的水供应已经被切断好几天了。The water supply has been cut off for several days in the city,

他们的电话会议被中断了。They were cut off in the middle of their conversation on the phone,

她住在乡下感觉与世隔绝。She feels very cut off living in the country,

削减 ; 减少使用 ; 砍倒cut down,

 我必须削减我的开支。I must cut my expenses down,

插嘴; 干预; 突然插到 前面; 允许加入cut in,

在人们谈话时插嘴是不礼貌的。It's bad manners to cut in when people are talking,

 切碎; 砍伤; 恶作剧; 使悲痛cut up,

我把这些肉切碎来包饺子。I cut up the meat for dumplings,

抄近路穿过; 遮断; 打断; 与 相抵触cut across,

我回家常抄近路，从公园里走。I usually cut across the park on my way home,

停止; 裁剪; 剪下; 除去cut out,

你可以删掉不重要的细节。You can cut out the unimportant details,

强行闯入break into,

照顾；照料look after,

 随着时间的推移as time went by,

 with time going by,

 全世界throughout the world,

all over the world,

 寻找in search of,

 担任主角；主演star in,

 仰望look up at,

 想起；想到think of,

倒不是说查理自己的生活是轻松的。Not that Charlie's own life was easy! ,

并非，倒不是说，用于句首或短语之前，表否定含义。not that,

玛丽有一份新工作，那我倒不关心。Mary has a new job, not that I care,

并非我讨厌这份工作。 而是我不够强壮，无法胜任。Not that I hate the work, I am not strong enough for it,

 不是因为 而是因为 ；不是 而是 ，用于肯定一个原因，否定另一个原因，或者肯定一个判断，否定另一个判断。not that, but that,

他有些担心，倒不是因为他们不努力工作，而是因为他们不够注意安全。He felt a bit worried, not that they were not working hard, but that they did not pay enough attention to safety,

并不是我不愿意跟你去，而是我现在很忙。Not that I am not willing to go with you, but that I am busy now,

你会觉得震惊，卓别林刚会讲话的时候就被教唱歌，刚会走路的时候就学跳舞。You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk,

此句中it,作形式宾语，that,从句是真正的主语；astonishing,是动名词形式作宾语补足语，与宾语构成主谓关系。

谣言继续散播就不足为奇了。It is hardly surprising that rumors continue to circulate,

很抱歉让你久等了。I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long,

 不幸地是他的父亲去世了，整个家庭的状况更糟了。Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off,

他父母双亡，成了孤儿。His parents died, leaving him an orphan,

八十个国家踢欧式足球，使它成为世界上最流行的运动。European football is played in 80 countries, making it the most popular sport in the world,

动词不定式也可作结果状语，常表示出乎意料的结果。

他匆匆忙忙去了车站，结果发现车已经离开了。He hurried to the bus stop, only to find the bus had left,

不料竟会 ，没想到会only to,

很 ; 非常 ; much to,

非常遗憾; （对邀请等的）婉言辞谢much to my regret,

我们很遗憾much to our regret,