相当地；有点（用作状语）（用于否定句中）一点不a bit

我有点累了。I am a bit tired,

她冷静一点了。She calmed down a bit,

他一点儿也没把这件事放在心上。He didn't care a bit about the matter,

一点,  （用于否定句中）许多,很，a little

你可能非得稍为让步不可。You're going to have to give a little,

我在银行还有一点钱，需要时可以动用。I have a little money in the bank to fall back on,

过去一整天，我感到很累。After a whole day's work, I was not a little tired,

这不是你半个小时就能学会的小窍门。It is not just a little trick you can pick up in half an hour,

a little 可以作形容词修饰抽象名词或物质名词，主要表示程度或分量。a bit 不能直接修饰名词，应该用 a bit of，为非正式用语。

他会说一点点德语。He speaks a little German,

我们来听点音乐吧。Let's listen to a bit of music,

少量的；少许的（常用于修饰不可数名词）a bit of

她给了我一些好的建议。She gave me a bit of good advice,

我懂一点西班牙语。I know a bit of Spanish,

有点；稍有a bit of a

他有点贼头贼脑的。He is a bit of a thief,

那个年轻人有点学者派头。The young man is a bit of a scholar,

 二个 几个a couple of

我两周后就回来。I'll come back in a couple of weeks,

我们喝几杯吧。Let's have a couple of drinks,

一个好领导总是关心他的同志们的福利的。a good leader concerns himself in the welfare of his comrades,

许多的；大量的a great deal of ,

a good deal of

他写这本书花了大量的时间。He spent a great deal of time in writing the book,

很多的a great many ,

a good many

他们相识已经有许多年了。They have known each other for a great many years,

很多东西（情况、事情）；很多a great deal

我向你学到了许多东西。I have learned a great deal from you,

最近雨水很多。It has rained a great deal recently,

相距很远 （在时间上）离现在远 远非a long way off

那个城市在很远的地方。The town is a long way off,

圣诞节还早着呢。Christmas is still a long way off,

这部小说远非完美之作。The novel is a long way off perfection,

很多;许多,很a lot

我今天感到好多了。I feel a lot better today,

大量的；许多的（后接可数名词或不可数名词）a lot of

那些年他浪费了很多时间。He wasted a lot of time in those years,

我在那家旧书店里买了许多很有价值的书。I bought a lot of valuable books in the secondhand bookstore,

近路；捷径a short cut

他们走捷径穿过田野。They took a short cut through the fields,

成功没有捷径，唯在勤勉。There is no short cut to success except by diligence,

放任；纵情；（感情）陷于；沉溺于abandon oneself to

他陷于悲伤之中。He abandoned himself to grief,

切勿自暴自弃。Never abandon yourself to despair,

你不该一味享乐。You mustn't abandon yourself to pleasures,

严守；遵守；坚持 履行 承担   的后果abide by

你参加这个俱乐部就得遵守其规章。If you join the club，you must abide by its rules,

我希望他能坚持他帮助我们的决定。I expect him to abide by his decision to help us,

双方应恪守本合同。Both sides should strictly abide by the contract,

加利福尼亚人和新英格兰人遵守同样的联邦法律。Californians and New Englanders abide by the same federal laws,

我们既已作出决定，就应该照着办。Having made our decision， we must abide by it,

她会履行诺言的。She will abide by her promise,

你们两个人不得不承受那无可幸免的事。You two will have to abide by the inevitable,

他说他将承担一切可能的后果。He said he'd abide by all possible consequences,

你必须承担由你的错误所造成的后果。You must abide by the results of your mistakes,

abound in 和abound with盛产；富于，但当“处所名词”作主语时，两者皆可用。而当“动物或事物名词”作主语时，只能用abound in 充满着

湖里鱼很多。The lake abounds with fish,The lake abounds in fish,

（当“动物或事物名词”作主语时，不能用abound with）这湖里有很多鱼 Fish abound in the lake,

这地区的矿藏很丰富。The district abounds with mineral deposits,

那个地区终年多雨。That region abounds with rain all the year round,

该书中印刷错误比比皆是。The book abounds with printing mistakes,

尤其 最重要的是above all

他喜欢音乐，尤其是古典音乐。He loves music，and above all classical music,

任何东西都不可浪费，尤其不可浪费时间。Never waste anything，but above all never waste time,

在挑选窗帘时，要考虑布料的质地、轻重、图案，但最重要的是颜色。In choosing the curtains for a room， you should consider the weight，its pattern but its colour above all,

我想租一幢现代化的舒适的房子，最重要的是环境要幽静。 I should like to rent a house，modern，comfortable， above all in a quiet neighbourhood,