重点讲解:
1. rather than
而非;胜于;而不是;
eg. Her speech was memorable for its polemic rather than its substance.
她的演说之所以令人难忘,不是因其内容而是因其辩论方法。
eg. He is a man who will spoil rather than accomplish things.
他这个人成事不足,坏事有余。
2. at the moment
此刻;目前;眼下;
eg. Something seems to be preoccupying her at the moment.
她此刻若有所思。
eg. I'm really pressed for cash at the moment.
眼下我真的缺钱。
3. run out of
用完;耗尽;
eg. He has run out of food; his children are hungry.
他家揭不开锅了,孩子们都等着吃饭。
eg. We airfreight the shipment because our agent has run out of stork.
我们空运了这批货物,是因为我们的代理商已用完库存了。