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時間:2022-09-26 04:24:02來源:大公报

•Adhere to sth (phrasal verb) -

To continue to behave according to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.(遵守,堅持)

Examples:  

1. It is only when safety procedures are not strictly adhered to that catastrophes occur. 

2.Now companies must adhere to stricter guidelines on the disposal of toxic waste. 

•On the spot (idiom) -

If you are on the spot, you are in the place where something is happening.(當場,現場)

Examples:  

1.We ought to find out the views of the people on the spot. 

2.He was arrested on the spot.

•Keep pace with (idiom) -

To go or make progress at the same speed as (someone or something else).(保持同步,跟上…的步伐)

Examples:  

1.Our production can't keep pace with the orders coming in. 

2.The government is not allowing salaries to keep pace with inflation.

•For the sake of (sth/sb) (idiom) -

For the benefit, advantage, or purpose of something or somebody.(為…起見,出於…的考慮)

Examples:  

1.For the sake of those who have already read the chapter, I won't go into it in too much detail here today. 

2.He moved to the seaside for the sake of his health.

•A slap on the wrist (idiom) -

A small punishment when a more severe punishment is deserved.(輕罰,小懲)

Examples:  

1.They rob someone on the street and they get a slap on the wrist – 30 days in jail.

2.The fine they gave her is just more or less a slap on the wrist.

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