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WORDS AND USAGE

時間:2018-01-16 03:15:07來源:大公網

  Perform a/the function (idiom)

  ●To have a particular job or purpose.

  (起作用,發揮功能)

  Examples:

  1.The front teeth perform a cutting function.  

  2.Anything which performs the functions of money is money.

  Criminal liability (legal term)

  ●The liability that arises out of breaking a law or committing a criminal act.(刑事責任)

  Examples:

  1.Liability insurance does not cover criminal liability.

  2.Families of some victims of the crash have launched a lawsuit against the railway owner, claiming criminal liability.

  Presumptuous (adj.)

  ●(of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

   (冒失的,非分的,放肆的)

  Examples:  

  1.I hope I won't be considered presumptuous if I offer some advice.  

  2.It would be presumptuous of me to decide what she wants.

  Originate from sth (phrasal ver)

  ●To come from something or some place.

  (源於,來自)

  Examples:  

  1.A lot of our medicines originate from tropical plants.  

  2.Some of our customs originate from old beliefs.

  Tally with sth (phrasal verb)

  ●For one thing  to agree or correlate with another.

  (符合…,與…一致)

  Examples:  

  1.His story doesn't tally with what I already know.  

  2.What you just said doesn't tally with what you told me before.

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