1. for a moment
片刻,一會兒;霎時之間;
[例句]The Brigadier thought about this for a moment, head cocked to one side.
這位準(zhǔn)將頭歪向一邊,就此考慮了一會兒。
2. for the moment
暫時,目前;聊且;
[例句]You've got enough to think about for the moment.
目前你要考慮的事情夠多了。
3. in a moment
一會兒,立刻,馬上;須臾之間;眼看;彈指之間;
[例句]In a moment he was gone
一轉(zhuǎn)眼他就不見了。
4. in nature
在世界上;實(shí)際上;性質(zhì)上;究竟;
[例句]The rise of a major power is both economic and military in nature.
一個大國的崛起究其實(shí)質(zhì)包括經(jīng)濟(jì)和軍事兩個方面。
5. on occasion
有時,間或;
[例句]Some of the players may, on occasion, break the rules and be penalized
這些球員中有些偶爾可能會違規(guī)而受罰。
6. in order
按次序的,合乎程序的;井然有序;
[例句]In order to ensure success we must have a complete and thorough plan.
為了保證成功,我們必須要有一個周密的計劃。
7. in order to
為了…;
[例句]In order to ensure success we must have a complete and thorough plan.
為了保證成功,我們必須要有一個周密的計劃。
8. in order that
為了;
[例句]We only married in order that the child should be legitimate.
我們結(jié)婚純粹是為了給孩子一個合法身份。
9. out of order
故障,違反規(guī)程;
[例句]The machine is out of order.
機(jī)器出故障了。
10. in particular
尤其,特別;
[例句]Drew made some remarks to nobody in particular and said goodbye.
德魯說了一些不針對任何人的話就告辭了。
11. in the past
在過去;以往;平昔;往昔;
[例句]The output has been doubled in the past five years.
過去5年中產(chǎn)量翻了一番。
12. in person
親自,親身;
[例句]As for you, I don't think you have to go in person.
你嘛,就不用親自去了。
13. in place
在對的位置;適當(dāng)?shù)?在工作;準(zhǔn)備就緒;
[例句]We already have our core team in place
我們的骨干團(tuán)隊已經(jīng)就位了。
14. in place of
代替;
[例句]Laurence Waters visited us in place of John Trethewy who was unfortunately ill
勞倫斯·沃特斯代替不幸生病的約翰·特雷休伊來拜訪我們。
15. in the first place
首先,從一開始;壓根兒;當(dāng)初;
[例句]I don't think we should have been there in the first place.
我認(rèn)為我們從一開始就不該在那兒。
16. in the last place
最后;
[例句]He gives up in the last place.
他最后還是放棄了。
17. out of place
不合適;不在應(yīng)在的位置;不恰當(dāng);不協(xié)調(diào);
[例句]I felt out of place in my suit and tie
我穿著西服、打著領(lǐng)帶感覺十分別扭。
18. on the point
即將…的時候;即將…的;在…點(diǎn)上;
[例句]He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang
他正要說話時電話鈴響了。
19. to the point
中肯,扼要;貼題;初寫黃庭;
[例句]I hope to be brief and to the point.
我希望簡明扼要,抓住重點(diǎn)。
20. in practice
在實(shí)踐中;在不斷練習(xí)中;熟練的;開業(yè);
[例句]This is certainly a theoretical risk but in practice there is seldom a problem
從理論上講,這肯定是有風(fēng)險的,可是實(shí)際上很少出問題。