45. I've spent all afternoon trying in vain to put this bookcase together.
點睛
spend...doing sth. 意為“花費……做某事”,其中doing之前還可加上介詞in。in vain意為“徒勞無益,白費力氣”,一般用作狀語,常用在try“努力”之后。put...together意為“組裝,裝配”。
考點歸納
短語put...together還有如下含義:
“(通過收集資料、觀點等)整理出;拼湊”。如:
It took me a whole day to put the proposal together. 我花了一整天才整理出這個建議。
“匯集”。如:
I've no idea how to put together a meal. 對于如何準備飯菜我毫無頭緒。
聽音解惑
spent⌒all⌒afternoon[spent⌒??l⌒?ɑ?ft??nu?n]里的[t]與[??]相鄰,[l]與[ɑ?]相鄰,讀作[spen t?? ?lɑ?ft? ?nu?n]。