it beats me和in the long run是什么意思呢?今天,優(yōu)朗國際英語的果果老師為大家?guī)淼木褪沁@兩個詞組。
it beats me 是非正式說法,指把我難倒了,表示自己弄不明白某事究竟是怎么回事。
例句:
You may be able to work it out , but it certainly beats me .
也許你能搞清楚它是怎么回事,但它絕對把我難倒了。
It beats me how she managed to get here so quickly.
她這么快就趕過來,這令我感到迷惑不解。
情景模擬:
Question nineteen. What is twice half seven?
It beats me how they think up these questions.
Next question.
What beats me is how people work out the answers !
in the long run 表示將來很長一段時間之后。
例句:
I'm sure these changes will benefit the company in the long run.
我相信長遠(yuǎn)來看,這些改革能讓公司收益。
Everyone should know that in the long run smoking damages your health .
大家都該明白,長遠(yuǎn)來看吸煙危害健康。
與 in the long run 意思相反的慣用語是 in the short run , 指從短期來看。
例句:
The situation is unlikely to change very much in the short run.
從短期來看,形勢不會很大變化。
談?wù)撋猓顿Y市場用 in the long term 和 in the short term. 它們與in the long run 和in the short run 意思相同。
情景模擬:
Brian was pleased with himself .
He thought he'd saved a lot of money by buying a cheaper television set.
Unfortunately ,two years later his set broke down and he had to buy a new one.
In the long run it usually pays you to buy a good -quality product.
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