1.afford vt.买得起
常用搭配
can/be able to afford sth/to do sth.
【场景还原1】:我买不起那件衬衫。它太贵了
I can’t afford that shirt. It is too expensive.
【场景还原2】:有一天我会买得起那件衬衫
I will be able to afford that shirt someday.(afford若用于一般将来时,用be able to afford )
2.not necessarily未必
【场景还原】:老板未必永远是对的
The boss is not necessarily always right
【场景还原】:
Some people have more money than others. However, they’re not necessarily happier.
Some people are richer than others. However, they’re not necessarily happier.
Some…others.
【场景还原】:人的爱好各有不同,有些人喜欢游泳,有些人则喜欢跳舞
People have different hobbies. Some like to go swimming, and others are fond of (are interested in )dancing.
3.more…than..比。。。更。。。
Some people have more money than others. However, they’re not necessarily happier.
此处的than为从属连词,引导状语从句,修饰之前的比较级形容词或副词。
Some people have more money than others do(这里的do 常省略)
①主句有be动词时,than后的句子也用be动词,但是常常省略
她比你美
She is more beautiful than you are.也对,但是are常常省略,所以为:
She is more beautiful than you.
他比我早回来
He came back earlier than I (do).
4. as poor as church mice穷得要命; as rich as kings.像国王一样富有
as poor as a church mouse穷得要命,与单数连用; as poor as mice与复数连用
Mice复数,mouse单数 老鼠
【场景还原】:那个商人失去了一切,现在穷得要命
The businessman lost everything he had and is now as poor as a church mouse.
The businessmen lost everything he had and are now as poor as church mice.