3. Don’t bother…经常用于口语中,意为“不用费心了,不用麻烦了”。如:
—Do you want me to wait for you?
—No, don’t bother.
[实例对接]However, the problem that she later developed a serious lung disease bothered scientists. (p 14)
[考例答案]D
[强化训练](Unit 2, Book 8)
Idon’twanttobotherherwithmyproblemsatthemoment.
2. 表示“费心,费力”,多用于否定句和疑问句中。常见搭配有:(not) bother to do sth; not bother about/with; (not) bother doing sth。如:
Don’t bother to wipe up the dishes; just put them on the table. 碟子不用擦干, 把它们放在桌子上就行了。
He doesn’t bother about things that don’t concern him. 对那些与他无关的事情,他不去费心。
Don’t bother running after the bus. 别费劲去追赶那辆公共汽车了。
5. 作为惩罚,他被禁止离开基地。(forbid)
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4. 日复一日,她徒劳地等待着他的电话。(in vain)
3. 所有那几周的学习都会在考试的时候见成效。(pay off)
2. 她把健康的身体归功于有规律的生活。(owe…to)
四、翻译句子
根据汉语及括号内的提示,翻译下列句子。
1. 人与其他哺乳动物的不同之处在于人能说话。(differ)
6. His success is _________ (mere) a question of time.
5. It is a way of _________ (make) an exact copy of another animal or plant.
4. _________ (able) to speak, he had to use body language.