Unit 13 The mystery of the Moonstone
help sb. over 幫某人越過[度過]
help sb. to 給某人添(酒、菜等) ;幫某人得到[達到, 找到]
help sb. up 把某人扶起;扶某人登上
cannot help (doing) 不禁, 忍不住, 不得不
cannot help but do 不能不, 不得不(i cannot help but be sorry. 我不能不感到遺憾。)
cannot help oneself 情不自禁; 不能自制
i can't help it. 我實在控制不住; 這不能怪我。
it can't be helped. [口]無可挽回!
more than one can help [用于否定句]過份, 太多
don't spend more money than you can help 除非不得己, 不要多化錢。
there is no help for it 無法可想; 無可挽回。 franklin and rachel are very much in love and engaged to be married. franklin 和 rachel非常相愛,正準備結婚。【點撥】 此句中的engaged"訂婚的";engage的含義和用法確實多多,現小結如下: 1. 作及物動詞 ①表示"使從事于;使忙著",常用于被動語態,與介詞in搭配。 e.g. please wait a minute; he is engaged just now. 請稍等,他正忙著呢。 ②表示 "聘雇某人",與employ相比較,engage更偏重于聘雇專業人員。 句式:engage + 名詞(+ as +名詞)。 e.g. he engaged / employed my sister as his secretary. 他聘用我妹妹當秘書。 the firm engaged / employed two interpreters. 那家公司聘請了兩名口譯員。 ③表示"吸引注意;占用時間"等。 e.g. a personal computer engages his interest now. 他正沉迷于個人電腦之中。 reading foreign books engages all my spare time.閱讀外文書籍占用了我所有的空余時間。 ④表示"約束;約定",多與oneself 連用。 e.g. she engages herself to do the work. 她自愿承擔這項工作。 2. 作不及物動詞 ①表示"保證;允諾",多與for連用。 e.g. that's all i can engage for. 我所能擔保的僅此而已。 that is more than i can engage for. 那事我不能擔保。 ②表示"銜接;與......交戰",多與with連用 e.g. the teeth of one wheel engage with those of the other. 一輪之齒與另一輪之齒相銜接。 3. 兩個常用的被動結構 ①be engaged to sb.與某人訂婚。 e.g. tom is engaged to anne. 湯姆已與安妮訂婚。 ②be engaged in (doing) sth.忙于(做)某事。如: e.g. those comrades who are engaged in mass work came. 那些從事群眾工作的同志們來了。 4. 幾個相關拓展 ①engaged adj. 忙的;已訂婚的;被占用的。