听美剧学英语 - 吸血鬼日记 第一季第3集12:不可思议

1、suffer

遭受，经受(疼痛);感到(痛苦)

Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.

几天的时间，她就病得很严重了，疼痛难忍，周身不舒服。

Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?

你能保证我父亲不会受罪吗？

(因疾病或处于其他不利境地而)受苦，受难，受折磨

I realized he was suffering from shock.

我意识到他休克了。

遭遇，遭受，蒙受(不好的事)

The peace process has suffered a serious blow now.

现在和平进程遭到重创。

Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.

罗马尼亚在为其改革努力寻求经济援助时再次受挫。

2、try out

试验;测验

She knew I wanted to try the boat out at the weekend.

她知道我周末想开船出去试一下。

London Transport hopes to try out the system in September.

伦敦交通系统有望在 9 月份对该系统进行试运营。

3、figure

数字;(尤指)统计数字

It would be very nice if we had a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job.

如果我们能得到该国失业人口的真实数字就好了。

It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall.

过不了多久，通货膨胀率就会开始下降。

人影;身影

Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair.

阿利斯泰尔看见了坐在椅子里的罗丝的模糊身影。

She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace.

她站在桥上，一直等到他的身影消失在宫殿灰色的阴影中。

体形;身材

Take pride in your health and your figure.

为自己的健康和体形感到骄傲吧。

Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure.

珍妮特天生一头金发，身材曼妙。