as

a

nightingale.

這孩子歌唱得如同夜鶯般婉轉。You

are

as

sweet

as

sugar.

你甜如蜜。

2.

I

don’t

mean

to

hurt

you.mean

doing

sth.

的意思是“意味著

(必須要做某事或導致某種結果

)”,其主語通常是指事物的詞。例如:

Being

a

student

means

studying

hard.

作為一名學生,(意味著

)你要努力學習。

Success

means

working

hard.

成功意味著工作努力。

mean

to

do

sth.

的意思是“打算或企圖做某事”,其主語通常是表示人的名詞或代詞。例如:

What

do

you

mean

to

do

with

it?

你打算怎樣處理它

?

We

mean

to

call

on

you

tomorrow.

我們打算明天看望你。

3.

Sometimes

I

don’t

know

what

the

meaning

of

working

is.meaning

of

sth.表示“(做)某事的意義”,of是介詞,所以後麵要加動名詞或名詞。本句也可以省略成:

Sometimes

I

don’t

know

the

meaning

of

working

is.

4.

Maybe

I

need

to

go

to

my

therapist

for

help.美劇裏常見到的谘詢師就是therapist,在《絕望主婦》裏,人物一旦出現感情問題就會主動找

therapist谘詢。而

psychologist表示“心理學家”,通常是大學或專業學院的哲學、心理學或教育學的研究人員。

5.

But

now

I

have

no

aim

for

my

career

and

even

my

life.aim

for的意思是“以……為目標”。