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”。