每日精读学习表达——I had a black dog, his name was depression(9)

l chased him off with whatever l thought might send running.
我用尽了一切办法,想把它赶走。

chase off”    赶走

“send running” 也是表示赶走

你把宾语放在中间或者最后都是可以的。

whatever  不管什么;无论什么

You use whatever to say that something is the case in all circumstances.

We shall love you whatever happens, Diana.

戴安娜,不管发生什么,我们都爱你。

又碰到了一个“疑问词+ever”结构的单词

当老外问你想吃想喝什么,你要说想表达“随便”,就可以使用“whatever”。

(但我建议最好还是明确的告诉人家,特别是已经问你“tea or coffee?”,在说随便就不太好了,中国其实也一样。)

But more often than not ,he would com out on top.
但获胜的往往是他。

more often than not    往往,通常 ,多半

这是个副词,其实感觉就是“often”升级版,可以在写作中用用,提升你的腔调。

come out on top 出人头地, 拔得头筹,占得上风(文中用的就是占得上风)

The only way to come out on top is to adop-t a different approach.

脱颖而出的唯一途径就是采用一种不同的方法。

这是个地道的习语,积累积累,记一下,可以让你的英语表达土著化。

拓展:come in handy 派上用场

Going down became easier than getting up again.
和重新站起来相比,躺倒变得更容易。

这句似乎好像没什么好学习的地方……

再看不懂,就当我偷懒。


    you can learn anything.

                                Ted out.

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