She is not optimistic about the outcome to be pessimistic about sth对悲观的 He is pessimistic about the future of his counti 8 to let alone; without considering, not to mention更不用说 e.g. He wont even thank you, let alone pay you We have no hospital, let alone an isolation ward He hasnt enough money for food, let alone amusements let/ leave sb/ sth alone: not interfere with别打扰/别管/别理 I think we should leave her alone for the moment at least Some people can never let things alone 9.I) to solve or settle/deal with( problems., doubts etc)解决,消除 To resolve an argument/ a difficulty/a crisis解决争端/解决困难/解决危机 This book will resolve all your difficulties His letter resolved all our doubts 2) to decide firmly, determine决心,决定 Have you resolved where to go next? He resolved to do better work in the future 3) to make a decision by a formal vote表决,决议 It was resolved that our school(should) have a lunch room to resolve sth into分为,分解,解析 Water can be resolved into hydrogen and oxygen The chemist resolved the mixture into different parts 10. now that: because( sth has happened) because of the fact that既然,因为(引起 原因状语从句,不表示直接原因,只是用来说明一种情况。要表示直接原因,需用 because, g. Now that you have come you may as well stay Now that you are well again, you can travel Now that we are alone, we can speak freely 11. regardless of: paying no attention to sb/sth. worry ing about regard less of the consequences/ danger/ expense不顾后果/危险/代价 e.g. He continued speaking, regardless of my feelings on the matter He bought her what she wanted, regardless of the expenses 12. early on; at an early time; soon after the start of an event在初期,开始不久 e.g. I knew early on in the film that was not going to enjoy it.电影一开演我就知 道我不会喜欢这部电影的。 I realized early on I couldnt become a good teacher 13. to lose touch with to lose contact with to be/get out of touch with e.g. I dont want to lose touch with you I used to see him quite often but we have lost touch with each other The pilot lost touch with the control towe to keep in touch with to get in touch with to come /draw to the end to an end finish The year was drawing to end4 She is not optimistic about the outcome. ➢ to be pessimistic about sth 对…悲观的 He is pessimistic about the future of his country. 8.to let alone; without considering, not to mention 更不用说 e.g. He won’t even thank you, let alone pay you. We have no hospital, let alone an isolation ward. He hasn’t enough money for food, let alone amusements. ➢ let /leave sb/ sth alone: not interfere with 别打扰/别管/别理 • I think we should leave her alone for the moment at least. • Some people can never let things alone. 9. 1)to solve or settle/deal with(problems, doubts etc)解决，消除 • To resolve an argument/a difficulty/a crisis 解决争端/解决困难/解决危机 • This book will resolve all your difficulties. • His letter resolved all our doubts. • 2) to decide firmly, determine 决心，决定 • Have you resolved where to go next? • He resolved to do better work in the future. • 3) to make a decision by a formal vote 表决，决议 • It was resolved that our school (should) have a lunch room. ➢ to resolve sth into 分为，分解，解析 • Water can be resolved into hydrogen and oxygen. • The chemist resolved the mixture into different parts. 10. now that: because (sth has happened); because of the fact that 既然，因为（引起 原因状语从句，不表示直接原因，只是用来说明一种情况。要表示直接原因，需用 because, since, as.) e.g. Now that you have come you may as well stay. Now that you are well again, you can travel. Now that we are alone, we can speak freely. 11. regardless of: paying no attention to sb/sth. worrying about regardless of the consequences/ danger/expense 不顾后果/危险/代价 e.g. He continued speaking, regardless of my feelings on the matter. He bought her what she wanted, regardless of the expenses. 12. early on; at an early time; soon after the start of an event 在初期，开始不久 e.g. I knew early on in the film that was not going to enjoy it.电影一开演我就知 道我不会喜欢这部电影的。 I realized early on I couldn’t become a good teacher. 13. to lose touch with: to lose contact with; to be/get out of touch with e.g. I don’t want to lose touch with you. I used to see him quite often but we have lost touch with each other. The pilot lost touch with the control tower. ➢ to keep in touch with ➢ to get in touch with ➢ to come /draw to the end to an end; finish ➢ The year was drawing to end