She attributed her great age to a carefully planned diet 她认为她的高寿是精心安排饮食的结果 We attribute Edison s success to intelligence and hard worl 我们把爱迪生的成功归因于他的天分和勤奋工作。 go on take place;, happen发生 There's a wedding going on at the church.教堂里正在举行婚礼。 What's going on here?这儿出了什么事? on the cont exactly the opposite; instead恰恰相反,相反地 It doesn, t seem ugly to me, on the contrary, I think it,'s rather beautiful 我并不觉得它丑,恰恰相反,我认为它相当美。 He is not busy; on the contrary, he is out of work.他不忙,相反,他失业了。 Compare to the contrary:(say ing the opposite)to the opposite effect Unless I hear anything to the contrary, I shall assume that the arrangements haven ' t changed.除非接到更改的通知,否则我就假定一切安排 不变 If you don't hear something to the contrary I'll meet you at 7 o'clock outside the cinema. u hR 没有听到取消的通知,我们就7点在电影院外见 to date so far, up to now到目前为止,迄今 To date, we ve received 40 bookings for the holiday, so were doing quite well 到目前为止,我们已收到40份度假预定申请,所以情况相当不错 He left three weeks ago and we haven 't had one single letter from him to date 他于三周前离开这里。迄今为止,我们还未收到他一封信 up to date(up-to-date): newest; modern an up-to- date system现代制度 We want our methods to be up to date.我们希望我们的方法是最新的 展览,陈列 A collection of photographs was on display in the hall.大厅里有图片展览。 We were amazed by the rich variety of commodities on display 我们对陈列出来的丰富多彩的商品感到惊异 expand on/ upon develop or give more of( a story, an argument, etc.)(对故事、论据等进行) 补充 I'm quite satisfied with your explanation, so there's no need to expand on it 我对你的解释十分满意,因此不需要详细阐述了 You mentioned the need for extra funding. Would you expand on that? 你提到需要额外的资金,你愿就此展开谈谈吗? from time to time now and then, occasionally不时,有时 From time to time he got up from the sofa and walked about the room 他时不时地从沙发上站起来,在房间里踱来踱去 We usually eat at home but from time to time we go out for lunch 我们通常在家吃饭,偶尔出去吃午餐。 set off cause sth. to take place引起,启动 The instrument sets off an effect in the atoms of this substance, which causes it to produce powerShe attributed her great age to a carefully planned diet. 她认为她的高寿是精心安排饮食的结果。 We attribute Edison's success to intelligence and hard work. 我们把爱迪生的成功归因于他的天分和勤奋工作。 go on take place; happen 发生 There's a wedding going on at the church. 教堂里正在举行婚礼。 What's going on here? 这儿出了什么事？ on the contrary exactly the opposite; instead 恰恰相反，相反地 It doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful. 我并不觉得它丑，恰恰相反，我认为它相当美。 He is not busy; on the contrary, he is out of work. 他不忙，相反，他失业了。 Compare: to the contrary: (saying the opposite) to the opposite effect Unless I hear anything to the contrary, I shall assume that the arrangements haven't changed. 除非接到更改的通知，否则我就假定一切安排 不变。 If you don't hear something to the contrary I'll meet you at 7 o'clock outside the cinema. 如果你 没有听到取消的通知，我们就7点在电影院外见。 to date so far; up to now 到目前为止，迄今 To date, we've received 40 bookings for the holiday, so we're doing quite well. 到目前为止，我们已收到40份度假预定申请，所以情况相当不错。 He left three weeks ago and we haven't had one single letter from him to date. 他于三周前离开这里。迄今为止，我们还未收到他一封信。 Compare: up to date (up-to-date): newest; modern an up-to-date system 现代制度 We want our methods to be up to date. 我们希望我们的方法是最新的。 on display being displayed 展览，陈列 A collection of photographs was on display in the hall. 大厅里有图片展览。 We were amazed by the rich variety of commodities on display. 我们对陈列出来的丰富多彩的商品感到惊异。 expand on/upon develop or give more of (a story, an argument, etc.) （对故事、论据等进行） 补充 I'm quite satisfied with your explanation, so there's no need to expand on it. 我对你的解释十分满意，因此不需要详细阐述了。 You mentioned the need for extra funding. Would you expand on that? 你提到需要额外的资金，你愿就此展开谈谈吗？ from time to time now and then; occasionally 不时，有时 From time to time he got up from the sofa and walked about the room. 他时不时地从沙发上站起来，在房间里踱来踱去。 We usually eat at home but from time to time we go out for lunch. 我们通常在家吃饭，偶尔出去吃午餐。 set off cause sth. to take place 引起，启动 The instrument sets off an effect in the atoms of this substance, which causes it to produce power