在北美生活的地道英语no standing 与free-standing:no standing 意思是不准在此停车,即使司机还在车上也不行。 也就是“don't stop”或“no car at all”,通常用在大城市交通十分拥挤的地方。 至于“no parking”,意思也是不准在此停车,但司机还可以坐在车里一段时间,必要时,可遥移动车子,也就是“you may stay in your car for a short period of time。 ”例如:Walking along the street, I saw a “no standing” sign. 走在路上,我看到一个“不准停车”的路牌。 In New York City there are many “no standing” signs (posted) on the streets. 在纽约市,路上有许多“不准停车”的牌子。 “No parking” signs sprang up around the school campus. 校园里出现一些“不准停车”的路牌。 spring up = appeared 也就是说:……Signs were put up around……但是free-standing是形容词,意思是遥式的,多指为特别用途而盖的单遥建筑物或指一大建筑特的某种装饰。 例如:There is a new free-standing restaurant near the downtown area。 在市中心区附近有座新的遥餐馆Mr. A built a free-standing shoe store behind the mall. A先生在采购中心后面盖了一栋遥鞋店)The free-standing design does not overpower the rest of the buildings surrounding it。 (这种遥式的设计,不会影响其他建筑物的外观。 )(overpower=distract压倒或扰乱)[英语口语学习提高推荐]break the house与housebreak:housebreak 是指训练狗、猫等宠物,使其能在指定的地点大、小便,以保持家里的卫生。 例如:The dog (或cat) has been housebroken。 或My dog is housebroken。 (多半用被动语态)但也有人用主动语态。 例如:Pet owners should housebreak their dogs and cats。 宠物主人应该训练狗猫的卫生习惯。 或者可以说 Housebreaking is necessary for cats and dogs。 但是“break the house”是指破坏了房子。 例如:Accidentally, he broke the house by backing up his car。 他倒车时,意外碰坏了房子。 (broke=damaged)The house was broken by a hurricane。 风破坏了房子。 但用在遥(casino)时,又指赢了一大笔遥(won lots of money)[英语口语学习提高推荐]kick off与 tip off:kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始,有时也指球赛。 例如:Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。 我们学校较近发动遥大规划的筹款运动。 We will kick off the no-smoking drive。 我们将要发动戒烟运动。 They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。 他们明天正式开始足球赛。 多半是用主动语态,有时也用被动。 例如:The fund–raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。 一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。 但是,tip off 虽然也指开始,不过多半是指篮球开赛前,裁判开球让两边球员跳球。 例如:The players tipped off the basketball game at 2:00 yesterday afternoon。 篮球赛于昨天下午两点开始。 注意:to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone)例如:I will tip him off about this breaking news. 我要告诉他较新消息。 (breaking=latest)有时也用tip off him about……[英语口语学习提高推荐]