A: The country is strong only in appearance. Don’t you think so?

這個國家知識外表強大，你不這么認(rèn)為嗎？

B: Yes. In fact there are quite a large number of people who have no food to eat and no place to live in.

是的，實際上，有很多人沒有飯吃，沒房子住。

A: You can say that again. The government must open it’s eyes to the fact.

是啊，政府必須意識到這個事實。

地道表達(dá)：

open someone’s eyes to

解詞釋義：

此語的字面意思是“睜開某人的眼睛看某事”，引申比喻為“使某人意識到......”。該短語也可以用作open someone’s eye to。

支持范例：

He did not open his eyes to the danger.

他沒有意識到有危險。

I don’t open my eyes to having offended him.

我沒有意識到得罪了他。

I has opened my eyes to my making a mistake.

我意識到自己犯了一個錯誤。

All the while I have been opening my eyes to her nearness acutely.

我一直強烈地意識到她離我很近。

詞海拾貝：

1. in appearance：看起來，從外表上看

In appearance, he was a little like his father.

他看起來有點像他的父親。

The reactionaries are fierce in appearance but feeble in reality.

反動派看起來很強大，實際上十分虛弱。

She resembles her sister in appearance but not in character.

她外貌上像她的姐姐，性格上卻不同。

The landscape has remained predominantly rural in appearance.

這里的風(fēng)景看上去還是以田園風(fēng)光為主。

2. in fact：實際上，其實

He pretended not to know her but in fact they were in league together.

他假裝不認(rèn)識她，而實際上他們是串通一氣的。

In fact, the rules were as unrealistic as they were archaic.

實際上這些規(guī)章既陳舊又不現(xiàn)實。

In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.

事實上，他的經(jīng)商生涯從初期就明顯前景暗淡。

They hope, in fact, to kill two birds with one stone.

他們實際上是想一舉兩得。

3. a large number of：大量的

注釋：此短語后面接的是可數(shù)名詞。

They choose us from a large number of students.

他們從大量學(xué)生中挑選了我們。

There were a large number of people at the football match.

有很多人看足球比賽。

He transacts business with a large number of stores.

他與很多商店進(jìn)行交易。

實用口語：

You can say that again.

注釋：這句話表示聽話者同意對方說的話，相當(dāng)于I agree with you. 因此，可以翻譯為“你說得對。”或者是“我同意。”

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