迷你對話:
A: What is the matter with your mother?
你的母親怎么啦?
B: She is get along in years and often has a headache.
她年紀太大了,經(jīng)常頭疼。
A: Please tell her I hope that she will soon feel better.
請轉(zhuǎn)告她,我我希望她能早日康復。
B: It is very kind of you. I will pass it on.
您太客氣了。我一定轉(zhuǎn)告她。
地道表達:
get along in years
解詞釋義:
get along有很多意思,在此(指時間)漸漸流逝或人上了年紀,通常用于進行時態(tài)中,即:getting along,in years本身也有上了年紀的意思。
支持范例:
He is getting on in years, but he still works as energetically as a young man
他年老了,但工作起來還是跟年輕人一樣干勁十足。
詞海拾貝:
1.have a headache:頭疼
Eg. I have a headache and a sore throat and a stuffed nose .
我頭痛,嗓子疼,還有鼻塞。
Eg. If I have a headache, I will take an aspirin.
如果我頭痛,我就服一片阿斯匹林。
Eg. My fever is gone, but I still have a headache and cough.
我不發(fā)燒了,但還是有點頭痛和咳嗽。
Eg. I have a headache, so I need peace and quiet.
我頭痛,所以我需要安寧和平靜。
2.pass on:傳遞
Eg. Please pass on the message to your classmates.
請把消息告訴你的同學。
Eg. Please pass on my regards to your parents.
請代我向你的父母問好。
Eg. When I got home I phoned the girl's father to pass on the news.
我回到家里就打電話給那個女孩的父親,把這個消息告訴他。
Eg. Please let us have full details of your products so that we can pass on the information.
請寄來貴公司產(chǎn)品的詳細資料,以便轉(zhuǎn)送。
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