2010年11月7日 星期日

115 (A) not life a finger (B) taper off

Ross
not lift a finger 不做任何事
A: Is he a good husband?
他是個好丈夫嗎?
B: I don't think so. He doesn't even life a finger in housekeeping
我不認為,他連家事都不幫忙

taper off 逐漸改掉、逐漸減弱
He started to taper off to two cigarettes a day.
他開始減少抽煙量至一天兩支
The snowstorm will begin tapering off early this evening.
暴風雪在入夜之後會開始逐漸減弱
Ben
not lift a finger 不做任何事
He spends all day stretched out on the couch and doesn't lift a finger to help
他花了一整天躺在沙發上而且不幫忙任何事。

taper off 逐漸改掉、逐漸減弱
Profits may be tapering off in the near future.
以後利潤可能會逐漸減少。
Heidi
sentences
Kate
sentences