1. He is on a business trip.
他现在出差了。
还能这样说:
He's on business now.
He is taking an official trip.
谚语:
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.
宁可失足,不可失言。
2. He is off today.
他今天放假。
还能这样说:
He is on vacation.
He isn't working today.
应用解析:
be badly off 生活贫困,运气不佳;
be comfortably off 生活宽裕;
be better off 情况好些,生活比较宽裕;
be worse off 情况更差,更加贫困;
from the off 从头开始
3. He is not in now.
他现在不在。
还能这样说:
He is out now.
He is not here now.
4. He's out to meet with customers now.
他外出见客户了。
还能这样说:
He's out to see clients right now.
He goes to see the clients.
谚语:
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
不要小题大做。
5. I'm sorry he's busy now.
恐怕他现在没时间接您的电话。
还能这样说:
I'm afraid he's occupied now.
I'm sorry he is tied up.
应用解析:
You are busy as a bee from morning to night.
你真忙!
6. His line is busy at the moment.
他正在通话。
还能这样说:
He's talking on another line.
He's on another line now.
应用解析:
at the last moment 在最后关头;
at the moment 此刻,那时;
every moment 时时刻刻;
for a moment 片刻;
in a moment 一会儿、不久,立即、马上
7. When will she be back?
她什么时候回来?
还能这样说:
How long do you think she'll be back?
Do you know what time she'll be back?
谚语:
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
(钱财)来得不正,去得也不正。
8. She should be back after lunch.
她午饭后应该会回来。
还能这样说:
The time she can be back is after lunch.
It is after lunch that she should be back.
应用解析:
at the back of one's mind 在记忆的深处,下意识地;
at sb.'s back 跟随某人,支持某人;
be glad to see the back of 希望摆脱某人;
be laid on one's back 卧病在床
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