介词by后面的部分,常表示借由方式,by handing out garlic in church and observing who did not eat it借由在教堂内分发大蒜并观察谁不吃它来确认谁是吸血鬼。By的后面还可以接单个的词,表示以为工具,如:They crossed the river by ferry.(他们乘渡船过了河。)
十八世纪的大恐慌终于在奥地利女王马丽德瑞莎宣告吸血鬼不存在,而且禁止开棺之后结束。(One major scare in the 1700s only died out when Austrias Empress Marie Theresa declared that vampires did not exist, and banned the opening of graves.)
scare做动词是惊吓,使恐惧的意思,做名词就表示大恐慌,如:There was a rabies scare in town.(城里发生了狂犬病恐慌。)
die out在这里可不是指人的死亡,而是表示某种风潮的逐渐消失、灭绝,如:Many old customs have died out.(许多旧的风俗已不复存在。)
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have a reputation for sth.
某人因某事而闻名,人尽皆知。
The store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.
该店买卖公平,声誉极佳。
所谓好事不出门,坏事传千里,更多的人常因坏事而出名,如:
Michael has a reputation for being difficult to work with, but I think he is fairly easy-going.
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