Ø exert oneself to do sth 努力,使劲
　　 exerted all my strength to move the box.
　　 使出我全身力气去搬这个箱子
　　 Ø expect…of 在…期望…
　　 Most of the parents expect much of their children.
　　 大多数父母都对自己的子女寄予很大希望。
　　 Ø at the expense/cost of 以…为牺牲
　　 A reduction in price can never be made at the expense of quality.
　　 降低价格的同时，并不以牺牲质量为代价。
　　 Ø expose…to…使暴露于…, 使…受(危险,风险)
　　 to expose one’s skin to the sun
　　 把皮肤暴露在阳光下
　　 Ø beyond expression (=in a manner that cannot be expressed) 无法形容, 说不出的
　　 If we did, our young lives were prized beyond expression.
　　 Ø give expression to sth 表达, 表现
　　 You can give expression to your personal thoughts and feelings most fluently through the written word.
　　 Ø find expression in sth 在...中表现出
　　 Her concern has now found expression in the new environmental protection act.
　　 Ø to some extent 某种程度上, (多少)有一点
　　 To some extent this was the truth.
　　 Ø in the extreme (= extremely) 极其
　　 The capital is in the extreme south of the country.
　　 Ø look sb in the eye 正视, 打量(某人)
　　 Not able to look her in the eye, I dropped my gaze to her feet.
　　 Ø look into the future 展望未来
　　 Enjoy the time of youth. And look into the future!
　　 Ø in one’s mind’s eye 在心目中, 在想象中
　　 Ask your angel to travel with you to those places in your mind’s eye.
　　 Ø in the twinkling [5twiNkliN] of an eye 一眨眼,转眼间
　　 In the twinkling of an eye, I’m already over 50 years old.
　　 Ø keep an eye on (=keep a watch on)照看,监视
　　 I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time.
　　 Ø in the eyes of adv.在...心目中
　　 IN the eyes of most westerners, whose own brats tend to be free-range and attention-seeking, Japanese school children are a quiet and attentive lot.
　　 Ø on the face of it (=judging by what one can see) 表面看来
　　 On the face of it, the problem seems minor.
　　 单从表面上判断，这个问题似乎较小
　　 Ø in the face of 面对着(困难等情况)
　　 He succeeded in the face of great difficulties.
　　 尽管有巨大的困难，但他成功了。
　　 Ø in one’s face在某人的脸上;
　　 The scruple expresses in her face.
　　 Ø face to face（常与with连用）面对面地
　　 I rashed out of the office and found myself face-to-face with the boss.
　　 "我冲出办公室,面对面地碰上了老板。"
　　 Ø face up to 大胆面对
　　 She must face upto the fact that she is nolonger young. 她必须正视她已不再年轻这一事实。