1. It is sometimes beset with …   有时候会有…的境遇/会有…相伴
2. Nothing short of a … can help …   唯有…才能/全靠…才能够
3. Rolling on non-stop for thousands upon thousands of miles.    一泻千里
4. Fare likewise. 正如这样                   
5. Now … , now … 有时…，有时…
6. Better able to generate in oneself a sensation of …   更能让人产生一种…之感
7. … is now confronted with a … section of its course.   …现在正遭遇进程上的一段…
8. … , however, can only be shared by …     而…，只有…样的人才可体会到
9. The present … crisis can never obstacle the advance of …    目前的…危机绝不会阻碍…的进步
10. Let us brace up our spirits and march through … 让我们鼓起雄健的精神… 11. The greatest joy of …, is to … during its most difficult days. 在最艰难的日子里…，亦是最大的乐趣 12. Grow restless 变得焦躁不安           Beg to differ  恕不同意/持反对意见 13. Dash here and there in search of … 跑来跑去的寻找 14. He is going to … so that he could …   他决定…以便… 15. … is not groundless because …    …并非空害怕/没依据，因为… 16. Keep moving around in a hurry   慌慌张张地走/跑 17. What’s the rush?    为何这般慌？/怎么这么着急？ 18. Behind … lay half a dozen of … near …    注意学习地理方位和位置的表述 19. look like rain, yet, to our great joy …     [口语]像是要下雨，然而让我们高兴的是… 20. which of you could …     你们谁能……？(别用who了，太土了！！) 21. they are most beloved in one aspect. 有一点最受人爱/有一点最为可贵 22. Unlike … , which … , … it just … to …  不像…的…一样，它只是…，来… 23. You can never immediately tell whether or not it … until … 你不能立刻判断它是否…，非得等到… 24. One should be useful rather than great or nice-looking. 应该成为有用的人，而不是伟大或体面的人 25. Engraved in my mind.   深深地刻在脑海 26. … is a household name all over the country.  ……是家喻户晓/名遍全国的。 27. … is always on the lips because … 把…天天挂在嘴上，因为… 28. What’s the use of being … ……又有什么用/有什么必要呢？ 29. Uttered intermittently.   断断续续地说 30. Never calculating or particular about personal gains and losses. 不计较个人得失 31. Honor … with a posthumous reverent … 追授…一个…的谥号/称号 32. Become more and more … with the passing of time. 随着时间的流逝变得越来越……/越久越…… 33. Never give up the pursuit of … 不要放弃… / 不要放弃对…的追求 34. Out of sheer necessity. 仅仅为了需要 / 纯粹因为需要 35. Be free to follow your own bent. 可以依自己的喜好去… / 自由自在地去追求自己的喜好 36. Be in the prime of life. 正当盛年 / 年富力强 37. … will soon be gone never to return. 一去不复返。 38. Be in one’s declining years.  风烛残年 / 精力衰微之时 39. As a means of subsistence. 作为生计 / 为了吃饭 / 作为谋生的手段 40. Remedy the situation by …   用……来补救 41. Come up against the urgent problem of …   ……问题急需解决 42. How can one manage to … while …  人怎么能在…的同时还…呢？ 43. Cut down on food and clothing and do everything possible to … 节衣缩食想尽办法去…… 44. Time is no object. 时间不是问题。 45. … will be quite enough to make … a …   …足够让一个…成为…了 46. The choice lies with you.  选择权在你们手里。 47. Henrik Ibsen says, “it is your supreme duty to cast yourself into a useful implement.”  你最大的责任是把你这块材料铸造成器。 48. Forsake … , and you will ruin yourself.   抛弃…， 你便毁了你自己。 49. To go into scholarship, to engage in learning.  做学问 50. the only things of some value under my roof, if any, are …在我屋子里唯一贵重的东西就是… 51. Entertain ambition of making a profound study of …     怀有对……做一番高深研究的野心 52. It seemed that … can better satisfy … than …     …比…更能满足…的需要 53. At one sitting. 一口气地… 54. It is completely subjected to the whims of the moment.    全凭当时的兴趣和念头。 55. Liken myself respectively to … 把我自己比作…… 56. Thread-bound Chinese book. 线装书 57. My obsession of … have been very much on a decline.   我对……的狂热/着迷消除了不少。 58. To eat into one’s whole pocket.     花掉某人所有的钱。 59. But not all acquaintances are friends.  不是所有认识的都是朋友。 60. Have more scruples about this and that.  对身边的一切都有更多的顾虑。 61. We each followed a different course of life. 我们各自过着不同的生活。 62. Be bound to.  必然，一定会。            Somehow or other.  设法，莫名其妙地
63. … of bygone days will unfold again before one’s eyes. 过去的…又重新浮现在某人眼前。 64. In bloom of one’s youth. 在某人盛年的时候 / 在生命中最华美的时刻 65. Unwittingly 不知不觉地，无意识地 66. Fritter away. 渐渐地消失 / 慢慢地消耗 / 一点点地浪费 67. In twos and threes.  三三两两，零零星星 68. Negotiate shoals and reefs / deserts and gorges  跋涉（越过）礁石浅滩 / 荒漠峡谷 69. Be reduced to … as the last resort. 被逼到做……的地步，被迫干……为生 70. Foot passenger.  步行的人，行人 71. It stands to reason that …   …也是合情合理的/显而易见的 72. Can ill afford to do something.   无法承受…… 73. If it is beyond one’s capacity to single-handedly stem the prevailing of social evils, one should at least be self-disciplined so as not to make matters worse.  74. Pedantic view of bookish person. 酸腐的书生之见 75. Cool your heels。  坐冷板凳，空等 76. All that kills my idea of … 那足以让我打消……的念头 77. A good man always enjoys Heaven’s protection. 吉人天相 78. Misfortune never comes singly   祸不单行 79. Heaven always leaves one a way out.  天无绝人之路 80. Be in reduced circumstance. 每况愈下 / 光景惨淡 81. After some wavering, 犹豫一阵之后 / 犹豫不决了一阵 82. Talk somebody out of it(something), 劝说某人不做某事 83. Smart aleck 自作聪明的人/ 自作聪明的 84. Chip in 插嘴，打断，捐助，出钱    stroll about 游逛，游荡，闲游 85. Be watchful on the way,  路上警惕些，旅途当心 86. It is certainly no problem for a person of my age to …  对于我这样年纪 / 我这么大的人来说，……是没问题的 87. A strenuous job: 紧张的/费力的/艰苦的差使 88. Skullcap 无沿小帽，圆帽     Mandarin jacket 马褂      cotton-padded 填充棉絮的 89. Huddle up 蜷缩，挤成一团     Corpulent 肥胖的 90. Gush from涌出，不断流出   trickle 滴，淌，细流   ooze  渗出，淌出 91. Make an enormous exertion to … 尽全力做…… 92. Pat the dirt off one’s clothes  拍去/掸去身上的尘土 93. until his figure was lost among crowds of people hurrying to and fro and no longer visible. 直到他的身影消失在来往的人群中，再也遍寻不见了。 94. live an unsettled life.  过着颠簸不定的日子 / 东奔西走 95. … with circumstances going from bad to worse.   一日不如一日 / 每况愈下 96. His pent-up emotion has to find a vent.   情郁于中，自然要发之于外。 97. the state of … filled somebody with a feeling of …   ……的境况让人…… 98. downcast  沮丧，颓废，颓唐 99.  domestic triviality = household chores 家庭琐事        long gown  长袍，长衫 100.  Frown upon the way …    不赞同……的方式 / 对…的方式颇有微词 101.  Like a drop of water falling off a needle point into the ocean.  如针尖上的水滴入大海里 102.  Quietly drip into the haste stream of time without leaving a trace.  汇入时间的洪流，杳无音迹 103.  What is gone is gone. What is to come keeps coming.   去的已然去了，来的尽管来着 104.  Edge away softly and stealthily   悄悄溜走，偷偷开溜 105.  The fixed gaze of the eyes when lost in reverie   沉思时的凝望 106.  Withstand the wear and tear of time.  经得住时间的磨洗 / 难以磨灭 107.  Still remain engraved on one’s mind.   依然深刻地印在脑里 108.  Either as a hired hand on contract or as a odd jobber.  或者做包工，或者打零工 109.  with toothed blade  带锯齿口的（hatchet, chisel, saw, drill and plane, 斧，凿，锯，钻和刨子） 110.  … is a real eye-opener to me. ……让我大开眼界 111.  Bolt upright 笔直地， 端端正正地 112.  He is a real agreeable person.  他非常平易近人 113.  the well-meaning remarks of an affectionate father.  (那只是)一个疼爱子女的父亲的好意 114.  Shrug off one’s words as childish nonsense.  不屑于某人的话，当成小孩子的胡说 115.  Risk one’s own life in doing … 冒着生命危险做…… / 拿命换…… 116.  Empty of  缺乏 / 把…洗劫一空，把…拿空 117.  His eyes closed for good. 他永远地闭上了眼睛 118.  One should be content with one’s lot.  一个人就要安分守己 / 认命 119.  All that seems accidental, and also seems predestined.  一切都似偶然，一切又都似注定的 120.  Come to realize still more fully the significance of … 更深切地感受到……的重要 121.  Repay one’s kindness. 报答某人 122.  Draw a line of demarcation between … and … 在…与…间划清界限 123.  Pitch darkness. 沥青黑，漆黑一片 124.  The rain continue to fall ,the long night wears on amidst its dripping sound. 雨声继续着，长夜在雨滴声中缓缓前行。 125.  Nothing whatever can hold it up.  没有什么可以阻止它 126.  Throw clouds of spray embodying love and hate, and happiness and sorrow. 投下喜怒哀乐的
云翳 127.  Like everybody else,   和其他人一样 128.  I live in this world for the purpose of … 我来到这个世界的目的是…… 129.  I don’t know what the future has in store for me.   我不知道未来还有什么东西在等待着我 130.  Twenty odd 二十多，   ten odd years 十多年 （odd的用法！） 131.  There is at first no roads at all and that a road is created simply by the treading of passers-by.  世界上本没有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。 132.  This quotation reflects aptly the true meaning of … 这段引用恰当地表达了……的真意 133.  Bring the enemy sure death without drawing their blood.  不一定要流仇敌的血，但却置之于死地 134.  Bask in the sunshine under a clean sky    在晴空下晒太阳 135.  … just serves to increase his stamina and strengthen his mind. …只会增强他的力量和意志 136.  As the rain ceased to patter.  雨渐渐止了。 137.  The crescent new moon.  新月         Grape trellis 葡萄架 138.  At (long) last.   最后，最终 139.  Interwoven  / intermingle   相互交织/相互交融 140.  To think that… !    真没想到……！ 141.  To think to oneself…  一个人暗自在想…… 142.  To point one’s finger at … 有指责某人之意 143.  Go round the bend 发疯，发狂，变得歇斯底里 144.  A star-studded sky.  繁星点点的夜空 145.  Make-believe  虚幻的，伪装的   a make-believe world   虚幻的世界 146.  The splendor and magnificence of the scene is beyond all description.  那壮丽与新奇简直说不尽了 147.  do my bit to make a still better place of my country. 尽自己一份力，把祖国建设得更美好 148.  At the heels of … 紧跟在……的后面 149.  Keep Early hours.   早睡早起      Kerosene lamp  煤油灯 150.  With an irresistible inner urge to unbosom oneself.   不吐不快的倾诉 151.  Wishy-washy  空泛的，淡而无味的，水分多的 152.  Rambling through … 在…漫步            specks of mud  泥点，斑点 153.  Come across … 无意中发现，偶遇 154.  cast away.  被丢掉，遗弃，失事    Let out + sound, 发出……声音       155.  Fickle man 薄幸的男人，浪子     frivolous woman   水性杨花的女人，轻佻女子 156.  Be trodden down upon by the wayside … 在路旁任人践踏 157.  Sprinkle 撒，播撒，少量   Strew   散播，洒满，零星散布 158.  Pluck out a white hair from mother’s head.   从母亲头上拔下一根白发 159.  But it is … that has been the cause of … 但…才一直是…的原因 160.  (Chinese) Inkwash Painting  水墨画      Seal Carving 篆刻    TCM 中草药/中医 161.  The gentle waves licking at the shores give forth a humming sound like that of fish in shoals.   舐岸的微波吐出群鱼喋噏的声韵。 162.  All that forebode a …  所有的都预示着一场…… 163.  Crematory = crematorium  火葬场      Scribble 乱画，潦草地书写 164.  Every nook and corner of … 每一个角落，到处 165.  Shy away from … 回避，躲避，退缩 166.  Complicated and multifaceted.   复杂而多层次的，难以解析的 167.  Just fancy that … 只要想想…… / 真想不到…… 168.  In contrast with … in its entirety, … is a mere drop in the ocean.跟…整体相比，…不过是沧海一粟 169.  Words fail me where silent smiles and tears well express my innermost feelings.   言语是不够的，只有独自微笑或落泪才能把内心的感受表现的更外面一些。 170.  I shall fail to do justice to … if I should do no more than … 倘若只让我…，那我就没法真正地… 171.  Be too much of … 太多了，太过于……了 172.  It smacks of … 这带点……的味道 / 有些许……的气息 173.  Enjoy a perfect inner calm, free from any desire or fear.  内心平静，无欲无求(惧) 174.  Retain stillness in the midst of motion.  动中有静 175.  While A have to turn to …, … will be more than adequate for B.  A必须要……，而B只需……就够了。 176.  Embody natural in the midst of artificial.  在人为中显出自然 177.  Neither too crowd nor too secluded.   既不太拥挤也不太僻静 178.  A stone’s throw.  几步远，一箭之地       Put forth.  提出，发表，开花，发芽 179.  Be naturally drawn to … 自然而然地被……吸引 180.  Morning glory.  牵牛花， Trumpet Creeper  喇叭花，  Marvel-of-Peru  紫茉莉/草茉莉 181.  China pink / Indian Pink  石竹，    hyacinth bean  扁豆 182.  Present a scene of poetic charm   如诗如画 / 饱含诗意的美 183.  Bring people into closer contact with nature by … 拉近了人与自然的距离 184.  A carefree life.  无忧无虑的日子 185.  To adapt … to real life.  把……应用到真实生活中来，把……付诸现实
186.  Night-Blooming cereuses  昙花    seedling  秧苗，幼苗 187.  Shed tears over……   因……而悲痛 188.  Flowers and plants grow in luxuriance.  花草繁茂 189.  Weather through。 度过（困难阶段） 190.  Get the hang of … 熟悉……的用法，摸清……的情况，理解某事 191.  Keyed up， 紧张的，兴奋的，动员起来的 192.  Abandon … to their own fate.  任其自生自灭 193.  Felt 毡，毡制品  felt blanket  羊毛毯/毛毡毯 194.  The Loess Plateau   黄土高原 195.  Uncultivated virgin area  未开垦的处女领域 196.  Man’s triumph over Nature   人类对大自然的胜利 / 人定胜天 197.  As flat as a whetstone   光滑如磨刀石 198.  Were it not for … 要不是…， 如果不是… 199.  The sight of the scene will probably call up inside you a string of ... 此情此景莫不让人联想到…… 200.  So much so that … 到这样的程度以至于……/如此，以致…… 201.  For my part.  就我而言，对我来说，我认为 202.  I cannot keep myself from … 我实在忍不住要……/我无法不…… 203.  Much less … 更不用说……， 更何况于 204.  Trudge through.  跋涉，步履艰难地走 205.  Simplicity, earnestness, dauntlessness and unyieldingness.  质朴，诚恳，英勇无畏，坚强不屈 206.  How could you fail to … 你怎能不……？难道你会不……？ 207.  Be the symbolic of the spirit and will of … 成为……精神和意志的象征 208.  Bursting with vitality  生命力极强，有坚韧的生命力 209.  Capable of surviving any hardship or oppression.  折磨不了，压迫不倒，顽强地活着 210.  I pay tribute to …  我赞美/歌颂…… 211.  be loud in someone's praise    极力称赞/赞扬 某人 212.  Knowing no one who I could approach with my questions and my doubts, I turned to God; 213.  Always have something to recommend himself.  总有可取之处，总有闪光点 214.  Make light of … 轻视，藐视，不在意…… 215.  Onetime capital。 故都。            Muddle along  得过且过，混日子，浑浑噩噩 216.  Unlike famous flowers which are most attractive when half opening, good wine which is most tempting when one is half drunk, autumn, however, is best appreciated at its entirety.  秋不是名花，也不是美酒，那一种半开、半醉的状态，在领略秋的过程上，是不合适的。 217.  Put somebody in mind of … 让某人回忆起/记起…… 218.  Reed catkin 芦花，  willow catkin 柳絮，  chirping insects 鸣虫，  reverberating bell  钟声 219.  Be of itself， 自发(流露)，自然而然地        well up 涌出，表达，流露 220. The clouds roll towards the west and the sun come out in the sky  云卷，天空放晴~~~ 221.  Creep up on. 爬上，悄悄降临，不知不觉地到来 222.  Thorny jujube tree  酸枣树   persimmon  tree  柿子树 223.  History treats all humans alike.  历史是公平的 224.  With a slight touch of regret at the passing of time.  伤怀时光的消逝 225.  In spite of oneself… 不由自主地 226.  Woman’s only career lies in matrimony. —— Lin Yutang.  女人唯一的事业便是结婚。 227.  ……? That sounds like the chicken-egg question.  ……呢？这好比先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题。 228.  Thinking the matter over and over again, I cannot but come to the conclusion that …  229.  Neither … nor … has anything to recommend itself.  ……不好，……也不好。 230.  Petticoat influence  裙带关系， 姻亲影响 231.  Meanness and ruthlessness   卑鄙冷酷，残忍无情 232.  It means nothing to …, but it is everything to …  对某人微不足道，对另外人却是全部/命根 233.  Look askance at … 斜眼看，瞟（常带有怀疑，鄙夷，厌恶等情绪） 234.  Hang about， 聚在一起，闲逛，游荡，待在某人身边 235.  Bounded duty  本分，天职，应尽的义务 236.  Keep body and soul together    仅仅能维持生存 237.  Gulp down 狼吞虎咽地吃，忍住，强抑住 238.  Guardian gods to Buddha  金刚。 239.  Herculean strength  力大无比，神力  Hercules  力士，大力神 240.  All the answers turned out to be wide of the mark   答案完全不对，离谱。 241.  Likewise, one who has never gone through the baptism of romantic love will have little genuine knowledge of life. 没有受过浪漫的恋爱洗礼的人生，不算真人生。 242.  Mencius says, “The desire for food and sex is nature.”  孟子曰，食色性也。 243.  If one remains a lifelong stranger to love, how can he thoroughly understand life?  一个一生不恋爱的人，又如何能够了解人生？ 244.  At an opportune moment.   在恰当的时机 245.  Carnal desire 肉欲       Platonic love  纯爱