9just as good/bad/big etcEQUALequally as good, bad, big etc 和…一样好/坏/大等
Brad is just as good as the others.
布拉德和其他人一样好。
I love this country just as much as you do.
我和你一样热爱这个国家。
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just as good/bad/big etc• And you men and half of Terminus as well are just as bad.• At home it was just as bad.• Now Allan Ahlberg has written two more stories about the same skeletons, and they're just as good.• People accuse the whites of being prejudiced, but blacks can be just as bad.• Virginia says sending them to a sistertrainingprogram it has established at nearby Mary Baldwin College is just as good.• It was just as good a place as any to get away from Julius for a while.• I would say the topteams are just as good, but the lesser teams have caught up a little bit.• Or something else, just as bad, could happen.
10just have to do somethingused to say that someone has to do something because nothing else is possible 〔别无选择而〕只好做某事
We’ll just have to watch and see what happens.
我们只好静观事态的发展。
You just have to accept things and get on with your life.
你只能接受事实,继续过日子。
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just have to do something• You can have it right back if you want it, you just have to ask.• We just have to do some more throatswabs.• My uncle said that now we ha-ha just have to do this.• She would just have to get out and walk.• I just have to get somewhere soon to sleep.• You don't just have tolisten to stories.• That's the trouble with doing all these films and tellies - you just have toremember a little bit for a short take.• Sometimes you just have to tell people what s best for them.
11not just anyused to emphasize that you are talking about a particular thing or person that is especially good or important 不是随便哪一种〔强调所提到的是特别好或重要的事物或人〕
For the best results, use olive oil. Not just any olive oil, mind – only the finest quality will do.
要获得最佳效果就要使用橄榄油。注意,不是随便哪一种橄榄油都可以,只有质量最好的才行。
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not just any• Mr Hellyer was not just anyadult.• A., not just any burg.• Which is good because this is not just any old brothel.• And not just any old envelope, but a special luxurybrand with a griffinwatermark.• But then Tim Robbins is not just any old moviestar.• But Starr is not just anyprosecutor, and this is not just any case.• But Microsoft was not just anysoftwaredeveloper.
12would just as soonPREFERif you would just as soon do something, you would prefer to do it 宁愿,宁可
I’d just as soon stay at home – I don’t really enjoy parties.
我宁愿留在家里,我不大喜欢参加派对。
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would just as soon• I'd just as soon ride with you, if that's okay.• The dismissal of such people would stir up controversy the presidentwould just as soonavoid.• Fiercely individualistic, Texaswould just as soon give back the Alamo as institute a state tax.• And they would just as soon I was not there.• After all, he delivers oil to you and would just as soon keep doing it.• Absorbing Costs Self-defeatingtechniquesyieldconsequences that most organizations would just as soon not deal with.• And a lot of them would just as soon not get this junk e-mail.
13may just/might justPOSSIBLEmight possibly 可能,也许
You could try Renee. She might just know where they live now.
你问勒妮试试看,她可能知道他们现在住哪儿。
It may just have been a coincidence.
也许那只是个巧合。
14not just yetNOWnot now, but probably soon 此刻尚未,可能很快
I can’t leave just yet. I’ve still got a couple of letters to write.
我这会儿还不能走,我还有几封信要写。
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not just yet• I can't leave just yet. I've still got a couple of e-mails to send.• He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon, but not just yet.• In duecourse she would dispose of it, but not just yet.• No problem, she was told, you can have it - but not just yet.• Tom Tavey was nice, but no, not just yet.
15just because ... it doesn’t meanALTHOUGHused to say that, although one thing is true, another thing is not necessarily true 不能因为…就,尽管…也不可以
Just because you’re older than me, it doesn’t mean you can tell me what to do.
不能因为你岁数比我大,就可以把我呼来喝去。
SPOKEN PHRASES
16just a minute/second/moment
a)WAITused to ask someone to wait for a short time while you do something 请稍等〔用于做某事时请别人等一等〕
Just a minute, I’ll see if I can find it for you.
请稍等,我来看看能否帮你找到它。
b)INTERRUPTused to interrupt someone in order to ask them something, disagree with them etc 且慢〔用于打断别人的话,以询问某事或表示不同意等〕
Just a minute! How do I know you’re not telling me a pack of lies?
且慢!我怎么知道你对我不是谎话连篇呢?
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just a minute/second/moment• I wan na wait, wait, wait just a second.• It went dead for just a second.• Neighbourspulled her to safetyjust minutes before flames took hold.• Let's continue the story for just a moment in a ridiculous way.• Just a minute. Let me see if he's here.• It takes just a second: One car plows into another and the backup begins.• Just a minute, that's not what she told us.• For just a moment there, tournamentgolf had taken its toll: Saavedra had lost the head.• Aronoff, who asked to be arraignedtoday, appeared before the media for just minutesThursday to read a briefstatement.• And he had deliberately caught his flight with just minutes to spare.
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a)ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingused when politely asking something or telling someone to do something 〔用于礼貌地请求某事或请某人做某事〕
Could I just say a few words before we start?
开始之前,我能否说几句话?
Would you just explain to us how the system works.
你能否为我们解释一下这个系统是如何运作的?
b)TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingused when firmly telling someone to do something 〔用于严厉地命令某人做某事〕
Look, just shut up for a minute!
喂,把你的嘴闭上一会儿!
Now, just listen to what I’m telling you.
喂,听好我在跟你讲的话。
18it’s just thatREASONused when explaining the reason for something, especially when someone thinks there is a different reason 只是〔用来说明原因,尤其在有人认为另有原因时使用〕
No, I do like Chinese food. It’s just that I’m not hungry.
不,我确实很喜欢中国菜,只是我不饿。
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it’s just that• She says it's because the water is pure from the mountain but she doesn't really believe it's just that.• He's not ugly or anything. It's just that he's too short for me.• Nothing drastic - it's just that his studio is taking on a more Tardis-like appearance than before.• I was not supposed to clean there, it's just that I lovereading and sometimes I feel starved.• Business or hatred, there's something that stays the same - it's just that person; just about him.• But I think it's just that the winterweather keeps the birds away.• Or maybe it's just that there is a course that teaches advertising and marketing, which is relatively new in itself.• Maybe it's just that those who don't look don't survive to tell the tale.• Perhaps it's just that we don't have enough of those long, thingranitecracks.
b)especially British EnglishBrENOW at this moment 现在,眼下
We’re busy just now – can you come back later?
我们现在很忙,你过一会儿再来好吗?
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just now• "Have you seen Carl?'' "I just this minutehung up on him.''• I myself had started something of a relationship with her just now.• Maybe the maids would have left some of the roomsopen, if there was nobodystaying in them just now.• Didn't I just this minute tell you to tidy your room!• He's in the showerjust now.• But the gentleman will not take no for an answer, and even tried to pushpast me just now.• The man, whose helpinghand he had just now been the recipient of, was immediately behind him.• Sorry, I'm busyjust now - can I call you later?• When I was in Marcus just now he was normal.• She just now left, so she should be home by six.• That betraying look in her eyes in the cloakroomjust nowmust have told him he'd won again.• Sandy was on the Internetjust now, that's why the phone was busy.• Her own eyes were a muddygreen, and just now they were spittingfire, like a little cat.• I'm not sure what show it is. I just nowturned the TV on.
20just think/imagine/lookIMAGINEused to tell someone to imagine or look at the same thing that you are imagining or looking at 且想想/想象一下/且看看
Just think – in a week we’ll be lying on a beach in the sun!
想想吧,一星期后我们就躺在沙滩上晒太阳了!
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just think/imagine/look• I promised myself I was just looking.• I will spend that day in a field of blacksmokers, just looking.• I just think an organization like this should be hearing how the board thinks.• I get a headachejust looking at a cookbook.• Similarly, you should not just look at the eyes or ears when there may be a problem here.• Anyway, I just thought I'd write to suggest that we meet up at some point.• We just thought - obviously very stupidly - that you might be working on something together.• I just thought something that was see through maybe on that wall would.
21it’s/that’s just as wellLUCKYused to say that it is fortunate that something is true or happened because otherwise there would be problems 幸亏,幸而
It’s just as well we’d prepared everything beforehand.
幸亏我们事先把一切都准备好了。
22isn’t she just/aren’t they just etcold-fashionedAGREE used to strongly agree with something someone has said about a person or thing 没错,的确〔对某人的话表示强烈赞同〕
‘He’s a selfish, rude, ignorant man!’ ‘Isn’t he just!’
他是个自私、粗鲁又无知的家伙!” “可不是嘛!”
23just so
a)TIDYwith everything arranged neatly and tidily 井然有序,有条不紊
Her house always has to be just so.
她的房子总是井井有条的。
b)old-fashionedYESAGREE used to say yes or agree with something 对;是这样;正是如此
‘You should have beaten them, shouldn’t you?’ ‘Just so.’
“你本来应该赢他们的,是不是?” “就是嘛。”
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just so• Her house always has to be just so.• Because is just soexpensive and you know, foodattracts residents.• It just so happens that this regionincludes the heartland of Charles the Bald's kingdom.• He pressesjust so hard, no harder.• Tamayo swears he comes in at 8 a. m. every day just so he can work out.• Did you write to me just so I could agree with you?• Life can last just so long, you understand.• There were just so many animals around.
just• He's just a kid. Don't be so hard on him.• There would be nothing in the Rory Collins thing, she knew that, it was just a wildflirtation.• I just can't believe it.• His car hit a wall, but he escaped with just cuts and bruises.• I was just going to bed, he said.• I just got off the phone with Mrs. Kravitz.• Can you wait five minutes? I just have to iron this.• I just heard the news! Congratulations!• I just made it to class on time.• At the moment we're just making enough money to cover our costs.• "Were there a lot of people there?" "No, just me and David."• "Can I speak to Tonyplease?'' "Sorry, you've justmissed him.''• He started his own small shop - at first justsellingnewspapers, then books and magazines.• I suppose it's just something that I've learned to live with.• He said he was leaving her and proceeded to do just that!• "Does everyone have to wear uniform?" "No, just the first year students."• He and his brother are just the same -- lazy.• No doubt there are many, but I would like to single out just three.• I didn't mean to interfere - I was just trying to help.• Treephysiology and dendrochronology are just two of the possibleapplications for portable computer tomography.• Could I just use your phone for a minute?• I think she just wanted someone to talk to.• A new handbag! That's just what I wanted.• I'm not surejust who you mean.
just the thing• You could tell from the eagerness of her smile that a war would be just the thing.• Once, he had considered its aged look as just the thing, after the fashion of the Boston CrackedShoe look.• Knowles' cures were just the thing, and the price never compounded the ailment.• That's just the thing for the fancy-dress parade!• That's just the thing I was looking for.• For him at that moment, the show was not just the thing, it was the priority.• It sounds just the thing - like fate, really, after what you were saying.• A cup of hotchocolate would be just the thing right now.• Yet, if you show people the ad, they will tell you just the things that the strategy was looking for.• It is all good fun and just the thing to encourage not-especially-musical people to discover that realsingers make everything sound great.
just before/after/over etc• He turned, just before going airside.• Congressapproved it just before it adjourned last year.• It had been taken in Marbella, just before Renée's death.• A certaintension is present, like the atmosphere in a theater just before the curtain goes up.• The family fled to Hong Kong just after the War, when the Communists were coming to power.
just enough• Dropouts from drama school who had learned just enough about theatricality to make a nuisance of themselves.• Mainly New Zealand wool was used for which just enoughforeigncurrency was released to buy the minimumimmediaterequirement.• Between Rudolfo and the gamekeeper there's just enough of the land being cultivated for it not to be confiscated.• There will be just enough time for some semblance of the democratic process within the party to operate.• Not enough to start a war; just enough to let me stand my ground without having to think about it first.• Don't over-fill kettles - heatjust enough water for your needs.• In any case, he shook it through a sieve to fix its grainsize and addedjust enough water.