eg. 他的学习效率很高，因为他能够在课堂上全神贯注地听讲。
（短语：be efficient in sth. / in class / the lecture）
译：He is very efficient in learning, for he can focus all his attention on the lecture in class.
2、to fill a special place in one’s life ：在某人的生命中占有特殊地位
eg. 青春最遗憾的莫过于抓不住未来幸福中占主导地位的东西。
（短语：the saddest thing about youth / failure to take hold of )
译：The saddest thing about youth is the failure to take hold of what will fill a leading place in
one’s future happiness.
3、without fail ：必定;总是
eg. 成功总是眷顾那些不畏艰险勇往直前的人。
（短语：care for / regardless of / hardships and dangers / keep moving ahead ）
译：Success cares, without fail, for those who keep moving ahead regardless of hardships and
dangers.
4、to forbid… from… ：禁止······做······
eg. 使她感到极为惊讶的是，越不想让儿子做什么，他就越想做什么。
（短语：much to one’s surprise / be eager to do something）
译：Much to her surprise, the more his son is forbidden from doing something, the more eager he
is to do it.
扩展：明令禁止······做······: to ban … from…
禁止······做······: to prohibit … from…
阻止······做······: to prevent … from…
阻碍······做······: to hinder … from…
eg. 学生在宿舍里吸烟的情况屡禁不止，这让校方极为头疼。
（短语：in the dormitories / fail again and again to do sth. / a great headache for sb.）
译：It is a great headache for the school to fail again and again to forbid the students from smoking
in dormitories.
5、to sport patches of gray ：显露斑斑灰白
eg. 夏去秋来,苹果园呈现出片片成熟的景象,散发着阵阵果香。
（短语：give way to / apple orchard / patches of ripeness / send out / spells of fruity smell ） 译：With summer giving way to autumn, the apple orchard sports patches of ripeness, and sends
out spells of fruity smell.
6、more than ：十分;不止是
eg. 这道菜最合我的口味，因为它不是一般的好吃。
（短语：the dish of food / be to one’s taste / delicious ）
译：This dish of food is most to my taste, for it is more than delicious.
7、to vanish into ：消失
eg. 人最大的失败是看着自己一生的努力化为乌有。
（短语：the failure of one’s failures / one’s lifelong effort / vanish into void）
译：The failure of one’s failures is to see one’s lifelong effort vanish into void.
8、to compress … into …：把······压缩成······
eg. 他千言万语汇成一句话:他对你的爱一如既往。
（短语：all one’s words / one’s love for sb. / remain what sth. has ever been ）
译：All his words are compressed into one sentence——His love for you remains what it has ever
been.