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1．leave sb. the choice of … or … 要么……，要么…… ★（選擇類經(jīng)典句）
Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject submission.
敵人冷酷無情/鐵石心腸，我們要么頑強(qiáng)抵抗，要么屈膝投降。
The age of 30s leaves you the choice of marriage or remaining a bachelor.
年過三十，要么成婚，要么單身。
2．be the instrument of sth. 引來某事物的人或事★（使動(dòng)類經(jīng)典句）
The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have the blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against them.
全國(guó)同胞都在關(guān)注我們，如果我們有幸能夠拯救他們脫離強(qiáng)加于身的暴政/把他們從強(qiáng)加于身的暴政中解救出來，那將得到他們的祝福和贊頌。
他所建立的組織最終使他垮了臺(tái)
The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall.
能夠讓你幸福，我愿意付出我的一切。
If I can be the instrument of your happiness, I will sacrifice all my belongings.
3．it was the memories of 追溯到……★（回憶類經(jīng)典句）
Perhaps it was the memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which were considered turning points in their nations’ development.
追溯到1964年?yáng)|京及1988年漢城舉辦的奧運(yùn)會(huì)，可能分別被視為日韓兩國(guó)發(fā)展的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)。
4．on the premise / ground / prerequisite / proposition / hypothesis / presupposition that 基于一個(gè)前提……★（假設(shè)類經(jīng)典句）
中國(guó)政府在宣布實(shí)行和平統(tǒng)一的方針時(shí)，是基于一個(gè)前提，即當(dāng)時(shí)的臺(tái)灣當(dāng)局堅(jiān)持世界上只有一個(gè)中國(guó)，臺(tái)灣是中國(guó)的一部分。
The Chinese proclaimed/declared to adopt/implement the policy of peaceful reunification on the premise that the then Taiwan authorities maintained that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is only one part of China.
Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall.
對(duì)投資者的建議是以利率會(huì)繼續(xù)下跌為根據(jù)的。
5．be bound to 必定……；一定……★（意愿類經(jīng)典句）
西部大開發(fā)一定能成為溝通世界各國(guó)和中國(guó)的一座橋梁，促進(jìn)中國(guó)和世界經(jīng)濟(jì)共同發(fā)展，共同繁榮。
The Great Western Development is bound to be a bridge between China and the rest world, promoting the common economic development and prosperity of China and the world at large.
Just wars are bound to triumph over wars of aggression.
正義戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)必然要戰(zhàn)勝侵略戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
6．a matter of sth./doing sth. 與……有關(guān)的情況或問題★（描述類經(jīng)典句）
Considering the following statements, made by the same man eight years apart. “Eventually, being ‘poor’ won’t be as much a matter of living in a poor country as it will be a matter of having poor skills.”
請(qǐng)思考一下同一個(gè)人現(xiàn)在及八年前說的話。“說到底，‘貧窮’與其說是生活在貧窮的國(guó)家里，還不如說是技藝不精。”
Dealing with these problems is all a matter of experience.
處理這些問題全憑經(jīng)驗(yàn)。
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