词组 | Within |
释义 | Within 1 在……之内(指时间): Please wait for me here,I shall be back within ten minutes. 请在这里等我,我10分钟内就回来。 I want to see him within the next three days. 我想在这三天里见到他。 We shall arrive at the hotel within half an hour if we take the taxi. 如果我们坐出租车,我们将在半个小时内到达旅馆。 在……之内(指地点): Alice kept within her house all day long and never went out. 爱丽丝整天呆在家里,总也不出来。 John’s house is within half an hour’s drive to the station. 约翰家离车站开车半个小时就到。 They lived within easy reach of London. 他们住在距离伦敦不远的地方。 在……之范围内(指范围): His guess is within the range of possibility. 他的猜测是在可能范围以内的。 Our expenses should be within our income. 我们的花费应当不超过我们的收入。 I can tell you the amount to within a few shillings. 我可以告诉你总数,其差异上下不会超过几先令。 ◆ 本词也是副词,词义为: 在内;在内部Beauty without and foulness within are not advisable. 外美内丑是不可取的。 Please come in,there is no other within. 请进吧,里面没有别人。 In response to our call,a man came out from within. 我们一招呼,一个人从里面走出。 foulness within and beauty without秀外莠中: A man should be superior both within and without,if he is of foulness within and beauty without,people would keep away from him. 人应当内心和外表全都优秀,如果他秀外莠中,人们就都不接近他。 from within 从内部;从里面: Each time the dramatist writes his work,he would lock his door from within to avoid others annoying him. 每当那位剧作家写他的作品时,他总是把房门从里面锁上以免别人打扰他。 keep sth within bounds 使某事物不过度;约束: They keep their requests within bounds,so we grant them promptly. 他们把他们的请求约束到一定范围,所以我们立即应允他们。 keep sth within bounds of reason使某事物不超出理智范围: We should keep our words and deeds within bounds of reason. 我们要使我们的言行不超出理智范围。 keep within one’s depth 1 保持在自己的高度能够到底的限度内: When you swim in an unfamiliar pool,you had better keep within your depth. 当你在一个不熟悉的池塘内游泳时,你最好保持在你的高度能够到底的地方。 保持在自己可能的限度内;做自己力所能及的事情: Keep within your own depth,never go beyond the scope of your ability. 做你自己的能力能够做到的事,不要超出自己的能力范围。 live within oneself 在个人小天地里生活;过着脱离群众的生活: He is of an uncommunicative and eccentric disposition and always lives within himself. 他性情孤僻,总是在个人小天地里生活。 live within one’s income/means量入为出的生活: The family lives within its income,so it becomes prosperous day after day. 那个家庭过着量入为出的生活,所以越来越兴旺。 one’s heart sinks within one 某人意气消沉了: After the man was struck by frequent frustrations,his heart sank within him. 那人在屡次遭受挫折以后,意气消沉了。 run within oneself 跑步时保留一部分余力: Experienced runners always run within themselves so that they can make a dash towards the tape at the end. 有经验的赛跑运动员在跑步时总是保留一部分余力以便在最后时能够向终点线冲刺。 wheels within wheels 错综复杂;事有蹊跷: They appear to be doing this to help their friends,but who knows the real reason—there are wheels within wheels. 他们之所以这样做似乎纯粹是为了帮助朋友,可是谁知道真正原因是什么——内有乾坤呀! within an ace of 离……只差一点;几乎: The drunken driver drove his car so swiftly that his car was within an ace of falling down from a precipice. 那醉酒司机把汽车开得这么快,差一点汽车从悬崖上掉下。 within an inch of 离……只差一点;几乎;He was within an inch of falling into a river when he walked in the dark. 当他在黑暗中行走时,差一点掉在河里。 within an inch of one’s life 差点丧命: Many times the explorer was within an inch of his life during his adventure in the Arctic. 在北极探险时,有许多次那位探险家差点丧命。 within a stone’s throw of 就在……的近前;离……近在咫尺: To his terror,the traveller found that there was a large tiger lying within a stone’s throw of himself. 那旅行者惊骇地发现,他的附近卧着一只大老虎。 within call 听得见呼喊的范围;附近: Please remain within call,there may be something I need you. 请不要走远,我也许有用的着你的事情。 within sb’s compass 某人力所能及: We are grateful to them because they have done us services within their compass. 我们很感激他们,因为他们已经在力所能及的范围内帮了我们许多忙。 within cry (of) 在呼唤能够听得到的地方: Mother always kept within cry of her children when they were playing outside. 当孩子们在外面玩耍的时候,母亲总是停在孩子们呼唤时能够听得到的地方。 within doors 在户内: The old man would take exercise within doors when it was cold outside: 外面天太冷的时候,那老人就在户内锻炼身体。 within four walls 关起门来(谈);私下里;机密地: Directors often talked about business secrets within four walls so that they might not be leaked out. 董事们时常关起门来谈一些业务上的秘密事情,以免泄漏。 within sb’s grasp 1 某人力所能及: I wish to help you in anything within my grasp. 我愿在我力所能及的范围内帮助你做任何事。 某人所能理解(了解、领悟……): He is a chemist,so all difficult chemical problems are within his grasp. 他是一位化学家,所以所有关于化学的难题他都了解。 within hail (指船)在能听见招呼的距离内: The big ship was anchored within hail of our boat,we could hear the music from her. 那艘大轮船就停在与我们小船能听见招呼的距离内,我们能听到该船内发出的音乐声。 within hearing 在能听得见的地方: Don’t talk about anything secret when there are strangers within hearing. 当近处有陌生人(能听得到)时,不要谈论秘密的事情。 within law 合法: Our manager sees to it that every piece of business in our company would be within law. 我们经理注意使我们公司的每件买卖都要合法。 within limits 适当地;适度地;有限度地: As they are not in easy circumstances themselves,they can only help us within limits. 由于他们自己在经济上也不宽裕,所以他们仅能适度地帮助我们。 within measure 适当地;适度地: We cannot let them do everything in accordance with our wishes,we can only give them advice within measure. 我们不能叫他们每件事都按照我们的愿望去做,我们只能适度地提建议。 within one’s income 在自己收入所能达到的范围内: This newlymarried couple can not afford to buy a new car,they can only buy thingswithin their income. 这对新婚夫妇买不起新汽车,他们仅能在他们的收入所能达到的范围购置物品。 within one’s powers 在某人力所能及的范围内: Ourfriends have helped us so far as within their powers,we should not ask too much of them. 我们的朋友已经尽他们的能力帮助了我们,我们不能再多地要求他们。 within one’s province 在某人的职责以内;是某人的本分: It is within our province to relieve those who are poor and helpless. 救济贫苦无助的人是我们的本分。 within range 在射程以内: The lion is too far from the hunter,he does not shoot until it comes within range. 那头狮子距离猎人太远,一直到它来到射程以内猎人才开枪射击。 within reach 在伸手可及的地方;近旁: It is the sculptor’s habit to put a magnifier within reach when he works. 那雕塑家工作的时候,他习惯于把一个放大镜放在近前。 within (easy) reach of 距离(非常)近;伸手(极易)够得着: We live within easy reach of a cinema,so it is very convenient for us to go to the movies. 我们住得离一家电影院非常近,所以我们看电影非常方便。 within recollection 记得: Such an incident has never arisen within my recollection. 这样的事情从来不曾在我的记忆中出现过。 within shot 在射程以内: When the wolves came within shot,hunters began to take aim and shoot at them. 当狼群来到射程以内时,猎人们开始瞄准并向它们射击。 within striking distance 在易达到或易攻击的范围内: The monkey has come within striking distance,but we do not shoot because we see two baby monkeys behind it. 那只猴已经来到易于射击的范围内,但是我们没有开枪,因为我们看到有两只小猴跟在它后面。 within the bounds of possibility 可能;在可能的范围内: Your request is not within the bounds of possibility,so we cannot satisfy you. 你们的要求是不可能办到的,所以我们不能满足你们。 within the compass of one’s life在某人的一生中: This old man has suffered from innumerable trials and tribulations within the compass of his life. 这位老人在他的一生中经受了千辛万苦。 within the girdle of 被……所环绕: An old castle was situated on top of a precipice within the girdle of a primeval forest. 一个古城堡位于悬崖的顶部,被原始森林所包围。 within the memory of men 有史以来: It is perhaps the greatest miracle accomplished by mankind within the memory of men. 那大概是有史以来人类所做出的最伟大的奇迹。 within the radius of one’s capacity在某人力所能及的范围内: To build such a big enterprise is not within the radius of his capacity. 组建这么一个大企业是他力所不能及的。 within the radius of one’s knowledge 在某人知识范围以内: Science and arts are both within the radius of the scholar’s knowledge. 科学和艺术都在那位学者的知识范围以内。 within the range of possibility 可能;在可能的范围以内: To move such a high building is not within the range of our possibility. 移动这样一座高楼我们不能办到。 within the scoop of one’s understanding 是某人能够理解的: With the progress of science and technique,gene knowledge has begun to come within the scoop of our understanding. 由于科学技术的进步,基因知识已经开始为我们所理解。 李士钧 编著. 英语介词用法词典. 天津: 天津科学技术出版社. 2003 第1017-1021页. |
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