1. 不是做什么的料
它不是做這些小玩意兒的铐尚。It's not the material for those petty common things.
仿寫：他是個(gè)好士兵拨脉，但不是當(dāng)軍官的料兒。 He is a good soldier, but not really officer material.
2. 不知不覺
不知不覺宣增，天天踩著盼的石階而上玫膀，自己竟成了一個(gè)大男人，一個(gè)掙錢養(yǎng)家糊口的忙碌人了爹脾。 Climbing the upward steps of hope I had become a fully grown man before I was aware of it, a busy breadwinner with a family on my hands.
仿寫：不知不覺帖旨，十個(gè)年頭就這樣溜走了。 Ten years have slipped away before I was aware of it.
3. 不用說
我不忍離了中國(guó)而去灵妨，更不忍在這大時(shí)代中放棄每人應(yīng)做的工作而去解阅，拋棄了許多親愛的勇士在后面。
I cannot find it in my heart to leave China, much less during these stormy times when I have to abandon my bounden duty and leave behind so many dear brave fighters.
much less是成語泌霍，常跟在否定句后面货抄，作“更不用說”（and certainly not）解，有時(shí)也用even less或still less
仿寫：我對(duì)于這種舉動(dòng)并不贊成烹吵，哪里還談得上參與呢碉熄。
I couldn't assent to, much less participate in such proceeding.
4. 不如，而是
譬如說肋拔，人死了锈津，不說死掉，而說“老掉了”凉蜂。
For instance, if someone died, you do not say he was dead but "he has passed away."
仿寫：如遇困難琼梆，不能說害怕，而說我可以窿吩。
If you have trouble, you not say you are afraid but I can do it.
5. 只有
這里只有快樂茎杂。 There is nothing but happiness.
6. 白白度過一段時(shí)間
我有了生命以來，在這個(gè)世界上雖然僅僅經(jīng)歷了二十幾個(gè)寒暑纫雁，但是這短短的時(shí)期也并不是白白度過的煌往。
Ever since I was born, I have passed no more than twenty odd summers in this world, but this short period of time has not been spent for nothing at all.
7. 一點(diǎn)也不/不太
他的腦子也不小。 His brain is none too small.
仿寫：他看上去不太開心。 He is looking none too pleased.
8. ...被逼到做...的地步/...被迫干...為生
還有盜匪---實(shí)在是最可憐的同胞刽脖，他們種地沒得吃羞海，有力氣沒處賣，當(dāng)了兵經(jīng)常餓肚皮曲管，無可奈何只好出此下策却邓。
To complicate matters, there are bandits lurking around---those pitiful fellow countrymen who, unable to ward off starvation by farming or soldiering or whatnot, have been reduced to the disreputable business as a last resort.
下策（不體面的行為）disreputable business
被逼從事... be reduced to
作為最后的手段 as a last resort
仿寫：他實(shí)在是走投無路了，只好當(dāng)?shù)袅藗骷覍殹?/p>
He was reduced to impawn his family heirloom as a last resort for the sake of livelihood.
9. 全靠/唯有...才能...
這是全靠雄健的精神才能沖過去的院水。 Nothing short of a heroic spirit can help surmount them.
仿寫：唯有行動(dòng)腊徙，才能解除你所有的不安。
Nothing short of action can help remove all your restlessness.
10. ...太多以至于不能一一描述
回憶中的場(chǎng)景很多檬某，在此就不一一描寫了撬腾。
My experiences of this trip, however, are too numerous to be recounted one by one.
仿寫：描寫北平的文字太多了，從中文到外文橙喘，從元代到今日时鸵，我很難一一列舉。
Essays on Peking---from Chinese to foreign language from Yuan Dynasty to today---are too numerous to be recounted one by one.
11. 以某物為最高準(zhǔn)則
應(yīng)天下為公厅瞎，以國(guó)家民族利益為最高準(zhǔn)則饰潜。
One should be public-minded and put the interests of the country and the nation above all.
仿寫：學(xué)生應(yīng)該以學(xué)習(xí)為最高準(zhǔn)則
Students should put study above all.
12. 一半因?yàn)?..一半因?yàn)?../由于...共同影響
這些日子，家中光景很是慘淡和簸，一半為了喪事彭雾，一半為了父親的賦閑。
Between grandma's funeral and father's unemployment, our family wan then in reduced circumstances.
仿寫：生活的累锁保，一半為了生存薯酝，一半為了攀比。
Between subsistence and comparisons, we live a hard life.
13. 等待
我的生活還不會(huì)結(jié)束爽柒，我也不知道在前面還有什么等著我吴菠。
There is still some way to go before my life runs out, and I do not know what the future has in store for me.
14. ...讓某人大開眼界
老陳和他的徒弟的工作使我的眼界寬了不少。
The work which Lao Chen and his apprentices did was a real eye-opener to me.
15. 在...與...之間劃清界限
世間有不少的人為了家庭拋棄朋友浩村，至少也會(huì)在家庭和朋友之間劃一個(gè)界限做葵。
Many people forsake their friends in favour of their own families, or at least draw a line of demarcation between families and friends.
16. 被認(rèn)為
有時(shí)又被認(rèn)為薄命的佳人，憂國(guó)的志士心墅。
She has come to be known sometimes as a beauty with misfortune and sometimes as a patriot concerned over the fate of the nation.
仿寫：老師被認(rèn)為是辛勤的園丁酿矢。 Teachers has come to be known as industrious gardeners.
