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标题: 暴风雨造成了人命的损失 [打印本页]

作者: captinjack    时间: 2011-9-12 20:33     标题: 暴风雨造成了人命的损失

The thunder storm took its tolls on human lives.

暴风雨造成了人命的损失。

Toll 就是指收费的意思,像是高速公路上的收费站就是叫 Toll station。Take its toll 是一个片语,在电视新闻上常听到。字面上是说对某样东西收费,其实指的就是造成某些东西的损失,on 后面接的名词就是指损失的东西。最近美国是龙卷风跟暴风雨的季节,所以新闻上常可以听到播报员这么说 "The thunder strom took its tolls on human lives."


作者: captinjack    时间: 2011-9-12 20:35

The eathquake in Tangshang took its tolls on countless Chinese .




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