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威胁

最近空气污染这么严重，已经威胁到了人们的健康。
Recently the air pollution has been so serious. It's already threatened people's health.
如果你总是用“分手”威胁男人，他总有一天会受不了，会真的离开你。
If you always use breaking up to threaten a man, one day he won't be able to take it anymore and
he'll leave you for real.
他用威胁的口气跟我说，如果我不按照他说的去做，他就杀了我。
He spoke to me with a threatening tone: if I didn't do what he said, then he'd kill me.

不甘心

有些事情不甘心也没办法，只能接受现实。
For some things, even if you're unwilling to do them there is still no other way. You can only
accept the reality.
我不甘心就这样放弃，凭什么别人能成功，我就不行？
I'm just not will to give up like this. On what basis are other people able to be successful? Am I
no good?
没拿到冠军我有点儿不甘心，不过没关系，明年我还会来的！
I'm a bit unsatisfied that I didn't win the championship. But it doesn't matter anyway, next year
I'll be back again!

乐开了花

听到老婆怀孕的消息，我心里乐开了花。
When I heard the news that my wife was pregnant, my heart was filled with joy.
看到中奖号码，我心里顿时乐开了花。
Seeing the prize-winning number, my heart was instantly filled with joy.
我今天真是乐开了花，地铁开通以后，我只要半小时就能到公司了。
Today I'm really happy. After the subway starts running, I can get to the office in just half an
hour.

灵机一动

我灵机一动，决定马上飞到她出差的地方，给她个惊喜。
I was suddenly inspired and decided to immediately fly to where she was on business and give
her a surprise.
她意识到这是电话诈骗，突然灵机一动，打算玩儿一把骗子。
She realized that this was a telephone scam, suddenly had an idea and planned to play a trick on
the con artist.
大家正发愁的时候，他灵机一动，想出来一个好主意。
While everyone was worrying, he was suddenly inspired and thought up a good idea.

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恨不得

我太想孩子了，恨不得长出翅膀飞回去。
I really miss my child. I'm dying to sprout wings and fly back.
那些堵在车门口一动不动又不下车的人真讨厌，我恨不得踢他们一脚。
These people blocking the doors, refusing to move or get off, are awful. I'm dying to kick them.
我恨不得马上飞到她身边照顾她，可是她在美国，太远了。
I'm dying to immediately fly to her side and take care of her, but she's in America. It's too far.

Grammar

- 简直 (jiǎnzhí)

简直 (jiǎnzhí) is often translated as, "simply". It expresses that something has reached, or is very
close to, a certain extent; that something is more or less a certain way. It is emphatic, and has a
tone of exaggeration.

Sample Sentences

你们俩长得那么像，简直是一个模子里刻出来的！怎么，你要去找他？
The two of you look so much alike! You're really a chip off the old block. What's going on-- you want to
go looking for him?

是啊！这么美的语言，你怎么会没感觉呢？朗诵诗歌简直是一种享受。
Yeah! Such beautiful language--how could it not invoke emotion in you? Reciting poetry is just such a
pleasure.

现在的广告真是越来越看不懂了。内容和产品简直没什么联系。
More than ever, I just don’t understand commercials these days. There’s simply no connection between
the content of the commercial and the product.

哇！徐晓婷简直就是电脑嘛！
Wow. Xu Xiaoting really is a computer!

那时候真闭塞，现在进出国门简直是家常便饭。好多新移民都是两边跑。
At that time it was very closed off, and now going in and out of China is very commonplace. Many new
immigrants now go back and forth.

- 并(bìng)/并且(bìngqiě)

并(bìng) and 并且 (bìngqiě) are commonly translated as "additionally", "furthermore", or "also".

They express a further development in or elaboration on a previous sentence.

Sample Sentences

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在影片中她表演得非常到位，并成功获得影后的桂冠。
Her performance in the movie was excellent. She received the award for best actress.

下面我们要讲动作要领并示范，大家要认真听和模仿。
Next we're going to explain and demonstrate the key points of the movement. Everyone needs to listen
and imitate carefully.

她很气愤，并扬言要杀了那对狗男女。
She was furious. She also threatened to 'kill that pair of cheating dogs'.

公司会为经理级别的员工配备私人轿车，并报销油费。
The company provides employees at the managerial level with a private car. They also pay for gas.

传统行业竞争已经相当激烈，我们要努力开拓并占领新的领域。
The competition in the traditional industries is already very fierce. We need to strive to expand into and
capture new fields.

Choose the best answer from the choices given.

1. 没拿到冠军我有点儿_____，不过没关系，明年我还会来的！

A. 恨不得

C. 崇拜

B. 贡献

D. 不甘心

2. 如果你总是用“分手”_____男人，他总有一天会受不了，会真的离开你。

A. 贡献

C. 崇拜

B. 赏赐

D. 威胁

3. 听到老婆怀孕的消息，我心里_____。

A. 恨不得

C. 灵机一动

B. 不甘心

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 D. 乐开了花

4. 她意识到这是电话诈骗，突然_____，打算玩儿一把骗子。

A. 恨不得

C. 发神经

B. 抗议

D. 灵机一动

5. 那些堵在车门口一动不动又不下车的人真讨厌，我_____踢他们一脚。

A. 恶意

C. 效劳

B. 恨不得

D. 互不相让

6. 大家正发愁的时候，他_____，想出来一个好主意。

A. 灵感

C. 恨不得

B. 灵机一动

D. 突然

7. 看到中奖号码，我心里顿时_____。

A. 眼红

C. 灵机一动

B. 乐开了花

D. 恶意

8. 我太想孩子了，_____长出翅膀飞回去。

A. 恶意

C. 恨不得

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 B. 隆重

D. 灵机一动

9. 他用_____的口气跟我说，如果我不按照他说的去做，他就杀了我。

A. 害怕

C. 威胁

B. 崇拜

D. 贡献

10. 我_____马上飞到她身边照顾她，可是她在美国，太远了。

A. 威胁

C. 恨不得

B. 赏赐

D. 不甘心

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