45. I've spent all afternoon trying in vain to put this bookcase together.
點(diǎn)睛
spend...doing sth. 意為“花費(fèi)……做某事”,其中doing之前還可加上介詞in。in vain意為“徒勞無(wú)益,白費(fèi)力氣”,一般用作狀語(yǔ),常用在try“努力”之后。put...together意為“組裝,裝配”。
考點(diǎn)歸納
短語(yǔ)put...together還有如下含義:
“(通過(guò)收集資料、觀點(diǎn)等)整理出;拼湊”。如:
It took me a whole day to put the proposal together. 我花了一整天才整理出這個(gè)建議。
“匯集”。如:
I've no idea how to put together a meal. 對(duì)于如何準(zhǔn)備飯菜我毫無(wú)頭緒。
聽(tīng)音解惑
spent⌒all⌒afternoon[spent⌒??l⌒?ɑ?ft??nu?n]里的[t]與[??]相鄰,[l]與[ɑ?]相鄰,讀作[spen t?? ?lɑ?ft? ?nu?n]。