新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第85課: 活到老學(xué)到老(3)

　　After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

　　句子講解：

　　7、After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening.

　　他退休后，將投入園藝事業(yè)。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) devote oneself to doing全身心地去做某事

　　devote：

　　vt.奉獻(xiàn); (給)，把…專(zhuān)用(于) 把…奉獻(xiàn);

　　過(guò)去式：devoted 現(xiàn)在分詞：devoting 過(guò)去分詞：devoted 第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù)：devotes

　　[例句]I would devote my myself to the public.

　　我會(huì)把自己奉獻(xiàn)給公眾.

　　擴(kuò)展：

　　devote one's life/ one's time/oneself to sth/doing sth專(zhuān)心致力于, 獻(xiàn)(身), 貢獻(xiàn)

　　供奉, 供獻(xiàn)

　　投身于

　　8、For him, this will be an entirely new hobby.

　　對(duì)他而言，這將是一種全新的愛(ài)好。

　　entirely：

　　adv.完全地; 完整地; 全部地; 徹底地;

　　[例句]But not entirely unexpected.

　　但也不是完全出乎意料.

　　擴(kuò)展：

　　entirely與completely有什么區(qū)別?

　　作程度副詞講的時(shí)候沒(méi)有區(qū)別,如：

　　You're completely wrong= You're entirely wrong.

　　I'm completely satisfied with your performance.=I'm entirely satified with your performance.

　　但是compeltely因?yàn)槭菑男稳菰~complete轉(zhuǎn)化來(lái)的,它有圓滿(mǎn)的意思在內(nèi).如：The work has been done completely.工作圓滿(mǎn)完成.

　　The work has been done entirely.工作整個(gè)做完了.

　　9、But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

　　但這沒(méi)有關(guān)系，因?yàn)檎缢Ｕf(shuō)的那樣，人要活到老學(xué)到老。

　　never too old to learn：

　　[釋義]學(xué)無(wú)止境，活到老學(xué)到老; 八十歲學(xué)吹打;

　　[例句]We're too old to learn that stuff.

　　我們年紀(jì)大了，學(xué)不了那些東西了。

　　擴(kuò)展：更多表達(dá)活到老學(xué)到老的短句：

　　Never too old to learn. --Thomas Middleto

　　活到老學(xué)到老。——米德?tīng)栴D

　　We are never too old to learn.

　　活到老,學(xué)到老.(直譯為:我們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)老到學(xué)不了.

　　No one is so old but that he may learn.

　　年紀(jì)再大也可以學(xué)習(xí)，活到老學(xué)到老。

　　It seems like "live till old age, learn till the old age."

　　看來(lái)﹐我們得“活到老﹐學(xué)到老”了。

　　The teacher admonished the students against being late.

　　老師勸告學(xué)生不要遲到。