Transit, transport, transportation 等具有"運輸"意思字彙的區別

Transit, transport & transportation這三個字的意思常讓人混淆.
因此我把這三個單字較常用的意思整理如下:

transit
1. N.運輸  2. Adj. (航空)轉運的
ex. in transit(運輸中), transit fee(運輸費用), transit lounge/room(轉機候機室)

transport
1. N.交通工具(英語)  2.V.運送  3.N.運輸系統(英語)  4.N.運輸(英語)

transportation
1.N.交通工具(美語)  2.N.運輸(美語)  3.N.運輸系統(美語)

大眾運輸(系統)可以用: transit system 或 public transportation 或 public transport (英語).
大眾運輸法案可以用: transportation policy.
交通工具可以用: transportation (美語) 或 transport (英語)

簡而言之, 在美語中, 喜歡用trasportation. 
而在英語中, 喜歡用transport.

all in all 的用法

All in all 意旨"整體而言, 總的來說", 具有 all things considered, after all, or nevertheless 的意思.

例句 : 
The dog got into the fried chicken, we forgot the sunscreen, and the kids started whining at the end, but all in all the picnic was a success.

酒醉的英文

一般人想到酒醉, 會想到drunk跟drunken. 但兩者在意義上有一點不同.

drunk
1.adj.酒醉的  2.n.酒鬼

drunken
adj. 1.酒醉的  2.因酒醉引起的, 與酒醉有關的

描述一個人醉了, 可以用drunk 或 drunken. 但酒醉開車只能用drunken driving. 酒醉後的爭吵可以說 drunken brawl / quarrel.

此外, 老外比較喜歡用intoxicated, bombed 或 boozed 來形容酒醉.

Call on or call for?

我們常常在英文報章雜誌上看到call on, 以及call for, 但常常會混淆用法. 我將這兩個短語動詞(phrasal verb)整理如下.

call on
1. 呼籲, 號召 : call on sb. to do sth.
   Ex. One of the leading churchmen has called on the government to resign...

2. 拜訪, 探訪
   Ex. I was intending to call on Mr. Lee last Monday.


call for
要求 : call for sth.
   Ex1. The ceasefire resolution calls for the release of all prisoners of war. 停火決議要求釋放所有戰俘。

   Ex2. It's a situation that calls for a blend of delicacy and force. 應付這種局面需要剛柔並濟。

The Eagle and the Fox

先試試看自己閱讀, 看看自己能了解多少. 再把不懂的單字, 片語, 以及慣用語查出來.

註: 單字我用藍色標出, 片語與句型我用紅色標出.

The Eagle and the Fox

AN EAGLE and a Fox formed an intimate friendship and decided to live near each other. The Eagle built her nest in the branches of a tall tree, while the Fox crept into the underwood and there produced her young. Not long after they had agreed upon this plan, the Eagle, being in want of provision for her young ones, swooped down while the Fox was out, seized upon one of the little cubs, and feasted herself and her brood. The Fox on her return, discovered what had happened, but was less grieved for the death of her young than for her inability to avenge them. A just retribution, however, quickly fell upon the Eagle. While hovering near an altar, on which some villagers were sacrificing a goat, she suddenly seized a piece of the flesh, and carried it, along with a burning cinder, to her nest. A strong breeze soon fanned the spark into a flame, and the eaglets, as yet unfledged and helpless, were roasted in their nest and dropped down dead at the bottom of the tree. There, in the sight of the Eagle, the Fox gobbled them up.