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OKE_多益 990_辦公室應該全面禁煙

OKE_多益 990_辦公室應該全面禁煙

OKE多益990
2026-04-1000:01:23
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辦公室應該全面禁煙
- I think smoking should be totally banned in the office.
- Achieving that means following formal procedures, like collecting signatures for a petition.
- 我認為辦公室應該全面禁菸。
- 要達到這個目標,表示接下來必須採取一些正式程序,譬如連署陳情等等。

小常識
現在在美國,無論是在辦公室、公共場合,或是自己家裡,都已經不能再任意抽菸了。如果想抽菸,一定要向主人或是身旁的人問聲May I~?,得到許可才行。因為在美國,「抽菸會妨礙他人」的觀念顯然已經根深蒂固了。而在台灣,儘管會妨礙到他人,但只要得到許可,就可以吸菸。

大補帖
ban是「禁止」的意思,和prohibit,forbid一樣。它可當名詞,亦可當動詞,用法如下:
There is an international ban on nuclear testing.
(國際上禁止核子試驗。)
Ann, I banned you from meeting that man, didn't I?
(安,我不是禁止你和那個男人見面嗎?)
 
Achieving that means~的mean是「意味著~」的意思, 換句話說,「Ameans B」的句型意思是「A意味著B」:
Being fired now means I'll lose my house.
(我現在要是被開除了,我的房子就沒了。)
Not being able to paint meant death to him.
(對他而言,不能作畫就和死了沒什麼兩樣。)
That means you can't help me.
(也就是說,你沒辦法幫我了。)

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