My phone battery is almost dead now.
参考译文 现在我的手机电池快没电了。
难点突破 本句的难点在于对dead一词的理解。dead常用的意思是“死的,去世的”,而本句中的dead指“(因无电力)不工作的”。表示电池没电,还可以用flat(电用完了的),如:The battery is flat. 电池没电了。phone battery意为“手机电池”。
考点归纳 四级中与dead相关的词组和表达还有:
half dead意为“累得半死的”,如:
She felt half dead with tiredness. 她感觉累得半死。
wouldn't be seen dead意为“(通常因为会太尴尬而)决不会做”,如:
She wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat. 她决不戴草帽。
dead meat意为“注定要完蛋的人”,如:
If anyone finds out, he's dead meat . 如果有人发现,他可要倒大霉了。
be a dead ringer for sb. 意为“酷似,极像(某人)”,如:
He 's a dead ringer for a boy I used to know. 他酷似我以前认识的一个男孩。
be dead and gone意为“死了;不存在了”,如:
The old woman was very lonely because so many of her friends were now dead and gone . 这位老太太很孤独,因为她的许多朋友现在都已不在人世。
beat a dead horse意为“白费口舌,白费力气,徒劳”,如:
I've already made up my mind. There's no sense beating a dead horse . 我已经下了决心。不要再白费口舌了。
核心词汇
battery n. 电池
almost adv. 几乎;差不多
dead adj. (因无电力)不工作的