havemercyonsb怜悯,宽恕某人ashow/givemercytosb①Shebeggedmetohavemercyonher
He②showedlittlemercytotheaprisoners
③他对这个小偷一点不怜悯,恨恨地打他
Heshowednomercytothethiefandbeathimhard
Itisuseless/nouse/awasteoftime/nogood/fun+doingsth①It’snousecryingoverspiltmilk
(谚)牛奶洒了,哭也无益(覆水难收,悔恨无益)②Itisawasteoftimebehavinglikethat
③想说服他戒烟只是白费力气
It’suselesstryingtopersuadehimtogiveupsmoking
might/mayaswell还是…的好;不妨/不如做某事①Wemightaswellhaveatryandseeifitcanbedone
②既然你已得到这个机会,你还是充分利用它为好
Nowthatyou’vegotthechance,youmightaswellmakefulluseofit
tentimesthemoney(倍数+名词)a倍数表示法:Ais①倍数thesize(height,lengthawidth…)ofBAis②倍数asbig(high,long,awide…)asBA③is倍数+比较级+thanBaThenewbuildingis①fourtimesthesizeoftheoldone
Thenewbuildingis②fourtimesasbigastheoldone
Thenewbuildingi③sthreetimeslargerthantheoldone
Thesize④ofthenewbuildingisfourtimestha