分類: 英語成語園地-其他篇

盤問/質問某人；對某人逼供、刑訊。

例句：

• My wife gave me the third degree when I got home last night. (昨晚我回家時，我太太對我盤問再三)
• Cindy has promised she won't give me the third degree about the matter any longer. (辛蒂已保證，她不會再質問我那件事了)

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不管怎樣；不管是好是壞；不論好壞；無論發生什麼。

例句：

• For better or worse, I've promised to marry her. (不管怎樣，我已答應娶她)
• We now have a new government, for better or for worse. (不管是好是壞，我們現在有了新政府)

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讓自己陷入困境。

例句：

• Don't volunteer to do more work in the office or you'll paint yourself into a corner. (在辦公室別自願做較多的工作，否則你會讓自己陷入困境)
• They've painted themselves into a corner by promising to announce the results of their investigation. (他們因答應公布調查結果而讓自己陷入困境)

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決定某人的命運 (尤指厄運)。

例句：

• His father's death sealed his fate, making it impossible for him to go to college. (他父親的過世決定了他的命運，使他無法上大學)
• The CEO was about to make a speech that would seal the company's fate forever. (執行長即將發表決定這家公司今後命運的談話)

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偏愛 (某人或某物)。

例句：

• I've always had a soft spot for my old English teacher. (我一直很喜歡我以前的英文老師)
• I've got a real soft spot for Judy. (我真的很喜歡茱蒂)
• Karen has a soft spot for stray dogs. (凱倫偏愛流浪犬)

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盡自己的本分；做好分內的工作。

例句：

• The rest of the team complained that Basil wasn't pulling his weight. (隊裡的其他人都抱怨巴茲爾未盡到自己的本分)
• Jessica wasn't pulling her own weight, so she had to go. (潔西卡沒有做好分內工作，所以必須離開)

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正常的，意料之中的；意料之中的事。

註：par for the course 中的 course 是指 golf course (高爾夫球場) 而非 school course (學校課程)。

例句：

• I worked for days on this proposal, but it was rejected. That's par for the course in our company. (我花了好幾天的時間來擬定這項計畫，但它卻被打了回票。這種情況在我們公司是正常的，不足為奇)
• The school budget is going to be cut again this year, but that's par for the course. (學校預算今年將再度被砍，但那是意料之中的事)

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