eat

1.eat用作“进餐”解在英国现在不流行，但在美国很流行，如We eat at noon和Does he eat in his sitting-room?

2.They used to eat heartily of what they liked best里用of表示“吃…的一部分”。

3.对人说Eat more marmalade当然不错，但不及说Have more marmalade普通。

4.eat his（或your等）words一般译作“食言”，其实是“声明取消前言”，跟“食言”不同。如假定某人在上星期说将在今天给你什么东西，结果今天并不给你，那是“食言”，但不是eat his words，必须他声明不给你了，才是eat his words。又如假定某人说你坏话，你叫他声明他所说的不对，那便是叫他eat his words，却并不是叫他“食言”，可以说When he was confronted with such clear evidence, Henry was forced to eat his words in public。