As we speak
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定义
(to be doing something) as we speak: （做某事的过程中）此刻，立刻
They are looking for a solution to this problem as we speak. 他们正试图立刻解决问题。
示例
- "I am looking at your file as we speak."
- "There are people picketing the Delavigne offices as we speak."
- "Even as we speak, I am recycling plastics."
练习 1
Bruno writes that "people are picketing the Delavigne offices as we speak".
He means that people are outside of the Delavigne offices .
He means that people are outside of the Delavigne offices .
Bruno writes that "people are picketing the Delavigne offices as we speak".
He means that people are protesting 1 outside of the Delavigne offices currently 2.
He means that people are protesting 1 outside of the Delavigne offices currently 2.
1 protesting: This is the correct answer. In English, the verb "to picket" has a few meanings but in this context it shares a similar meaning with the verb "to protest" or "to demonstrate". "To picket" expresses the physical act of "demonstrating", and often implies that protesters are shouting and possibly blocking the entrance of a building or interfering with the employees of a company.
1 eating outdoors: Do not confuse the verb "to picket" with "to picnic". They are very different.
1 marching: "Picketing" does not necessarily involve "marching". This is not the best choice here.
1 manifesting: Be careful: "to manifest" does not share a meaning with "to protest" and "to picket" in English. "To manifest" means "to become real" or "to become apparent/visible". For example: "The disease manifested as a rash".
2 currently: This is the best choice here. The expression "as we speak" indicates that something is happening at the current moment, or "at this very time".
2 actually: "Actually" does not express that something is happening at the current moment. In English the term is synonymous with "really" or "in fact" or "in actuality".
2 loudly: The expression "as we speak" does not indicate the volume at which people are talking.
2 apparently: The expression "as we speak" does not share a similar meaning with "apparently".
练习 2
Jeanine tells Kevin "I'm looking at your file as we speak".
From the list below, select the sentences which might replace this one and express the same meaning.
There may be more than one correct answer!
From the list below, select the sentences which might replace this one and express the same meaning.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Jeanine tells Kevin "I'm looking at your file as we speak".
From the list below, select the sentences which might replace this one and express the same meaning.
There may be more than one correct answer!
From the list below, select the sentences which might replace this one and express the same meaning.
There may be more than one correct answer!
The idiom "as we speak" is not a request to stop talking!
The expression "as we speak" is synonymous with the term "currently" when used during a conversation. When Jeanine tells Kevin that she is looking at his file "as we speak" she means that she is currently looking at his file, or looking at while they are speaking to one another.
The expression "as we speak" is synonymous with the idiom "right now" when used during a conversation. When Jeanine tells Kevin that she is looking at his file "as we speak" she means that she is currently looking at his file, or looking at while they are speaking to one another.
"Actually" is synonymous with "in fact" or "really", it doesn't indicate that something is going on currently or at this very moment. The term is generally used to create contrast between ideas, for example: "That person is actually a man, not a woman."
练习 3
'Even as we speak, I am recycling plastics.'
Select the phrase below which best defines the expression 'as we speak'.
Select the phrase below which best defines the expression 'as we speak'.
'Even as we speak, I am recycling plastics.'
Select the phrase below which best defines the expression 'as we speak'.
Select the phrase below which best defines the expression 'as we speak'.
This is the best choice here. In this expression, 'as' shares a similar meaning with 'while'. To 'talk' means to 'speak'. The expression 'as we speak' is frequently used to describe an event or action which is taking place as the conversation is happening. In this case, Bruno claims to be 'recycling plastics' while he is on the phone talking to Ursula.
This is incorrect. The term 'as' in this context does not share a similar meaning with the term 'because'. Rather, it means 'while' in this expression. In certain contexts, 'as' is synonymous with 'because'. Example: 'As you arrived late at the restaurant, I ordered without you'.
This is incorrect. 'Since the last time we spoke' refers to events which have happened in the time which has passed between two conversations. This is unrelated to the meaning of the term 'as we speak'.
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