( 不如 ) be not as good as

as well as ⇒ 夜校开设了英文班、法文班以及德文班。 Yèxiào kāishèle Yīngwén bān, Fǎwén bān yǐjí Déwén bān. → The night school has started up classes in English, French and German. ⇒ 医学专家讲解了这一传染病的特点以及防治方法。 Yīxué zhuānjiā jiǎngjiěle zhè yī chuánrǎnbìng de tèdiǎn yǐjí fángzhì fāngfǎ. → The medical expert explained the peculiarities of this infectious disease, as well as the methods of prevention.

hope ⇒ 这个目标无法企及。 Zhège mùbiāo wúfǎ qǐjí. → There's no hope for this cause.

⇒ 信写完了，她在下面又添上一行字："又及 ... " Xìn xiěwán le, tā zài xiàmiàn yòu tiānshàng yī háng zì:"Yòují ... " → At the end of her letter, she added another line, "PS ... "

as soon as possible

timely ⇒ 这场雨下得很及时。 Zhè cháng yǔ xià de hěn jíshí. → This rain has come at the right time.

pass

( 传布 ) spread ( pt , pp spread )

affect

involve ⇒ 走私案涉及海关和警方。 Zǒusī'àn shèjí hǎiguān hé jǐngfāng. → The smuggling case involves Customs and the police. ⇒ 这个问题书里面没涉及到。 Zhège wèntí shū lǐmiàn méi shèjídào. → The book does not touch on this question.

involve

touch

spread all over ( pt , pp spread )

consider

lack sufficient time for

have enough time for

do everything in one's power ⇒ 红十字会将为战争受害者提供力所能及的援助。 Hóngshízìhuì jiāng wèi zhànzhēng shòuhàizhě tígòng lì suǒ néng jí de yuánzhù. → The Red Cross will do everything in their power to help the war victims. ⇒ 让孩子去做一些自己力所能及的家务事。 Ràng háizi qù zuò yīxiē zìjǐ lì suǒ néng jí de jiāwùshì. → Let the child do his best with the housework.

be caught off-guard

love me, love my dog ⇒ 他真是爱屋及乌，竟然喜欢上了女友听的音乐。 Tā zhēnshì ài wū jí wū , jìngrán xǐhuān shàng le nǚyǒu tīng de yīnyuè. → This really is a case of love me, love my dog. Now he's suddenly started to like his girlfriend's music.

be unable to wait ⇒ 她迫不及待地把房子卖掉。 Tā pò bù jí dài de bǎ fángzi mài diào. → She couldn't wait to sell the house.

be beyond one's influence

go even further than ⇒ 跟我住的地方比，这里的环境污染程度有过之无不及。 Gēn wǒ zhù de dìfang bǐ, zhèlǐ de huánjìng wūrǎn chéngdù yǒu guò zhī wú bù jí. → The environmental pollution here is even worse than where I live.

be completely at odds ⇒ 这部电影的配乐与剧情风马牛不相及。 Zhè bù diànyǐng de pèiyuè yǔ jùqíng fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí. → The background music to this film is completely at odds with the storyline.