[스크랩] 공무원 시험에 자주 나오는 숙어 -1-

1. An honorable man always abides by his promises.
(존경할 만한 사람은 항상 자신의 약속을 지킨다.)
·keep one's promise
= be as good as one's promise
·He is a man of his promise.
(그는 약속을 잘 지키는 사람이다)

2. Attend to your business above all things.
(무엇보다도 너의 업무에 힘써라.)
·above all = first of all = in the first place
= to begin[start] with = more than anything else

3. The children are absorbed in play.
(그 아이들은 노는데 열중하고 있다.)
·apply oneself to ∼ing = be absorbed in
= abandon oneself to = be engaged in
= addict oneself to = be indulged in
= devote oneself to = be immersed in
= give oneself to = be lost in
= be (pre)occupied with

4. We must abstain from speaking ill of others.
(우리는 남을 헐뜯는 것을 삼가야 한다.)
·refrain from ∼ing = keep from ∼ing 삼가하다

5. According to today's paper, there was a big fire in Pusan.
(오늘 신문에 의하면, 부산에 큰 화재가 있었다.)
·according to + 目 : ∼에 의하면
according as + S-V : ∼에 따라서(in proportion as)

6. His idleness accounts for his failure.
(그의 실패는 그의 게으름 때문이다.)
·account for 설명하다 = explain
account for가 물주구문에 쓰이면 '∼때문이다'의 뜻

7. I am not accustomed to making a speech in public.
(나는 대중 앞에서 연설하는데 익숙하지 못하다.)
·accustom oneself to ∼ing
= be accustomed to ∼ing
= be used to ∼ing

8. This adds to our difficulties.
(이것은 우리 어려움을 더욱 증가시킨다. = increase)

9. He adheres to the party to the end.
(그는 끝까지 그 정당을 지지(고수) 하였다.)
·adhere to + 目 = stick to = cling to
(달라붙다, 고수하다)

10. After all1 my advice, he failed after all2.
(내 충고에도 불구하고 그는 결국 실패했다.)

① ∼에도 불구하고
after all = with all = for all
= notwithstanding = in spite of = despite
= in the face of = in the teeth of
= without regard to = regardless of
= irrespective of

② 결국, 마침내
in the long run = in the end = in the result
= in conclusion = at last = at length
= finally = eventually = ultimately 

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