anxious

【1】担心；焦虑

 

①后面接用for或about。

【例】The buyers are anxious for [about] the progress of the world market.

对于世界市场的发展情况，买主都焦虑不安。

 

②接用about+名词从句。

【例】The end-users are about what kind of packing you will adopt for their future orders.

用户担心，对于他们未来的订货你方将采用何种包装。

 

【2】切望

常用作表语。

 

①可接用动词不定式。

【例】We are anxious to do what we can to help you establish your new business.

我们切望竭尽全力帮助你方建立新企业。

 

②可接用that从句，从句中多用should，有时也用虚拟语气现在时。

【例】They are anxious that you should accept the offer.

他们渴望你们能接受此报盘。

 

anything

什么事（物）；任何事（物）

 

①商业中有时用以暗示价格、费用等。

【例】We think our prices compare favorably with anything on the world market today.

我们认为，我方价格比今天国际市场的任何价格都优惠。

 

②修饰不定代词anything、somebody等的定语应后置。

【例】If there is anything wrong in the shipment, the error is in the contract, not in its’ execution.

该批货物若有什么错误的话，错在合同本身，而不在于合同的执行。

 

③下例中anything to report中的不定式，在形式上是主动的，而含义却是被动的（即to be reported）

【例】As soon as we have anything to report, we will get in touch with you.

一俟我们有什么事情需要报告，我们将与你方联系。

 

apart

【1】apart from与……分离（开）

 

【例】A business with corporate charter is empowered to conduct business affairs apart from its owners.

一个有公司特许证的企业有权在与户权所有人分离的前提下开展业务活动。

 

【2】apart from除……以外

【例】It is a good work, apart from a few slight faults.

除了有些小的疵点外，它是上品。