名词
1. The officials came to the party with their wives.
官员们携带妻子参加宴会。
打电话
wife的近义词
A：Hello, is this 852741? I'd like to speak to Mr. Zhang.
喂，是852741号吗？我想和张先生讲话。
B：I'm sorry. Mr. Zhang is out right now.
对不起，张先生现在不在。
A：May I know when he'll be back?
您能告诉我他什么时候回来吗？
B：I don't know.This is his wife speaking.Can I take a message for him?
不太清楚。我是他的妻子。 要我转告吗？
A：OK,thanks.
好的，谢谢。
In Labor-(生小孩)
A：My wife is in labor!
我的妻子要生小孩了。
B：Here, Ma’am please get on the stretcher.
这里，女士，请到担架上来。
A：Is Doctor Hawkins here? She’s our doctor. We called her from the car.
霍金斯医生在这儿吗？她是我们的医生。我们在车上给她打了电话。
B：Calm down, sir. We’ll call her to make sure she’s on the way.
别急，先生。我们回答电话给她看她是否在路上。
A：Thanks. Sorry. It just came as such a surprise. The baby isn’t due for another two weeks.
谢谢。很抱歉，事情很突然。预产期不在接下来这两周内。
B：How long has she been in labor?
这样多久了？
A：About fifteen minutes.
大约15分钟。
B：O.K. Are you planning on being in the delivery room sir?
好的，你们打算去产房吗，先生？
A：Yes.
是的。
B：Please follow the nurse. She’ll get you ready.
请跟着护士去。她会为你们准备好的。
Investments-(投资)
A：How are your stocks doing, Jim?
你的股票怎么样了，吉姆。
B：Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been pretty good.
哦，还可以。我去年这两年赔了一些钱，但是今年很不错。
A：Yeah. I lost money investing in the Internet, too.
是的。我投资因特网也赔了一些钱。
B：Just goes to show that you should buy companies, not ideas.
这说明你应该投资具体的公司，而不光是一些概念。
A：I changed my strategy around too. I invest in good companies now.
我也改变了我的策略，我现在投资前景好的公司。
B：Yeah, me too. Did you hear about Frank?
是的，我也是。你知道弗兰克的事情吗？
A：No, what happened?
没有，怎么了？
B：He lost his kids’ college money day trading.
他做生意把孩子上大学的钱赔了。
A：Oh, boy. His wife can’t be happy about that.
哦，天。他的太太听了肯定会不高兴的。
1. 妻子；太太；夫人
A man''s wife is the woman he is married to.
e.g. He married his wife Jane 37 years ago...
他37年前娶了妻子简。
e.g. The woman was the wife of a film director.
这个女人是一个电影导演的妻子。
noun
1. a married woman
a man''s partner in marriage
Synonym: married woman