英文解釈 B2（中上級）

That the committee approved the proposal without a single objection surprised even its most optimistic supporters.

The realization that everything he had worked for could vanish overnight came to him only after the company collapsed.

Attempts to explain the phenomenon in purely economic terms have consistently failed.

Some problems demand immediate action; others, patient observation.

The plan was ambitious, the budget modest, and the deadline absurd.

When in doubt, consult the original text rather than a translation.

Older readers tend to value depth; younger ones, speed.

Not until the final chapter does the author reveal what the title really means.

Only by admitting what we do not know can we begin to learn anything at all.

It was not the technology itself but the way people used it that transformed the industry.

Had the warning been taken seriously, the crisis might have been avoided.

She gave what remained of her savings to a stranger she had met that morning.

The real reason, I suspect, is that nobody wanted to be the first to object.

Experienced editors know better than to promise an exact publication date.

The evidence is suggestive at best, and misleading at worst.

The revised chapter is half as long as the original and twice as clear.

He never apologized, nor did anyone expect him to.

Correct the errors, if any, before you submit the file.

Will the committee approve? I'm afraid not, though the chair hopes so.

She works harder than anyone else in the office does, and it shows.

You can leave early if you want to, but someone has to stay.

The book was praised by critics and, more surprisingly, bought by the public.

Far from clarifying the issue, the footnote adds a new layer of confusion.

His apology was anything but sincere.

It was not until the reviews appeared that the publisher took the book seriously.

The plan failed not because it was too ambitious but because it was not ambitious enough.

Should you find an error, please report it quietly rather than publicly.

He wrote the number down at once; otherwise he would have forgotten it.

I wish I had asked her what she meant by that last remark.

They should have said so before the contract was signed.

He spent years perfecting the design, only to see it rejected in a five-minute meeting.

The two leaders are to meet next month to discuss the treaty.

The author seems to have changed his mind halfway through the book.

To make matters worse, the only witness had left the country.

With the deadline approaching and nothing written, he finally turned off his phone.

Strictly speaking, a tomato is a fruit, though no cook treats it as one.

As the essay progresses, the tone shifts from playful to bitter.

Now that the data are public, the debate can at least be honest.

Given how little time they had, the result is astonishing.

You may quote the report, provided you cite it accurately.

Nobody but the translator noticed that the joke was missing.

The introduction promises rigor, while the chapters deliver anecdotes.

A closer reading reveals that the two witnesses contradict each other on one crucial point.

The company's reluctance to comment only fueled the rumors.

One thing kept the project alive: nobody wanted to be blamed for killing it.

The first draft was written in a month; the second took three years.

Who do you suppose leaked the draft to the press?

It is one thing to spot a weak argument, and quite another to explain why it is weak.

You cannot fully appreciate the ending without rereading the first page.

There is more to editing than deleting adjectives.

The safest prediction about language is that it will not hold still.

The committee rejected the proposal, and the board did so with even less hesitation.

Every writer has two selves: the one who drafts and the one who deletes. The latter is usually the better writer.

The evidence was so flimsy that even the prosecutor seemed embarrassed to present it.

Her argument was so convoluted that by the end even she seemed unsure where it had started.

The two accounts are irreconcilable; believing both is not an option.

I couldn't agree more.

Admittedly, the sample was small. The pattern, however, was unmistakable.

The witness examined by the defense contradicted herself twice.

The safety measures the committee praised failed the first real test.

The hotel was cheap, and you got what you paid for.

Not once in forty years of teaching had she seen a class fall silent that fast.