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making the most of

「making the most of」是（發揮最大效益地）充分利用，例如：

The green building faces south, making the most of the sun.

（朝南的綠色建築，充分利用陽光。）

With the updated technology, you can make the most of your time on the way to school.（借助最新的科技，上學途中的時間也可以充分利用。）

Are you making the most of your everyday life?

（你有沒有好好地運用人生的每一天？）



came across

「came across」有「遇到；表現；給人……的印象」等意思，例如：

She came across an old friend in the marketplace.（她在市場遇到了一位老朋友。）

The chubby old man came across as a sympathetic person.（這位胖嘟嘟的老先生，給人富有同情心的感覺。）

Your lecture came across very well; everyone liked it.（你在演講時的表現很好，每個人都喜歡。）



whilst

「whilst」與「while」類似，意思是「在……的時候」、「和……同時」，例如：

He gained valuable experience whilst working with the elder employee.（他與資深員工一起工作時獲得了寶貴的經驗。）

The mushroom is a semi-deliquescent fungus that rapidly falls into putridity in decay, whilst the champignon dries up into a leathery substance in the sun.（蘑菇是種半潮解性真菌，會迅速腐爛，而在陽光下曝晒的時候會乾燥成革狀物質。）

Those boys were at their happiest whilst playing basketball.

（那些男孩在打籃球的時候最快樂。）