4PHRASE 从零开始;从头做起;白手起家 If you do something from scratch, you do it without making use of anything that has been done before. 从零开始;从头做起;白手起家
Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging.
建立一个全新的家庭既让人兴奋又富于挑战。
Hong Kong's manufacturing industry did not start from scratch in the post-war period.
战后,香港制造业的兴起并非从零开始。
5PHRASE 苦苦琢磨;绞尽脑汁 If you say that someone is scratching their head, you mean that they are thinking hard and trying to solve a problem or puzzle. 苦苦琢磨;绞尽脑汁
The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.
该协会花费大量时间苦苦思索如何提高美国的生产力。
6PHRASE 触及表面;隔靴搔痒;浅尝辄止 If you only scratch the surface of a subject or problem, you find out or do a small amount, but not enough to understand or solve it. 触及表面;隔靴搔痒;浅尝辄止
Officials say they've only scratched the surface of the drug problem. [+ of]
官员们说他们只是触及了毒品问题的表面。
We had only two weeks to tour Malaysia, which was hardly enough time to scratch the surface.
我们只有两周的时间游览马来西亚,连走马观花都来不及。
7PHRASE 达到标准;合格;令人满意 If you say that someone or something is not up to scratch, you mean that they are not good enough. 达到标准;合格;令人满意
My mother always made me feel I wasn't coming up to scratch.