1·I called him from the phone box on the corner.
我在拐角处的电话亭打电话给他。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·LoveFone, a company that advocates repairing cellphones rather than abandoning them, opened a mini workshop in a London phone box in 2016. The tiny shops made economic sense, according to Robert Kerr, a founder of LoveFone.
LoveFone 是一家提倡手机维修,反对丢弃手机的公司。该公司于2016年在伦敦的一间电话亭里开设了一个迷你工作室,LoveFone 的创始人罗伯特·科尔表示,这间小工作室具有一定的经济意义。
3·The phone box was vandalized.
那个电话亭被破坏了。
4·No. I mean play on the phone box.
不,我的意思是在电话里拉。
5·Sarah in a phone box?
莎拉在一具电话中入盒中?
6·The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
那电话亭被一群少年歹徒故意破坏了。
7·The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
那电话亭被一群少年故意破坏了。
8·There was not a directory in the phone box from where I was phoning.
第一句的重点在于「我」用的是哪一个电话亭,而第二句则强调电话亭里没有电话簿。
9·One man calls home from a telephone box because he cannot afford a mobile phone.
一个男士因为买不起手机而要在电话室里给家里打电话。
10·She hadn't got the COINS for the phone box, so she had to reverse the charges.
她在公用电话亭打电话没有带硬币,所以只好叫对方付费。