As an investment, bricks and mortar are not what they were.作为一种投资，房产不再是从前意义上的房产。Cars and trucks have been torched, bottles and bricks thrown.轿车、卡车被放火焚烧，瓶子与砖块乱砸乱飞。The aisle was floored with ancient bricks.过道由古旧的砖块铺就。...
这份350页的报告是根据各位证人对这些事件的证词写成的。The 350-page report was based on statements from witnesses to the events.该报纸每周一期，讽刺各位政治领导人。The newspaper came out weekly. It satirized political leaders.这时有人大声喊道：“安静，请各位安静！”Then a voice called...
Richardson severed his right foot in a motorbike accident.理查森在一次摩托车事故中失去了他的右脚。He almost bled to death after the bullet severed an artery.子弹穿过动脉，他失血过多几乎性命不保。She severed her ties with England.她断绝了和英国的往来。...
He claims that their success was not merited.他声称他们不应该获得成功。Lowell , who succeeded him in the chair , also merited the appointment.接替他出任这个教职的洛威尔也极其称职.Raise your standards , my brave men, and set neither measure nor limit t...
他把我带到了一间空荡荡的、有过堂风的会见室。He led me through to a bare, draughty interviewing room.这家礼品店最畅销的商品是尼克松会见猫王普雷斯利的照片。The gift shop's biggest seller is a photo of Nixon meeting Presley.广播和电视都报道了这次会见。The interview was broadcast o...
The queues at the door wound around the building.门口的队伍绕了大楼一圈。Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pu...
We know them as inaccurate and misleading property descriptions.我们认为对性状的这些描述是不准确的，且会使人产生误解。Diplomats can be a notoriously unreliable and misleading source of information.外交官可能会提供一些靠不住的误导性信息，这是众所周知的。It would be misleading...