The porter expects a gratuity.行李员想要小费。He is taking a gratuity from the Navy.他将领到海军补助的退役金。a gratuity at Christmas圣诞节的小账Today, he had received his small gratuity , as usual.这次他也得到了他的赏钱....
Jones, apparently feeling rather opulent that day, lit up a second cigar as soon as he had finished the first.那一天，琼斯显然认为自己相当阔掉，刚抽完第一支雪茄，马上就点燃了第二支。Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.大部分现金都花在了维系他挥金如土...
当时自行车是英国最流行的交通工具。The bicycle reigned supreme as Britain's most popular mode of transport.时尚的啤酒和流行的葡萄酒已经取代了老牌的英国啤酒。Designer beers and trendy wines have replaced the good old British pint.缸砖是一种流行的厨房地面材料。Quarry tiles a...
走廊的窗户形状各异，有方形，有圆形，有六角形，也有八角形。Various windows embellish the corridor, with the shape of square, circle, hexagon and octagon.精确的六角形是最密实的钢丝束.Perfect hexagon is the most compact grouping of wires.这些设计是正方形的, 菱形的, 三角形的或六角形的小格区...
It was made of plaster, hard and white and lifeless, bearing no resemblance to human flesh.它由石膏制成，坚硬苍白，毫无生命，与人的肌体没有任何相似之处。With one exception his novels are shallow and lifeless things.他的小说都是些肤浅沉闷的玩意儿，只有一本除外。Their cold-bl...
片刻之后，他们身边出现了一只装着香槟的冰桶。A moment or two later champagne in an ice-bucket materialized beside them.石油输出国组织的石油产量保持在每天约2,150万桶。OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day.污渍是用几桶肥皂水和几把硬毛刷除去的。Stains are remo...
The nursery is somewhere hereabout.托儿所就在这儿附近.The fields hereabout are fertile.这一带的土地很肥沃.I confess I can see no curtains hereabout that answer their description.说实话,我在这附近看不见她们说的这种窗帘....
黑格注意到了他“看上去消瘦，非常劳累”的样子。Haig noted how he "looked pinched and rather tired".她是一位瘦小、沉默的女子，面容消瘦，头发稀疏。She was a small, silent woman with pinched features and thin hair.他饮食无规律，慢慢消瘦了下去。He was eating irregularly, steadily losin...