恕我直言，那听起来不太符合常规。It doesn't sound exactly orthodox, if I may say so.恕我直言，那根本就不重要。That, if you'll pardon my saying so, is neither here nor there.恕我冒昧，你不太高兴，是吗？Forgive my asking, but you're not very happy, ar...
There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit certain foreigners.在访问某些外国人之前要做好许多准备工作。It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries.准备工作大概花了10分钟。It had taken about ten minutes to cov...
Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer.任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。The sea makes depredations on the land.大海侵蚀陆地.The depredations of the gangs terrified the neighborhood.歹徒们的劫掠行为使街坊邻居惊恐万状....