他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪.His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人.Eleanor is always a penny - pinch ever since she has been young.把我们的援助加上一些附加条件,那是吝啬的.It would be churlish to tie strings to ou...
We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.我们对任何草案都会感到满意, 即使草案的内容非常空洞也无所谓.Both are equally remote and vacuous.二者都同样是遥远和空虚的....the usual vacuous comments by some faceless commentator.一些千人一面的评论员给出的毫无意义的...
涨潮和落潮交替更迭.The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.渔船趁着落潮出航.Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.他们喜欢在落潮时沿着海滨散步.TIDE They liked to walk along the beach at low tide....