他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。He could just about see the little man behind the counter.他赢了，但是赢得十分勉强。He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.他靠用货车卖薄饼勉强度日。He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van....
水煮沸5分钟便可得到净化。Water can be purified by boiling for five minutes.她围绕这个主题添枝加叶地说了大约10分钟。She embroidered on this theme for about ten minutes.他们在车里又坐了10分钟，边说边搂着亲热。They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes...
Each Reader's Digest condensed book is an abbreviation of an originally longer work.《读者文摘》都是较长原著的缩写本。The substance of their talk is condensed into a paragraph.他们谈话的要旨被压缩成一段话.The English translation may have been con...