His friend was less good-looking, but a lot more informal and relaxed.他的朋友没那么英俊，却随意、放松得多。The restaurant is informal, stylish and extremely good value.这家餐厅氛围轻松，装修雅致，而且价格非常公道。She is refreshingly informal.她不拘礼节，让人耳目一新。...
Everyone wanted to bowl, hence everyone wanted to open a bowling alley.大家都想玩保龄球，因此大家都想开保龄球馆。Whatever is hidden is harmful (hence revelation equals security).任何隐藏的东西都是有害的（所以披露就等于安全）。The sports meet will be held three days...
轮船进入陌生的港口前要雇用引航员.A steamer takes on a pilot before coming into a strange harbour.这位引航员引导我们通过了危险的暗礁区.The pilot guided us through the dangerous reefs.马克·吐温曾当过密西西比河上的引航员.Mark Twain was once a river pilot on the Mississippi....
The United States tried to dispose of its grain surpluses.美国努力把过剩粮食处理掉。The chief problem was to find how to prevent surpluses from depressing domestic prices.首要问题是设法防止由于产品过剩而使国内价格下降.Countries enjoying surpluses will be u...
Often the interviewer will need to play devil's advocate in order to get a discussion going.采访者常常需要故意唱唱反调以使访谈继续下去。He skillfully parried all the interviewer’s most probing questions.他回避了采访者所有刨根究底的提问。He once told an i...
你如做错事, 应当受罚.If you do wrong, you deserve punishment.经理的秘书做错事不受处罚, 无论她对他说什么,他都不责备她.The manager's secretary gets away with murder; she says what she likes to him and he never tells her off.发点慈悲吧, 我们都会有做错事的时候!Be charit...
In China Grace Thompson observed the great variety of loads that were carried by 'slim, erect but muscular Amazons'.在中国，格雷丝·汤普森看见“苗条、挺直而强健的女人们”携带着各种物品。With appallingly bad grace I packed up and we drove north.我...
对数字显露出来的谨慎可能完全是正常的。The emerging caution over numbers is perhaps only to be expected.这位非科班出身的数学家对数字特别痴迷。This untutored mathematician had an obsession with numbers.多数软件盲目地对数字执行算法,而不首先检查数据.Most software blindly performs ari...