很多人都很留恋过去的好时光。Many people were nostalgic for the good old days.许多人留恋不舍地回顾封建时代.Many people look back with nostalgia to feudal times.他带着留恋的心情, 一边喝酒一边叙述他的拉丁美洲之行.Over drinks , he speaks longingly of his trip to Latin America...
The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.房间太漂亮了，要是再争辩的话就会显得很无礼。She would think him churlish if he refused.他要是拒绝的话，她就会认为他不够友好。He would not offer a churlish roof to his visitors.他十分小气,连住宿都不愿给来访者安排....
Emergent democracies created markets that were ripe for exploitation.新兴的民主国家创造了可供开拓的成熟市场。He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies...他说，发达国家有责任促进全球经济增长...
Hardly had he returned to London when an anonymous well-wisher called to say he was about to be raided by Customs & Excise.他刚回到伦敦，就有一个不愿透露姓名的好心人打来电话说，他即将面临海关的突击检查。The fox raided the henhouse and ran off with its prize.狐狸...
如果买不起香槟酒，就买汽酒好了。If you can't run to champagne, buy sparkling wine.客人来后，都有香槟酒招待。Guests were presented with glasses of bubbly on arrival.香槟酒晃洒了。The champagne sloshed and spilt....
任一处的建筑物正面都布满了弹洞。Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes.这里的噪音、建筑物和人都令人出乎意料。The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation.仍有大约40名囚犯被困在严重损毁的建筑物中。About forty prisoners are still barri...