We have a heap of work to do.我们有许多工作要做。He used to heap scorn on Dr Vazquez's socialist ideas.他以前总是嘲笑巴斯克斯博士的社会主义观点。scavenge in a rubbish heap在垃圾堆里捡有用之物Lee and I fell in a tangled heap.李和我扭作一团，摔倒在地。...a small compost ...
贵重的展品，呃哼，丢失的话，会众人皆知。It is not unknown for valuable display items to go, ahem, missing.展览会上最贵重的展品是毕加索的一幅素描。The most valuable item on show will be a Picasso drawing.这是一件贵重的礼物.This is a rich present....
Sometimes a light remark jarred on her father.有时候一句玩笑就会令她父亲不快。...televised congressional hearings that jarred the nation's faith in the presidency...电视里播放的动摇了全国人民对总统信心的国会听证会The chalk jarred against the blackboard.粉笔...
Television cameras were invited in to film him at work.电视台摄像师被请进来拍摄他工作的镜头。These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.在过去10年里，这些照相机的价格只是略有提高。Smiling for the cameras, the two men strained to...
他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。He slewed the car against the side of the building.大楼主体的斜墙给人造成一种视错觉。Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.门口的队伍绕了大楼一圈。The queues at the door wound around the building....
钢管里塞满了脏物.The steel tubes were clogged with dirty matters.脏物在他的屋里寻获, 于是他被捕入狱.The stolen goods were found in his room, thereupon he was put in jail.夜间清出的脏物(粪便)是极好的肥料.Night soil is found to Be an excellent manure....
The house had many drawbacks, most notably its price.这房子有很多缺陷，尤其是它的价格。This method has quite a few drawbacks.这种做法弊病不少.Yet the corporate business organization has drawbacks as well as benefits.公司这一营业组织形式既有优越性,也有不利之处....
Speakers can use intonation, stress, and pauses to help make their meaning clear.讲话的人可以用语调 、 重音和停顿等方法来帮助他们表达的更明确.He pauses a moment at the foot of a tree to take his bearings.他在一棵树下面停了下来,以便判明自己的方位.Between the pauses of t...