42 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.42试金石试金, 黄金试人.A man’s deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness.行动是一个人伟大或者渺小的试金石。Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.工作稳定...
Randall was shoveling food into his mouth.兰德尔将食物大口大口地塞进嘴里。His palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.他的手掌因干挖土的活儿而磨破了皮.His palms were excoriated by the hard labour of shoveling.他的手掌因挖土之苦工而破皮了....
to make cynically callous.使冷漠They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.他们见利忘义地试图以减少屠杀海豚数量作为交换条件,重启商业捕鲸。I firmly believe our strategy is being de...