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...
他用手抹了抹嘴，然后打了个响亮的饱嗝。He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly.那些男人, 吃得直打饱嗝, 解开了背心的钮扣.The men, gorged with food , had unbuttoned their vests.不能在别人面前打饱嗝.In front of the others can't burp....
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the relatives.我对所有的亲人表示由衷的慰问。These buses will carry families upstate to visit relatives in prison.这些公共汽车将载着家属北上去探监。She immediately started ringing round her friends and relatives.她马上...
...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩The table was badly charred by a flatiron.这张桌子被熨斗烧焦.her hideously charred and blackened features她那被烧焦变黑、非常可怕的面部The meat was slightly c...
The general gave the word to execute the deserters.将军下令处决逃兵.Procuring their rifles, they opened fire in a leisurely manner upon the deserters.他们拿起来福枪, 懒洋洋地向逃亡者开火.to follow the line of “recruiting deserters and accepting ...