我宁可不睡觉，也不愿错过晚上的课。I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class.不睡觉的话，工作起来会变得反应迟钝。Without sleep you will become a zombie at work.她不睡觉的时候都在照看母亲。She spends all her waking hours caring for her mother....
他们开始工作，用砂纸把木制品打磨平滑。They were settling to their work, rubbing down the woodwork with sandpaper.这个木制品现在是绿色的。我更喜欢它是蓝色的。The woodwork's green now. I preferred it blue.老鼠啃坏了一些木制品.The rats have chewed away some of the wood...
Milk nourishes a baby.牛奶供给婴儿养料.The food she eats nourishes both her and the baby.她吃的食物给她和婴儿提供了营养。Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves.爱情是具有滋养~扩展~和保护作用的不朽的能量之流....
His tour de force is an elephant sculpture.他的精心之作是一件大象雕塑。The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。The hunter was trampled to death by a wild elephant.那猎人被一头野象踩死了....
他知道只要他开口就能得到那项提名。He knew the nomination was his for the asking.我无论何时开口，从不夸夸其谈。Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on.“好吧”，他终于开口道，“你可以走了。”"All right", he said at last. "You may go."...