60瓦的电灯泡a 60-watt light bulb电灯泡坏了.The bulb has gone.戴夫和米歇尔邀请我跟他们一起出去,不过我可不想整个晚上都当电灯泡.Dave and Michelle invited me to go out with them but I don't want to play gooseberry all evening....
我有限的外交手腕儿受到了极其严峻的考验。My limited diplomatic skills were tested to the utmost.这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.英国制造业未能经受住20世纪70年代危机的考验。British manufacturing failed to meet the crisi...
a moment of extraordinary poignancy.一阵强烈的痛苦There is a certain poignancy about Eric.埃里克的身上有一种哀伤。As she sat in church her face had a pathos and poignancy.当她坐在教堂里时,脸上带着一种哀婉和辛辣的表情.The film contains moments of almost unbearab...
They just clung to each other like two lost souls.他们两个孤苦无依的人就那么互相依偎着。Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。The ship sank with 200 souls.那艘载着二百人的船沉没了....
They are under pressure to negate their femaleness.她们承受着否认自己女性身份的压力。Our actions often negate our principles.我们的行为时常与我们所信奉的原则背道而弛.He warned that to negate the results of elections would only make things worse.他警告说，否定选举的结果...