那顿饭简直是敲竹杠。That meal was a real gyp.买房时他向她敲竹杠.He did her down over selling the house.一杯咖啡要二英镑,真是敲竹杠.A charge of ￡ 2 for a cup of coffee is daylight robbery....
The dress is perfect. Don't add anything to it at all. It would just be gilding the lily.这条裙子已经很完美了, 别再作任何修饰了, 那只会画蛇添足.The gilding is extremely lavish.这层镀金极为奢华。His article praising classical Greek art is just gildin...
Give your upper body a workout by using handweights.用哑铃来锻炼上身。She does a 20-minute workout every morning.她每天早晨做运动20分钟。I went for a ride to give my new bike a workout.我骑车遛了一圈,试了一下我的新自行车....
因为天气暖和，戴维只穿了一件白色的棉衬衣。Because it was warm, David wore only a white cotton shirt.用一根棉签把轮廓抹花。Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud.多数小地毯是简单的棉质方块垫。Most of the rugs are simple cotton squares....
They endured five years of privation during the second world war...第二次世界大战期间，他们忍受了5年的贫困生活。He looked upon privation as no hardship.他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难.Cold is the privation of heat.所谓冷就是缺乏热量.It will be the greatest imaginable p...