He felt as if a serpent had spat venom into his eyes.他感觉就像有一条蛇朝自己的双眼里喷射了毒液。The Venetian gondola is as free and graceful in its gliding movement as a serpent.威尼斯小艇划起来就象蟒蛇一样洒脱自在....the serpent in the Garden of Eden.伊甸园里的那条...
He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...在我快15岁时他开始打我，可我并没有任何招惹他的举动。His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them...他的职责是安抚那些人，而不是去激怒他们。Premature moves in...