Their government is making overtures for peace.他们的政府正在提出和平建议。He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship.最近他开始主动表示友好，样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。Clyde , of course , was insincere in regard to all his overture...
The court ordered the bailiffs to saize his property because he has not paid his fine.法院命令执行行官扣押他的财产,因为他没交纳罚款.I'll send the bailiffs down to retrieve the case files.我会把它发给执行官以重新获得这件案子的档案.Mr Mitchell tackled his prob...
This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.此举只是权宜之计，不关乎道德问题。The government is torn between principle and expediency.政府在原则与权宜之间难于抉择。There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重.I...