The news will startle the City.这个消息会让伦敦商业区的人们大吃一惊。I didn't mean to startle you.我不是存心要吓唬你。Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you...对不起，我不是故意想吓你一跳的。They have nightmares, they startle easily.他们做噩梦，经常从梦中惊醒。...
I took down the curtains, washed, and starched them.我摘下窗帘，洗了洗，然后给它们上了浆。My clothes are not starched enough.我的衣服浆得不够硬....a starched white shirt.上过浆的白衬衫stiffly starched shirts浆得很挺的衬衫The ruffles on his white shirt were starc...
He waffled on for ages about his garden.他没完没了地瞎扯他的花园.He's waffled on abortion and gay rights...他在堕胎和同性恋权利问题上立场模糊。He waffled on the issue.关于那个问题,他含糊其词.He waffled on for hours but no one was listening.他絮叨了半天,谁也没听进去....
To say he wasn't amused must be the understatement of the year.说他不感兴趣肯定说轻了.To say I'm disappointed is an understatement...说我失望那是说得太轻了。He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of...
Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse.贾尔斯先生把不知情当作自己的借口。He pleads for sanity in a lunatic world.他祈求在这混乱的世界里仍能保持头脑清明。My client pleads guilty, M'lud.法官大人，我的当事人认罪。...