Where have you been footling around?你游荡到哪儿去了?Congress's response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists.国会对于近期行贿丑闻的回应是给说客强加了琐细的限制条款....
Ford was a respecter of proprieties and liked to see things done properly.福特非常重视礼仪，喜欢把事情办得妥帖得体。...respectable couples who observe the proprieties but loathe each other.遵守礼节但互相憎恨的受人尊敬的夫妇Those strict proprieties of the old...
He knew about the interview prior to its publication and had actually previewed the piece.这篇访谈在发表以前他就已经知道了，并且实际上还预先阅览过。The play is due to be previewed tonight.这出戏定于今晚试演.Backwardness must be previewed before it can be cha...
荒谬的是，这样会使得购物者支付过多的钱让农民去种太多的粮食。Absurdly, it makes shoppers overpay farmers to grow too much food.表面上看，他们的婚姻似乎是个荒谬的结合。On the face of it, their marriage seems an improbable alliance.他并不是真正心绪烦乱——他的行为只是荒谬的伪装.He wasn't re...