他辞去了在雅典当办公室勤杂工的工作。He quit his job as an office boy in Athens.我让机长设法给我们弄3张去雅典的票。I asked the Captain to wangle us three tickets to Athens.他们搭乘由雅典直飞这里的航班过来的。They'd come on a direct flight from Athens....
洋子主要是做大生意。Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business.餐馆老板只会讲洋泾浜英语。The restaurant owner could only speak pidgin English.我尝试用我的洋泾浜意大利语表达出我的意思。I tried to get my message across in my pidgin Italian...
He has just learned the rudiments of Chinese.他学汉语刚刚入门.I taught myself the rudiments of printing.我自学了印刷的基本知识.Here he had the opportunity of learning at least the rudiments of freestoneworking.在这儿,他至少有机会学一学用自由砂石作原料而工作的初步知识...