At meetings, AMA execs just stood with arms folded , refuseniks.在会议上, AMA高管只是袖手旁观.The firm's top execs have mostly been reabsorbed by Wall Street.大多数金融界的高级主管已经重回华尔街.The company provided a variety of golden handcuffs...
Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.遗憾的是，过于简单的情节使得这部电影差强人意。Reports of the plot of this unusual film tend to excite revulsion.有关这部不同寻常电影的情节的报道常常令人生厌。His short stories tend to be weak on plot.他的短篇小说往往...
这位刚戴上胜利花冠的战斗英雄一枪没打就束手投降了.The fresh - crowned hero fell without firing a shot.他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势.He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.有时当果实成熟时也留有花冠的残余.Sometimes remnants of the corolla may also be present when the fruit is m...
Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.尽管有混用的比喻，这个判断还是有些道理的。a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛'This vale of tears'is a metap...