Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.好吧，不管怎样，还是要感谢你所做的一切。The policeman smiled at her. "Pretty dog."— "Oh well, thank you."警察冲她笑了笑，“这狗真漂亮。”——“哦，谢谢。”"Thank you very much for speaking with us." — "Not at all....
He has 20 years of loyal service to Barclays Bank behind him.他已经忠心耿耿地为巴克莱银行效力了20年。When Barclays Bank contracted out its cleaning, the new company was cheaper.当巴克莱银行外包其结算业务后，新公司的价格更为便宜。He has 20 years of loyal service to ...
Wood does not sink in water.木头不会沉入水中.Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in.任何人对他说的任何劝他振作起来的话都不会起作用。Hagen let this sink in.老头子的这个分析在黑根的思想上留下了深刻的印象....
他们有时候对我说我只是个女招待，只不过称呼好听一些罢了。Sometimes they tell me I'm just a glorified waitress.他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。He calls it a "contraption", using his favourite word of the moment.所有雇员相互称呼时都须在名字后添加敬语san（日语表示“先生”，“女士”）。All e...
“又累又激动”是形容人喝醉酒的一种委婉说法。"Tired and emotional" is a code word for being drunk.现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.雷切尔委婉但执著地把自己的意愿强加给道格拉斯。Rachel gently but per...
All of their furniture was upholstered in flowery materials.他们所有的家具都套了花面料套子。A white cane sofa is sumptuously upholstered in gold taffeta and purple velvet.白藤沙发上配有金色塔夫绸和紫色天鹅绒制成的沙发垫，显得豪华而精致。Everything ornately upholstered,...