从宾馆到交通，所有的基础设施都已陈旧失修。The infrastructure, from hotels to transport, is old and decrepit.公寓严重失修。The flat was in a poor state of repair.这座建筑看上去破旧失修，无人照管。The building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect....
突然她把香烟和点着的火柴都扔到地毯上.Suddenly she threw the cigarette and the burning match on the carpet.屋里点着的腊烛,于屋外的一切显得朦胧怪异.The candles alight in the room made all things withoutdoors loom strange.中间有一张桌子,上面有盏点着的油灯.In the centre stands...
He tried all sorts of dodges to avoid being called up.他挖空心思,耍弄各种花招以逃避被征召入伍.Those were the dodges he used to escape taxation.那些是他用以逃税的诡计.She's up to all the dodges , ie knows and uses them all.她总是有躲避的方法....
《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.调以盐、胡椒和少许辣椒粉。Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne.他给他的计算机编制了一套程序，以比较所有可能的组合。He programmed his computer to compare all the po...
be censorious of petty failings对细微的不足非常挑剔a censorious or denunciatory nature挑剔或谴责性质His treatment of him is sympathetic rather than readily censorious.他对他的态度是同情而并非一味批评.Despite strong principles he was never censorious.虽然他...