降落伞突然瘪了，他从300英尺的高空跌落到地面。He plunged 300ft to the ground when his parachute collapsed.这种不安情绪使股票价格跌落到几乎18个月以来的最低水平。The upset sent share prices sliding to their lowest level for almost 18 months.猫在跌落时能够大难不死是有事实作为依据的.A cat�...
Economize in order to make one's money spin out until next payday.节省花钱以维持到下一次发薪.It's the payday, for he has brought home a stout volume from a secondhand bookstore.今天发工资, 所以他从旧书店里抱回来一厚册书.This'll be the big...
债主们就谁该承担责任争论了好一阵。There was some wrangling between creditors about who was to blame.他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款.They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years.债主们逼着找他要钱.His creditors were hounding him for money....
We've been pals for years.我们是多年的哥们儿了。David had been on a pub crawl with pals from his rugby club.大卫曾和他橄榄球俱乐部的朋友们一起串酒吧喝酒。When a political columnist describes a cabinet minister in slavishly adoring terms, shouldn...
Emerson's words might also serve as an epigraph for the pages that follow.爱默生的话也可以作为以后历史篇章的格言.Every cut of ancient epigraph of this kind is precious.这种古代金石铭文,一刻千金.As aspecial case , the viability of epigraph of a su...
对总统安全的担忧可能会给他的调解使命蒙上阴影。Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission.他认为从事祷告和门徒的工作是他的使命。He saw his vocation as one of prayer and apostolic work.我必须忘掉这些枝节问题，记住我的使命。I must forget these sid...