这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠.About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests.图书馆从当地一位商人那里得到了一大笔遗赠.The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman.他留下一些钱遗赠给他所有的朋友.He left bequests of money to al...
两辆汽车在结冰的路面上打滑。Two cars skidded on the icy pavement.几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了.Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement.路上结冰,汽车轮子打滑.The car wheels would not bite because of the ice....
By refusing to work they are cutting off their noses to spite their faces because the company will close down.他们拒绝工作,这是跟自己过不去,因为公司会关闭.Who would have thought the old man would close down entirely?谁能想到老头子会撒手了车厂子 呢 ?The sho...
我每天都穿那双旧鞋,有一只鞋底已经脱胶了。I wear my old shoes every day. One sole has come unglued.他妈妈穿上牛仔裤和平跟鞋,看上去年轻了10岁。His mother looked ten years younger in jeans and flats.一脚蹬比系带鞋容易穿。Slip-on shoes are easier to put on than lace-ups....
高尔夫球的元老an elder statesman of golf他已经写了8本书,树立起了其政界元老的形象。He has written eight books and has cultivated the image of an elder statesman.他年近九旬,已成为该国最受尊崇的政界元老。He was in his late eighties and had become the country's most...
His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities.他一家人试图融入白人和西班牙裔社区。The two communities are now on a collision course.这两个社区之间现在有可能会发生冲突。Slowly Jewish communities were reconstituted and Jewish life be...