This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾.The result of such punishments is often paradoxical.这样惩罚的结果往往适得其反.One should not think slightingly of the paradoxical.人们不应该轻视自相矛盾的东西....
Charles I was beheaded by the Cromwellians.查理一世被克伦威尔派斩首。There he was condemned to death by the king, and before being beheaded he was flayed alive.他被那里的国王定为死罪, 在被砍头之前,活活地剥了皮.Herod had John beheaded to keep a promise.希律为了...
一缕盘旋的轻烟从农舍唯一的烟囱里缭绕升起。A thin twist of smoke curled from the cottage's single chimney.产业结构已由烟囱工业转向了高科技产业。There has been a shift from smokestack industries into high-tech ones.烟从烟囱里袅袅升起。Smoke was curling up the chimney...
增援部队中仅有约1/3是常备军。Only about a third of the reinforcements will be regular troops.如果战势恶化，军队可能得到增援，或不光彩地撤退。If fighting worsens, the troops might be reinforced, or ingloriously withdrawn.已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。Extra police were calle...