Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.尽管有混用的比喻,这个判断还是有些道理的。a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛'This vale of tears'is a metap...
He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.有些段落他演奏得异常徐缓,听上去有些忧伤。Many phrases in the last two chapters echo earlier passages.最后两章中的很多说法是对前面段落的呼应。The book was withdrawn for the offending passages to be de...
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 possible combinations.杰罗姆试图说服她在巴黎买一套公寓。Gerome tried to talk her into taking an apartment in Paris.昨晚我们套上马车,拉着东西搬到了这里。Last night we hitched the horse...