上个月提议的变动在3月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget.我在一匹名叫“预兆”的赛马上下了10英镑的赌注。I bet £10 on a horse called Premonition.夏装的款式常常是秋装的预兆.Summer styles are often a foretaste of autumn fash...
“坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人，”马克表示同意。"Frankly I found it rather frightening." — "A little startling," Mark agreed.这和我上次买的相比贵得吓人。This is fearfully expensive compared with the last one I bought.她的声音大得吓人。“放下椅子，”她粗声说道。Her voice wa...
This is my office, my little cubbyhole.这是我的办公室，我的幽闭之地。Cubby : A small room; a cubbyhole; a small secluded room; a small compartment.有小房间, 小隔间(橱),隐蔽的小房间, 等等意思. 具体翻译要看上下文而定.A small compartment or recess , as in a desk, for...
Why do intelligent people find quack remedies so appealing?为什么聪明人会被江湖医术所吸引？She had an appealing flirty smile.她的微笑妩媚动人。Spending the holidays in Britain wasn't a prospect that I found particularly appealing.在英国度假对我并不特...
We shall never leave you, whatever befalls.不论发生什么事情,我们永远不会离开你.Though death befalls all men alike , it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.人固有一死, 或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛.Though death befalls all men alike , it m...