这件事如此丢脸，深深地挫伤了我的自尊心。It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem.她是个自尊心很强的人，绝不会自贬身份去写匿名信。She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters.她为自己的自尊心所困。She was a prisoner of her own ego....
Fish are denizen of the sea.鱼是生活在海里的动物.He's quite a character around New York -- a denizen of Broadway. "他在纽约是个人物 —— 百老汇的地头蛇. ”His greatest danger now lies in the unknown denizen of the water.现在他最大的危险是未知的水中居住者。...
I finally badgered him into coming with us.我终于磨着他和我们一起来了。The children badgered me into taking them to the cinema.孩子们吵着要我带他们去看电影.My girlfriend badgered me to buy a necklace for her.我的女朋友纠缠着要我给她买一条项链....
The soaring purity of her voice conjured up the frozen bleakness of the Far North.她高昂纯净的嗓音使人想起极北地区滴水成冰的寒冷与清冽。Bertha was looking out of the window at the bleakness of the day.伯莎望着窗外晦暗的天色.The city's rather uncompromis...
The umpire's decision is final.裁判的裁定是不可更改的。We need someone to umpire.我们得找个人当裁判。The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议....