He can be quite stand-offish and rude, even to his friends.他有时会很冷淡，很粗鲁，甚至对自己的朋友也是如此。The deepest emotion is often embodied in an offish way.最深沉的感情，往往以最冷漠的方式表达出来。But even before this week's scandal, some donors appear...
Will you nail down that loose board in the floor?请把那块松动的地板钉牢好 吗 ?It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。It took the negotiators ten hours to nail down a deal.参加协商的人花了十个小...
Punch card tabulating machine invented by Herman Hollerith.赫尔曼.霍尔瑞斯发明穿孔卡片制表机.Punch card tabulating machine invented by Herman Hollerith. Wall Street Journal first published.赫尔曼.霍尔瑞斯发明穿孔卡片制表机. 《华尔街日报》首次发行....
She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.她瞟了一眼弗恩.There are many different types of fern, none of which produce flowers.蕨类植物有许多不同的种类, 无论哪一种都不长花.Kennicott was cordial to Fern Mulins.肯尼科特对弗恩马林斯小姐倒是很亲热....
Meryl's health started a precipitous decline.梅里尔的健康状况开始急剧下降。She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part.她击败女演员梅丽尔·斯特里普，拿到了这个角色。After high school Meryl went to study at a famous drama school.中学毕业后,梅丽尔到一所著名的戏剧学校就读....
夫妇俩进去之前在门阶上简短地说了几句.The couple chatted briefly on the doorstep before going inside.这可以用下面的提纲简短地加以概括.It may be briefly summarized in the following outline.简短地问了一下圣诞假期之后，他又回到了音乐的话题上。After a brief inquiry about the Christmas...
They think all backpackers are tramps.他们认为所有背包的人都是徒步旅行者.The police hustled the tramps into the patrol car.警察将那些流浪者强行推入巡逻车中.The tramps wanted to know why Lucky never put down the luggage.两个流浪汉想弄明白,为什么幸运儿总是提着行李不放到地上....