The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。reprieve a condemned prisoner缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.Commutation is distin...
Being tall can make you feel incredibly self-confident.个子高会使你感觉极其自信。Stubborn, self - confident Guo Zhenshan has never gone crawling to anyone.坚强 、 自信 、有气魄的郭振山,实在说,永远也不会向人低三下四啊!Self - confident , ambitious and positive, P...
他到处寻觅一家可灵活变通的公司。He shopped around for a firm that would be flexible.自动化会使工作周缩短，也更为灵活。Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.灵活地运用标准比死守标准会显得更合情合理。It would seem more sensible to apply standards flexib...
他是怎样在成为外交大臣以后的17年间保住最高职位的？How does he stay on top, 17 years after becoming foreign minister?6个月以后的事情我就无法预见了。I can't see any farther than the next six months.昨天的会议是为以后的工作做准备。Yesterday's meeting was to lay the gr...