I was perfectly happy just pottering around doing up my flat.我特别愿意悠然自得地收拾公寓。I spent the day pottering around the house.我在家里逍遥了一天。He used to be pottering about in a canoe on summer afternoons.他过去常常在夏日午后驾轻舟荡漾....
They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls.他们开始修补木建部分，粉刷墙壁。The hall is decorated in bright orangey-red with black and gold woodwork.整个大厅用鲜艳的橘红色装饰，木建部分漆成黑色和金色。They were settling to their work, rubbing down the ...
素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.不过,在互相庆贺怪癖的时候,有些事还是要忌讳的.But there is something impersonal in the celebration of eccentricity.只有哲学家才会去注意到诸如其类的事情,怪癖的语言学家可能也会.Only philosophers would ever notice ...
这些公共汽车将载着家属北上去探监。These buses will carry families upstate to visit relatives in prison.尽管矿井的安全状况有了很大改善，矿工的家属仍然害怕最糟的情况会发生。Though mine safety has much improved, miners' families still fear the worst.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂.The jud...
Carman Kass looked girlie in a black ruffle chiffon dress.身着黑色褶边薄纱裙的卡门?卡斯看起来仿若少女.Carman: This happens all the time. What did you do when the ring failed to arrive?卡门: 这是经常发生的事. 你不见指环送来,当时怎麽办?She afraid of the trauma her ...
He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。The contributions employees pay give cover against sickness, including chronic invalidity.员工的定期缴款用来支付生病的花费，包括长期病残的开销。I live on an i...