职业赛马骑师禁止对赛马结果下注。Jockeys are forbidden to bet on the outcome of races.我们被禁止使用母语，违者将被关进监狱。We were forbidden, under pain of imprisonment, to use our native language.现在许多工作场所禁止吸烟。Smoking is now banned in many places of work....
Informed people know the company is shaky.了解情况的人知道该公司状况不佳。I'm afraid that this school year is off to a shaky start...恐怕这学年一开学就不顺。Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.感到自己的观点站不住脚，玛丽于是换了个话题。The L...
He is Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man at News International.他是鲁珀特·默多克在国际新闻公司的得力助手。Iris Murdoch was regarded by many as a supremely good and serious writer.许多人都视艾丽丝·默多克为极其优秀和严肃的作家。Rupert Murdoch has this month - and ...
We were still provincials in the full sense of the word.严格说来,我们都还是乡巴佬.Only provincials love such gadgets.只有粗俗的人才喜欢玩这玩意.There was certainly a striking contrast between Charles Grandet , and the worthy provincials.查理?葛朗台跟那...
The Chancellor's upbeat message that the Government had licked inflation for good was marred by more job losses.总理乐观地声称政府已经一劳永逸地解决了通货膨胀问题，但更多人的失业却令这一消息大为减色。Positiveness. Being upbeat usually elicits a positive respo...