They drilled through several layers of rock to reach the oil.他们钻透了几层岩石寻找石油。We had multiplication tables drilled into us at school.以前我们上学得反复背诵乘法表.The recruits drilled regularly.新兵们定时操练....
...the Sahara Desert.撒哈拉大沙漠Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island.笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事.The remote desert area is accessible only by helicopter.只有乘直升机才能进入那遥远的荒漠地区。But lusted ex...
他的鞋子是用几段旧带子系的.His shoes were tied on with old bits of string.我们系的学生总共有几百人.The students of our department numbered in the hundreds.“ 你真该瞧瞧他系的那条领带." You ought to have seen the tie he had on....
...five years of economic purgatory.5年的经济困难Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.祷告词是为炼狱中的灵魂念的。a purgatory of drug abuse.滥用毒品而引起的痛苦Getting up at four o'clock every morning is sheer purgatory.每天早上四点起床简直是活受罪。Every ...