8月份的汽车销量暴跌，这可不是个好兆头。Ominously, car sales slumped in August.已经有问题了，这不是好兆头。Already there were problems. It didn't augur well.有刮台风的兆头.There was a threat of typhoon....
A waitress came in, carrying tea on a tray.一名女侍者走进来，手端放着茶的托盘。Sometimes they tell me I'm just a glorified waitress...他们有时候对我说我只是个女招待，只不过称呼好听一些罢了。I turned away from the phone to see Lewis pat a waitress on her rear.我打...
到目前为止，参加测试的有57人，测试结果均呈阴性。So far 57 have taken the test and all have been negative.在多数语言中，形容词的阳性和阴性的拼法略为不同。In most languages adjectives have slightly different spellings for masculine and feminine.在威尔士语和爱尔兰语中，表示“月亮”的词是阴性的...