见解独到的人士要么被调往次要的岗位，要么就不被提升。Independent thinkers are shunted into minor jobs or refused promotion.次要情节之间的联系有点牵强。The sub-plots are only tenuously interconnected.北行车辆将不得不绕次要道路行驶。Northbound traffic will have to be diverted on...
海格被自己那一套保守的战略战术所束缚。Haig was limited by his blinkered approach to strategy and tactics.该公司保守的本性不利于竞争。The company's conservative instincts sit ill with competition.他们饮料的配方是严格保守的商业秘密。The recipe for their drink is a clo...
He's been a professional musician for years, gigging all over the country.他数年来都是职业音乐人, 在全国各地演出.I owe my success as a gigging musician, however an expat.我将自己能成为一名乐手──不管能做到什么地步──归功于背井离乡....ten years of gigging in bars...
The soil proved too infertile to sustain real pasture or arable crops.这土壤被证明太贫瘠,不能真正用作放牧或种植作物。The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。...a singe...