The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性，游手好闲，其证词一下子就被推翻了。He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt.他嗜赌成癖，常常债台高筑。The gambler sponged a cigarette from the m...
He had never been afraid of failure: he was a gambler, ready to go off somewhere else and start all over again.他从来都不害怕失败：他是个冒险家，随时准备到别处从头再来。'so the river - boat gambler and the speculator is going to be respectable!...
从峭壁上下来有一条险峻的小路.A precipitous path led down the cliff.该镇坐落在陡峭险峻的悬崖边上。The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.我们从险峻的高处眺望铺展在下面的城镇.From a precipitous height we looked at the town spread out below....