...a tortuous eight-hour coach ride around 1,200 bends of rough terrain.在崎岖不平的地势上拐了 1,200 个弯、长达 8 小时的冗长的长途汽车旅行the long, tortuous process of negotiating peace漫长而曲折的和平谈判过程The parties must now go through the tortuous proces...
他们把钢琴的音调升高到音乐会的高音标准.They keyed a piano up to concert pitch.这架钢琴的音调不准.The piano is out of tune.“请起立”，她用洪亮的音调说。"Stand up, please" she said in a orotund tone....
Today the best tests are performed in the hospital (see chap. 17).现在，本医院可提供最好的化验(见第17章)。He was an immensely likeable chap.他是个极讨人喜欢的家伙。This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting.这个人言过其实,就会吹牛皮放大炮.He&...
Progress has been made in curbing inflation.在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展.Curbing nitrous oxide emissions would enhance the ozone layer's recovery.抑制氧化亚氮的排放将会促进臭氧层的恢复.This advertising aimed at curbing the spread of AIDS.这则广告旨在抑制艾...
He ordered a lamb madras to take away.他点了一份外卖的马德拉斯羔羊肉.He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Cambridge...他是个来自马德拉斯的穷学生，凭自身的才华上了剑桥。He was a poor student from Madras whose genius took him to Cambridge.他...