坏天气对上午那些风笛吹奏者毫不容情。The weather was unkind to those pipers who played in the morning.我认为新闻记者不应当有丝毫偏见。I believe that a journalist should be completely objective.我不认为这对作出决定有丝毫帮助。I don't know that it's made the deci...
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow . (Emerson, American thinker )进步是今天的活动、明天的保证。 (美国思想家 爱默生)Emerson's Scottish friend Carlyle, once gaily radical, turned sour.埃默森的苏格兰朋友卡莱尔, 一度是劲头十足的过激派, ...
He made substantial donations to charity...他为慈善事业捐了很多钱。Some donations are already trickling in.一些捐赠已经陆续到来。Donations came from all kinds of people...捐赠来自于各界人士。Charities appealed for donations of food and clothing for vict...
He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.他有认错和赎罪的机会。Even death would not expiate all his crimes.死有余辜.Now I was to expiate all my offences at the gallows.现在我将在绞刑架上赎我一切的罪过....
For these she had once craved.有掌声,也有名声.The more gifts she received, the more she craved, until he was living beyond his means...得到的礼物越多，她的胃口就越大，直到他捉襟见肘为止。The more gifts she received, the more she craved, until he was liv...
感染的可能性极小。The likelihood of infection is minimal.她迟到的可能性极小。It is highly unlikely that she'll be late.水中含量极小的化学成分minute amounts of chemicals in the water...