Don’t invite her to the party. She’s so prim and proper.别请她去舞会，她太古板了。It was a strange conjunction—the prim serious young Queen and the elderly,cynical Whig.那是奇特的组合——古板严肃的年轻女王和上了年纪、玩世不恭的维新党成员相组合。We tend to imagine that th...
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。She's too prim to enjoy rude ...
He would attach a cable around the chassis of the car and winch it up on to the canal bank.他会把钢丝绳拴在汽车底盘上，用卷扬机把汽车吊到运河岸上。The frame or chassis on which panels of electrical equipment may be mounted.可安装电气设备板的框架或底座.The stabil...
He never ceases to amaze me.他总能给我惊喜。One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.人穷志不穷.The Riverside Res-taurant promises a variety of food that never ceases to amaze!滨河饭店总能提供品种繁多、令人称奇的食物。...
他默默地抽着烟, 眼睛睁得很大,凝望着远方, 他的手指不断地弹动.He smoked in silence, his eyes wide and far away, his fingers dancing and dancing.矮子依旧躺在那里, 鄙夷地不屑地弹动他的手指头发出响声.There the dwarf lay, snapping his fingers with gestures of defiance and conte...
a series of mishaps一连串的倒霉事After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany.经历了一番波折之后，她终于设法返回德国。O, it is nothing! She must bear these little mishaps.嗨, 那没什么关系! 她肯定能受得住这么点儿小意外....