我们说服他参加可费了一番周折。We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.费了不少周折, 他们方到达大门.After much difficulty and jolting, they reached the gate.我们费了不少周折才找到一套空闲的公寓房间.We had a lot of bother finding a vacant apartment....
to have Scottish ancestry祖籍苏格兰The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders.这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者.Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来....