The checkpoints have become so lucrative that officers buy and sell them.官员们买卖这些检查站就是因为其有利可图.a stepping stone to a more lucrative career涉足更赚钱的行业的敲门砖...a lucrative sinecure with a big law firm.在一家大型法律事务所从事的悠闲自得的肥差The lucr...
Manchester still suffers from urban blight and unacceptable poverty.曼彻斯特仍然受到城区脏乱和严重贫困问题的困扰。The apple crop was wiped out by blight.枯萎病使苹果全无收成.The blight struck the crop.庄稼枯萎了....
她得知自己的保险已经被太平洋互助保险公司中止了。She learned her insurance had been canceled by Pacific Mutual Insurance Company.他四处询问，得知比利还没到这儿。He had asked around and learned that Billy was not yet here.得知这个消息，他高兴得手舞足蹈。He jumped for joy on bei...
" I can only understand what I can visualise, " he told Luria.他告诉卢里亚说: “ 我只能理解我能使之形象化的东西. ”Though he described the place carefully, I couldn't visualise it because it was so different from anything I'd known.虽然...