合同规定屋顶用红瓦, 并非石板瓦.The contract specifies red tiles, not slates, for the roof.他们用石板瓦做屋顶.They roofed the house with slates.这所房子寂静无声,只听见树枝刮擦着石板瓦吱吱作响.The house was silent but for the scraping of a branch on the slates....
The surface corrosion was worst where the paint had flaked off.油漆剥落的地方表面腐蚀最为严重。They can see how its colours have faded and where paint has flaked.他们能看到颜色消退的情况以及油漆剥落的地方。The river from end to end was flaked with coal fleet...
She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.那天下午她发出了远远不止400份请柬。We printed two hundred and fifty invitations.我们印了250份请柬。I learned long ago to avoid these invitations.我很早就学会怎样躲开这种邀请了。...
at length的近义词有：at last, at length, eventually, finally, in the end, lastly。下面这些词或词组均含有"最后，终于"的含义：at last ：多指经主观努力，克服各种困难后才终于达到目的。at length ：强调经历一段长时间后终于完成，侧重在时间部分。eventually ：侧重于动作或行为的结果。finally ：常与at last换用，都可用于对往事的描述，但...