The house only needs an occasional coat of paint to keep it shipshape.房子只需偶尔粉刷一次就可以保持整洁。to get the house shipshape把房子打扫得干干净净，整整齐齐all shipshape and Bristol fashion一切都井井有条Give me the gift of a pair of drip - dry, shipshape...
I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes.我言不由衷地说了一些表示同情的客套话。He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调.He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章....
含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上.Magnetitite - bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone.在直径约1/2英里的地区的地表上有磁铁岩转石分布.An area about half - a - mile in diameter is surface strewn with blocks of magnetitite....
The debater was quick on the draw.辩论者思维敏捷.The debater's argument failed of logical connection.辩论者的论点缺少逻辑上的连贯性.He was a brilliant debater and his gift of repartee was celebrated.他擅长辩论,以敏于应答著称....