He wore a belted raincoat that accentuated his portly middle.他穿着一件系腰带的雨衣，使他发福的腰身更加显眼。How did he look, Sir? Was he portly, bold, outspoken, and hearty?他看来怎样, 先生? 他是不是又魁梧 、 又豪放 、 又直爽 、 又精神饱满 呢 ?The word'portly'co...
...a portly middle-aged man.一个胖胖的中年男人He wore a belted raincoat that accentuated his portly middle...他穿着一件系腰带的雨衣，使他发福的腰身更加显眼。How did he look, Sir? Was he portly, bold, outspoken, and hearty?他看来怎样, 先生? 他是不是又魁梧 、 又豪放 、 又直爽 ...
一名石油公司主管从其公司骗取了5万英镑。An oil executive swindled £50,000 out of his firm.一名来自伦敦商业区的商人骗取了投资者们数百万英镑。A City businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds.诈骗犯们已经骗取了投资者200万英镑。Swindlers have cheated investors out of £2...
News of the fierce forces that were coming struck terror in Edinburgh and Stirling.这支勇猛的军队正在开来的消息,使爱丁堡和斯特林陷入恐怖之中.The dusk began to fall , we waded ashore and struck for the Bridge of Stirling.暮色来临时, 我们涉水上岸,向施德林桥走去.Modern...
只有非常有钱的人才能在米拉贝勒餐厅吃得起午餐。Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle.我们在老贝勒见过面的. ”We had that man before us at the Old Bailey.'是谁让老贝勒变作了选美评判员的?Who made the Old Bailey a judge of beauty?...
Geniality is my middle name. I rarely write a fierce word about any restaurant.与人为善是我最大的特点。我在给饭店写评语时很少用到激烈的言辞。Even to himself the geniality rang false and he came to a stop.这种亲切的语气他自己听来都显得虚伪，于是他停了下来。They said he is a pit...
他获准加入法兰西厨艺学会。He was admitted to the Academie Culinaire de France.这张图片中的铁艺藤椅要价125英镑。The rattan and wrought-iron chair pictured here costs £125.我并非自夸，我的厨艺的确高超。I'm a good cook, though I say it myself....