The story ascends from a gothic tragedy to a miraculous fairy-tale.故事从一个哥特式悲剧升华为神奇的童话。...a handsome engineer who bored me to tears with his tale of motorway maintenance英俊的工程师不停地讲高速公路养护的故事，烦得我要命A good tale is none the wor...
Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer有关购买计算机时可能遇到种种问题的告诫a fairy-tale castle on an island岛上的一座神奇城堡...
He ended up hunkering down beside her.他最终在她身边蹲了下来。Beyond the fountain, hunkering atop a broad ex ? pane of steps, was the abbey itself.过去喷泉, 高踞 在一段宽宽的台阶上面的, 就是修道院.But most banks are hunkering down for more misery , as de...
When autographing, he often threw in a verse from the Bible.他签名时经常随手写下一段圣经章节.It was a verse from the book of Job. It was so apropos.这是摘自乔布书中的一句诗，用得非常恰当。...a slim volume of verse...一本薄薄的诗集The poem employs as its first lin...
How had this com-promising picture come into the possession of the press?这张令人难堪的照片是怎么落到媒体手中的？He described the picture as his most cherished possession.他说那幅画是他最珍爱的财产。Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardi...