The reporters behaved deplorably.那些记者表现得甚为不堪。Business is deplorably dull.生意极为不景气.Their own publishers were naturally, if deplorably, reluctant to take their works.他们自己的出版商自然不会花钱买他们的著作, 真是令人不胜扼腕....
召鬼容易驱鬼难.It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.叫魔王赶撒旦;召鬼驱鬼.Call in Beelzebub to cast out Satan.召鬼用咒语来召鬼的行动.The act of conjuring up a spirit by incantation....
Next year's budget will have to be drastically pruned.下一年度的预算将大幅度削减.The roses had been pruned back savagely.玫瑰被狠狠地修剪了一番.The workers have pruned all the dead branches.工人们已经剪去了所有的枯枝....