He doesn't take kindly to suggestions that he is over the hill.他不爱听别人说他风光不再。A hawk hovered over the hill.一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。He is over the hill as a professional athlete.作为一名职业运动员,他的巅峰时期已过....
His uniform made him look a trifle out of place.他的制服让他看起来有些格格不入。The Prime Minister smiled again, this time a trifle frostily.首相又笑了笑，这回有点儿冷冰冰的。"There we go," said Diane, a trifle too cheerily.“这就对了，”黛安娜说道，语气有点儿过于兴高采烈。...
He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.他为人刻薄、难相处是出了名的。He is loathed by some of the more traditionally minded officers.他为某些思想较守旧的官员所憎恶。He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded....
After an ominous caesura the preacher continued.经过不吉利的停顿之后,这位传教士继续布道.It's an ominous development that may bode ill for the Russian parliament.进展很不顺利,对俄罗斯议会来说这可能是个坏兆头。As chrysanthemum, rhododendron and walnut, such a...