I used a mop to sop up the spilled water.我用拖把把泼出的水擦干.sop up the water with a towel用毛巾吸水Keeping the Open University was a sop to the educational establishment.维持公开大学是对教育机构的一种利诱.This is an obvious sop to the large Irish-Am...
"Anyhow," she added briskly, "it's none of my business."“不管怎样”，她轻松地补充说，“这不关我的事。”Mother certainly won't let him stay with her and anyhow he wouldn't.母亲当然不会让他和她住在一起，再说他也不愿意。Where the hell was Bud, anyhow?巴德到...
This would be against diplomatic etiquette.这将在外交上犯失礼的错误.She's a real stickler for etiquette, so you'd better ask her advice.她非常讲求礼节, 所以你最好问她的意见.Answer restaurant phone within 3 rings, using correct salutations ...
手边放一本便笺簿，以便有问题时随时记下。Keep a pad handy to jot down queries as they occur.迈拉·坎宁安给我寄了张便笺感谢我招待的晚餐。Myra Cunningham sent me a note thanking me for dinner.她写在了便笺簿上。She wrote on a pad of paper....
He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour.他生活中一直遵循一种完全不切实际的堂吉诃德式的道德准则。These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择, 但请先容我讲完.At worst his scruples must have...