The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.这房子没人居住, 等着拆除....a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...平坦绿野被沼泽割裂开的荒凉景色And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom's house a desolate woman.他玛就孤孤单单地住在她胞兄...
...dealing with emerging sexuality in an adult way.平静对待出现的性征...a bundle of letters which had arrived for me in my absence...我不在期间寄给我的一大堆信件He sat in an adjacent room and waited...他坐在隔壁房间里等候。I first made his acquaintance i...
His books on diplomatic history were eminently readable.他写的有关外交史的书可读性非常强。His decision was eminently fair.他的判决非常公正。What could be more civilized, more eminently sane?还有比这更有教养 、 更四平八稳的 吗 ?His books on diplomatic history wer...
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.燧石在压力的作用下碎成了小块。His eyes were as hard as flint.他的眼神冷酷无情。The rock here was as hard as flint.这里的岩石像燧石一样坚硬....
The girls usually got rough and mannish after they went to herding.到野外去放牧的姑娘通常都变得粗里粗气,象个男子汉.They have been herding cattle on the tableland for generations.他们世世代代在这高原上放牧。The little boy is herding the cattle.这个小男孩在放牛.That&...
The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.电话线那头噼里啪啦地传来警察局长短促的声音。It was unbelievably dramatic as lightning crackled all round the van.闪电在货车周围炸开时，情景异常壮观。Suddenly a bolt of lightning crackled...
He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters.他在神学和政治事务上都是最终的仲裁人。Neither it nor his other theological versetreatises rise far above doggerel.跟他的其他有关神学的议论诗一样,这不比拙劣的打油诗高明多少....this theological conun...
He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.他赢了，但是赢得十分勉强。I felt like I was being kicked in the teeth every day.我觉得每天都在遭受失望的打击。She was only six and still missing her front teeth.她才6岁，门牙还没长出来。...