Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.尽管有混用的比喻，这个判断还是有些道理的。a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛'This vale of tears'is a metap...
我不想我们两个公司间存有什么芥蒂。I don't want any hard feelings between our companies.你对女性存有芥蒂吗，莱斯？Have you got something against women, Les?我对外国人并无芥蒂。I have nothing against foreigners....
I was in bed with flu. My wife can vouch for that/me.当时我患流感卧床休息。我妻子可为此/为我作证。You should give the names of two people who can vouch for your honesty and reliability.你应该提供两个能担保你诚实可信的人的名字。I can vouch for the fact that he is ...
他正如米尔顿那位 “ 亲切的天使长 ” 一样循循善诱.He had been as instructive as Milton's " affable archangel ".以诺依其申述是与神同行,神把他变成了天使长.Enoch allegedly walked with God who turned him into the archangel Metatron.这是天使长的公共关系以取得优势的开局棋法之一.This wa...
它批评主要承包商在其最初估价中犯了严重的错误。It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates.至少有一个估价把总数定在了700万美元。At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million.这种金属以前的估价是目前价格的两到三倍。The metal had been va...