Some soldiers went on furlough for two weeks.有些士兵休假两周.I was at home on furlough.我正休假在家。I have a furlough every three years.我每三年休假一次.This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.这可能意味着大量的政府工作人员要暂时下岗。...
He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.他是英格兰西部一所公学的校长。You need a thick skin to be a headmaster.要当校长,你就得脸皮厚一些。The headmaster is waiting for someone to own up.校长在等着有人站出来承认。...
...a bundle of old rags...一捆破布NIV for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.[和合]因为好酒贪食的,必致贫穷;好17睡觉的, 必穿破烂衣服.The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a be...
This was a troubling essay on the anatomy of nationhood.这是一篇剖析民族主义的让人不安的文章。To them, the monarchy is the special symbol of nationhood.在他们看来,君主制是独立国地位的特殊象征。...
气流一直从我们身边呼啸而过。The air was rushing past us all the time.强冷气流从山上疾掠而下。Blasts of cold air swept down from the mountains.周四,南极气流给智利南部带来了刺骨的严寒。Antarctic air brought biting cold to southern Chile on Thursday....
The room has a nice cozy feel.这房间给人非常温暖舒适的感觉。I felt cozy watching the hearth fire.看着炉火我感到温暖而舒适.The English word uncle has , for various reasons, a cozy and slightly comic set of associations.英语uncle一词由于种种原因有一组令人感到亲切的、稍稍显...
He worked in a travel agent's.他在一家旅行社工作。It was a mark of his unfamiliarity with Hollywood that he didn't understand that an agent was paid out of his client's share.他居然不知道经纪人的报酬得从其客户的收入中出,这说明他对好莱坞太不了解了。Whe...