The brevity of the letter concerned me.我担心这封信写得太短。The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。Then I saw the dateline -- 1924. The letter had been written almost sixty years earlier....
The letter merely restated the law of the land.这封信只不过重复了一下土地法。The letter was short — a simple recitation of their problem.信写得很短——只是简单地说了一下他们的问题。The things that stuck out were his cockiness and his four-letter words.与众不同之...
She was very beautiful, with high cheekbones.她颧骨高高的，非常漂亮。There were pouches under the eyes, the skin sagged from the cheekbones.眼眶下面有皱纹,双颊的皮肉松弛.He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones.他的脸棱角分明，颧骨突出。...
Wake up and not realize that dream, another heavy glabella wrinkles.醒来惊觉不是梦, 眉间皱纹又一重.Fondle light breeze from my cheek, scattered fat sister falls in the glabella.轻起的凉风抚弄着我的脸颊, 散落的妹发低垂在了眉间....
我的心脏有点儿小毛病。My heart's a bit dodgy.因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对.It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses.我不喜欢为一点小毛病就去看医生。I don't like to visit the doctor just for something trivial....
Going grey is not necessarily synonymous with growing old.头发变白并不一定等于变老了。Wealth is not necessarily synonymous with happiness.财富未必等同于幸福。His deeds had made his name synonymous with victory.他的英勇事迹使他的名字成了胜利的代名词....
To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings...混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。I can only represent it to you by metaphors.我只能用隐喻来向你描述它.To mix yet more metaphor...
He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together.他刚才有些来火, 但现在又恢复了常态.He was nettled by her manner...她的举止惹恼了他。My remarks clearly nettled her.我的话显然惹恼了她。It was the suggestion that he might alter course ...