现在政界讲究的无非是合适的发型和时髦的衣着。Now politics is all about the right haircut and a sharp suit.他批评她们衣着暴露而且矫揉造作。He criticized them for dressing outrageously and posing pretentiously.游客们偷偷地取笑当地人落伍的做法和衣着。The tourists snigger at the loc...
Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams under the ground floor.调查发现一层地下的横梁大面积腐烂。He bumped his head on the low beams.他的头碰到了低梁上。The beams are riddled with woodworm.这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。...
to cut staff to an irreducible minimum把职员减少到最低限度Expenditure on road repair has been cut to an irreducible minimum.修路费已削减到不能再减的最低限度了。An " irreducible " element is one that can not be quantified.“ 不可折算的 ” 因素是一种不能数量化的因素....
These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着.Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.3当安息日,不可在你们一切的住...