这事很跷蹊.There's something fishy about it.我们对这类事情可不能大意--看样子是有点儿跷蹊.We could not pooh - pooh these things - they had an evil look.富饶的溪谷在蔓延, 下自成蹊苍消暑园.Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer....
The itinerant evangelists, however, often preached to large crowds outdoors.这些旅行布道家们却经常在户外对广大群众讲道.Many bosses have become evangelists for private equity.许多总裁都成为私募股本公司的传道者....
The coughing dislodged the fishbone from his throat.他一咳嗽就把卡在喉咙里的鱼刺咳出来了.I started coughing blood so they transferred me to a hospital.我开始咯血，于是他们把我转到了医院。His hoarseness and coughing showed that he had contracted a cold.他嗓音嘶...
She looked very plain and dowdy.她长得非常普通,衣也过时.She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.她让我自惭形秽。dowdy clothes单调过时的衣服Her clothes were clean but dowdy.她衣着整洁但有点土气。...playing hostess to a lot of officials and their dowdy wives...接待众多官...
"He went back to the lab", Iris exclaimed impatiently.“他回实验室去了，”艾里斯不耐烦地大声说。Iris finally ordered coffees for herself and Tania.艾丽斯最后为自己和塔妮娅点了咖啡。Iris Murdoch was regarded by many as a supremely good and serious writer.许多人都...
班克是一名38岁的单身汉，在费城长大。Bank is a 38-year-old singleton who grew up in Philadelphia.一份由联邦储备银行的费城分部汇编的报告说经济不景气。A report compiled by the Fed's Philadelphia branch described the economy as weak.只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。The only ti...