Everybody knew that something awful was afoot.大家都知道可怕的事近在眼前。There are plans afoot to increase taxation.正在拟订增税方案。There's something afoot here, but I don't know what it is.这里有什么东西不对劲, 但我不知道到底是什么....
set afoot着手, 使...开始执行There's something afoot here, but I don't know what it is.这里有什么东西不对劲, 但我不知道到底是什么.be well afoot在顺利进行中be early afoot早在进行There are plans afoot to increase taxation.正在拟订增税方案。Plans are afoot to ...
Many men before Gautama in that land of uneventful sunshine had found life distressing and mysterious.在这一片平安无事的,阳光和煦的土地上,早在乔答摩之前就有许多人发现生活是烦恼而神秘的.Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distres...
She writes under the nom de plume of Alison Cooper.她用笔名艾莉森·库珀写作。Cooper was a good mixer, he was popular.库珀擅长交际，人缘很好。Mr Cooper looked fit and sunburnt.库珀先生皮肤黝黑，看起来很健康。...
Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。Ever higher dues ruined trade and depopulated towns.越来越高的苛捐杂税使商业凋敝,城镇人口减少.The rotational levels of the ground vibrational level may be depopulated by r...
玫瑰花车巡游大赛中有许多彩车.The Tournament of Roses Parade includes many vehicles called floats.该彩车车身由纤维增强塑料制成, 使其轻质而防火.The float is made of fiber - reinforced plastics, making it light and fireproof.他们正在车库装饰狂欢节用的彩车.They are at the g...