额外开发土地意味着工作量相应增加。The extra field cultivated meant a proportionate increase in work.她在给秘书们减轻一些工作量。She's taking some of the load off the secretaries.工作量过于繁重。The load was too burden-some....
盼望有一天有人会研制出一种能有效预防疟疾的疫苗。Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.他们盼望着房价上升。They expected house prices to rise.他盼望得到一些现金。He relished the idea of getting some cash....
In the backroom study stood two desks side by side.在里屋书房里,有两张桌子并排放着.We could bang on the desks and shout till they let us out...我们可以拍着桌子大喊大叫，直到他们放我们出去。The press gallery has been voided of the customary bulky desks.记者席经常放...
They wolf-whistled at me, and I was so embarrassed I tripped up.他们吹口哨挑逗我，我窘迫之下绊了一跤。This practice embarrassed Luther, but he let it pass without comment.这种做法让卢瑟难堪，但是他未置一词。Polly, bewildered and embarrassed, dropped her hea...