The instructors were slacking on the job.教员们对工作松松垮垮.He had never let a foreman see him slacking.他从未在哪个工头面前表现出丝毫懈怠。The rain was slacking and we were moving along.雨稀松下来,而我们又走动了....
Meryl's health started a precipitous decline.梅里尔的健康状况开始急剧下降。She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part.她击败女演员梅丽尔·斯特里普，拿到了这个角色。After high school Meryl went to study at a famous drama school.中学毕业后,梅丽尔到一所著名的戏剧学校就读....
The modified Mercalli scale is a pastiche of psychological, engineering, and geological criteria.修飞的麦卡利烈度表是心理, 工程和地质标准的混合物.Peter Baker's bathroom is a brilliant pastiche of expensive interior design.彼得·贝克的浴室是高档室内设计的...
爸爸打来电话让我去他办公室一趟。Daddy called and asked me to drop by his office.我正打算到邻近的图书馆跑一趟。I was going to pop up to the local library.如果需求量足够大，周六将再安排一趟航班。Another flight would be arranged on Saturday if sufficient demand arose....
Swimming is helpful for bones that are porous and weak.游泳有助于改善骨质疏松和骨骼脆弱。The water slowly drained away, down through the porous soil.水慢慢流走了，渗入了疏松的土壤。He added sand to the soil to make it more porous.他往土里掺沙子以提高渗水性能....