陈腐的方式Fossilized ways约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.它本是一件老朽陈腐的东西, 很少有人愿意去研究它.It was an obsolete thing, and few cared to study it....
Monstrously inflated prices are designed to keep people like us at bay.疯狂飞涨的价格会使像我们这样的人走投无路。The subsidies are designed to cushion farmers against unpre-dictable weather.这些补助金用于减轻农民因难以预测的恶劣天气而遭受的损失。Ricardo Bofill, the Cat...
He is back in more congenial company.他回来后变得更容易相处了。a congenial working environment宜人的工作环境I met few people congenial to me in the department.在那个单位里我没碰到几个意气相投的人....