...a book of children's verse, which ranged from the barely tolerable to the utterly dire.一本儿童诗歌集，其中有的能勉强接受，而有的简直是糟透了。The company is in dire straits.公司处于极度困难的境地.They deprived a large number of the overseas Chinese o...
He recorded a time of 4 minutes 23, bettering the old record of 4-24.他用时4分23秒，刷新了4分24秒的原纪录。He had dedicated his life to bettering the lot of the oppressed people of South Africa...他毕生致力于改变南非受压迫人民的命运。He recorded a time of...
那个柜子只有用紫外线照射才可以看见。The container is invisible until you shine an ultraviolet light on it.该把他的球棒和手套搁进柜子里了。It was time to consign his bat and glove to the cupboard.每个座位旁都有带锁的柜子，我迅速翻找着里面的东西。There were lockers by each seat an...
The couple hold the unfashionable view that marriage is a sacred union.夫妇俩对婚姻的看法很传统，认为婚姻是神圣的结合。The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people.对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言，猫头鹰是圣物。The eagle is the animal most sacred to the Nativ...
Increased consumption of water has led to rapid depletion of groundwater reserves.用水量的增加导致了地下水贮备迅速枯竭.What they find could provide clues to what might happen worldwide if ozone depletion continues.他们的发现可以揭示如果臭氧持续减少，世界范围内可...