The general strike of the railway workers crippled the country's economy.铁路工人的全面罢工使国家的经济陷于瘫痪。Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him.霍华德想成为流行歌手，但因怯场而心生畏惧。He was crippled by polio as a chi...
大牌俱乐部对缓慢的进展越来越不耐烦了。The big clubs are becoming increasingly impatient at the rate of progress.我对我们看似缓慢的进展感到有些沮丧。I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress.极其缓慢的过程an agonizingly slow process...
All this publicity has had a snowball effect on the sales of their latest album.所有这些宣传对他们最新唱片的销售产生了一种滚雪球效应。Tom turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball.汤姆被人用雪球击中时,竟还准备再挨一下.A snowball gathers as it goes on.雪...
It has 10 more teeth than a killer whale.它比虎鲸多10颗牙齿.From the body, the sperm whale is smaller than the killer whale.从体形上看, 抹香鲸比虎鲸要小.A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.一分钟后, 众目睽睽之下, 一只虎鲸将它们统统吃掉....
By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator...他亲口承认自己在佛罗里达从事房地产投机生意时逃过税。Politicians and the media throw the word speculator about abusively.政客和媒体滥用投机这个词,我怀疑很少有人真的问过投机的真实意义.By his own admissi...