You described her as the token woman on the shortlist.你把她形容为入围名单上象征性的女性人选。to draw up a shortlist拟就入围名单I am not surprised that the Booker Prize jury included it on their shortlist.我毫不惊讶布克奖评委会将其列在入选名单中。...
Lower interest rates pleased millions of mortgage payers.利率下调让数百万抵押贷款还款人感到高兴。The firm was owed around £300,000 by late payers.该事务所被拖欠了约30万英镑。...the capitalist system, which extracts huge profits from arms production at t...
疼痛是从他右大腿的某处开始的。The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.鸟儿在某处唧唧喳喳地叫着。Birds were chattering somewhere.我断定我一定是在某处拐错弯了.I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere....
The clear capsules start dissolving as soon as they are immersed in the lake.那些透明密闭容器一浸入湖水中就开始溶解。It was a dissolving fire which was actuating him now.此刻驱使他的是吞噬一切的烈火.Paraffin has the property of dissolving grease.石蜡具有溶解油脂...
The flat contained the basic essentials for bachelor life.那套公寓配有单身生活的基本必需品。It wouldn't have occurred to me to get myself a bachelor pad.否则我不会想到给自己找一套单身公寓。I'm a confirmed bachelor.我抱定了独身的想法。...