列车无故停驶,不一会儿又开始查起票来,查票人的脸有些眼熟. The train stopped unaccountably ; shortly afterward a ticket inspector began ; the inspector's face was vaguely familiar.
He was a tubby little man in his fifties, with sparse hair.他50来岁，头发稀疏，身材矮胖。His pink scalp gleamed through his sparse hair.他发红的头皮在稀疏的头发下泛微光。As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse.我们驱车前往沙漠，沿途的草木渐渐变得稀疏...
It would be an endless task to cite such living examples.这样的实例举不胜举.I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate.我可以举出好几件事来说明.I'll just cite some figures for comparison.我要引用一些数字作比较....
We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures.我们稀里糊涂，看串了数字栏。See how stupidly they kow-tow to persons higher in the hierarchy.瞧他们对上级唯命是从的样子是多么愚蠢啊。He got rather drunk and behaved stupidly.他喝得烂醉，失态出丑了。...