The mirror cracked but did not splinter.镜子裂了，但没碎。A shell splinter embedded itself in the wall.一块弹片嵌进墙壁里.I got a splinter in my finger while I was sawing the wood.我在锯木头时手指扎了一根刺....
The two sides exchanged fire with artillery, mortars and small arms...双方交火时动用了大炮、迫击炮和轻武器。They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground.他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地.Rockets, mortars and artillery rounds rained on bu...
He seemed to know intuitively that I must be missing my mother.他似乎凭直觉知道我肯定在想母亲。She intuitively understood his need to be alone.她凭直觉就知道他需要独处.Avoid making intuitively obvious but unfounded assertions.避免作出直觉上显而易见却没有根据的论断。So...
我不想重提往事。I wouldn't want to dredge up the past.重提旧事对任何人都没什么好处。Raking up the past won't help anyone.没人愿意重提旧事。Nobody wanted to rake over his past history....
summon the nerve to do sth.鼓起勇气做某事It took her a full month to summon the courage to tell her mother.她用了整整一个月才鼓足勇气告诉了妈妈。Mr Rushworth, shall we summon a council on this lawn?罗什渥兹先生, 我们就在这块草地上开个会 怎么样 ?He could not summon ( ...