花园充其量不过是抗拒自然的一时之法。A garden is, at best, a holding operation against nature.如果我是她就可能抗拒不了。In her place I wouldn't have been able to resist it.同属中产阶级的女性觉得他的魅力令人难以抗拒。Women of his own middle class found him overwhelmingl...
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。The Victorians built their furniture with great solidity.维多利亚女王时代的人把他们的家俱造得有可靠性.THE statistics are frightening: binge drinking i...
Openly he professed loyalty, but in secret he was fanning the flame of sedition.他表面上伪装忠诚, 暗地里却在煽动闹事.Anyone fomenting on advocating the leaving of Fort William Henry will be hung for sedition.任何散布离开威廉城言论的人将被判煽动罪而处以绞刑!He w...
Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.禁止妓女在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。May I solicit your advice on a matter of some importance?我有一件要事可以请教你吗?Solicit a continuance of customer's patronage.敬请顾客继续...
The foliage was soft and feathery.叶子如羽毛般轻软柔和。There was a heap of old feathery wood - ashes on the hearth.壁炉上有—堆轻轻的陈年的柴灰.Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets.西班牙一种草本植物,轻薄的羽毛状圆锥花序,用作干花....
We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation.我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争.We must arouse them to fight with enemies.我们必须唤起他们同敌人斗争.Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑....