白色大象,意思就是花费多不中用的东西.The big garden square is a white elephant in my city.如果那样的话,又怎么做到,要花费多大的代价呢?People have dreamt of immortality since time immemorial.我们也很难想像,《吴哥之光》今后需要花费多大的努力,才能重新树立起它的公信力?It will no doubt be an uphill ...
Shopkeepers were taping up their windows.店主们在用胶带固定窗户。Have you finished taping all the presents?你把所有的礼物都捆好了 吗 ?Other, more devious, patterns became clear when I knew about the taping.我知道了录音的事之后, 就清楚了其他更为迂回曲折的手腕....
Unshaven bus drivers poured loathsome, hair - raising curses out at each other.这些胡子拉碴的司机彼此对骂着, 那些话听了叫人毛发倒竖,十分恶心.The witch hid her loathsome face with her hands.巫婆用手掩住她那张令人恶心的脸.Some people think that snakes are loathsome ...
The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels...学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。Hundreds of junior civil servants have to be put up in hotel rooms and temporary hostels...数百名初级文职官员只能被安排到旅馆和临时青年招待所过夜。Students were...