正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.我们略掉了我们认为对正文不甚紧要的脚注。We have omitted footnotes which we judged inessential to the text.他答应亲自编辑正文的内容。He undertook to edit the text himself....
陈腐的方式Fossilized ways约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.它本是一件老朽陈腐的东西, 很少有人愿意去研究它.It was an obsolete thing, and few cared to study it....
他们会同意你旁听几节课吗?Will they permit you to sit in on a few classes?我们正在收音机旁听首相的广播演说.We were listening in to the Prime Minister's speech.这回答对于旁听群众有一种快乐的效果.This answer had a happy effect upon the audience....
梅尔朝伊根·杰弗斯挤了挤眼睛.Mel winked at Egan Jaffers.相形之下, 罗宾逊?杰弗斯的加州冷冰冰的虚无主义反而给人以清新兴奋之感.By contrast, the chilly Californian nihilism of Robinson Jeffers was a refreshing tonic.现在,他认识到杰弗斯的教义是 “ 胡说八道 ”He now realises that Mr Jeffs...
Prices start at £13.95 a metre for printed cotton.印花棉布以每米13.95英镑的价格起售。They must each compose a poem in strict alliterative metre.他们必须每人作一首严格押头韵的诗。The average UK coal seam is one metre thick.英国煤层的平均厚度为1米。...