The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise.银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。a meagre diet of bread and water只有面包和水的粗茶淡饭The diet should be suitable, being neither too rich nor too meagre.膳食应该适当, 即不能太油腻也不能太粗淡....
我继续研究飞蛾，并将研究范围扩展到其他昆虫。I continued studying moths, and branched out to other insects.我看着飞蛾爬到灯罩外面。I watched the moth crawl up the outside of the lampshade.飞蛾在窗帘上跳来跳去,弄上了许多污点.The moths tapped and blurred at the window scree...
We became increasingly fed up with his increasingly unfunny and unintelligent comments.我们越来越反感他益发无趣又缺乏见地的言论。His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate.他的话必将为争论推波助澜。He made his comments at a news conference in Amste...
It is arguable whether the rebels will knuckle under.还不能确定反叛者是否会投降。The only thing to do was knuckle down and get on with some serious hard work.唯一能做的就是开始努力工作，好好干出点儿成绩来。They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从...