It took me about two hours to pluck up courage to call.我用了大约2个小时才鼓起勇气打电话。Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.游隼捕到鸟类猎物时,通常是先拔掉它们的羽毛,再把肉撕下来.Little companies are known for th...
据谣传，票卖到了300英镑。Rumour has it that tickets were being sold for £300.我听到有谣传说主教打算离开.I've heard a whisper that the Bishop intends to leave.关于哈丁是个政治走狗的指控可能是个谣传。The charge that Harding was a political stooge may be a canar...
“茶”这个词是来自汉语的外来语.Tea is a borrowed word from Chinese.有很多外来语已成为英语的一部分.Many foreign words have passed into the English language.片假名则主要用于书写外来语 、 电报或特殊的词汇.Katakana are mainly used to write foreign words, telegraph or special ...
I thought he was very attractive and obviously very intelligent...我觉得他魅力非凡，才智过人。Some were obviously unsuitable and could be ruled out at once. Others were borderline cases.一些明显不合适，可以马上排除。另一些则勉强合格。Malnutrition obviously w...
尽显其宏伟气象的兰斯大教堂景色a view of Rheims Cathedral, in all its splendour据气象预报, 明晨将有霜冻.According to the weather forecast, frost is expected tomorrow morning.这本书是讲气象的.This is a book about meteorology....
I needed some money, so I hocked it last week.我缺钱用, 所以上星期把它当了.Is the rear cow hocked or bowed?后肢是否是牛样跗关节和弯曲?Edwards had hocked almost all of his belongs before he finally found a steady job.爱德华在找到一份稳定的工作前,几乎把他所有的东西都当掉了....
起初我对丢掉工作感到非常怨恨和恼怒。At first I felt very resentful and angry about losing my job.他怨恨你是很自然的事。It is only natural that he should resent you.伯恩斯坦输掉了官司，但从未因此而怨恨格伦迪。Berns-tein lost the case, but never held it against Grundy....
当时我在布里克斯顿的一家夜总会里，那里发生了一场斗殴。I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.她是伦敦著名的“薄荷犀牛”夜总会的钢管舞舞者。She is a pole dancer at London's famous Spearmint Rhino club.当时他正在大讲特讲自己在夜总会的征服史。He was telling his tales of co...