The phony glamour of night clubs soon became stale and boring.夜总会那种虚荣的繁华不久便失去了新意而使人生厌.The Government, he said, were sticking to stale ideas.他说政府仍在抱残守缺。...a fog of stale cigarette smoke.一股难闻的香烟烟雾The severity of mottling i...
Without the instrumentality of a free press liberty could not be preserved.如果不能有效地利用新闻自由,就无法维护自由.Through the instrumentality of the police he was able to locate his relatives.靠警察帮忙,他找到了他的亲属.One that serves as a means; an...
...cornflake packets, bottles, and all the flotsam and jetsam of the kitchen.玉米片包装盒、瓶瓶罐罐和厨房里各种杂乱的物品You know the difference between flotsam and jetsam?你知道流浪者和难民的不同之处 吗 ?Sick and starving refugees are the flotsam and jetsa...
With one exce-ption his novels are shallow and lifeless things.他的小说都是些肤浅沉闷的玩意儿，只有一本除外。He managed to lighten the generally lifeless debate at times.他让这场总体很沉闷的辩论时不时迸出了些火花。The snowy street, like the church, assumed a dumb, ...