He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。He has aspirations to fame and greatness.他有建立丰功伟绩名扬四海的愿望.This accords with the aspirations of the people.这符合人民的心愿....
Brecht's verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated...布雷赫特的结论是他的电影剧本已被窜改。Once, I found him reading Brecht.他知道各国首都, 还认识各国的国旗.But the comparison with Brecht is nevertheless instructive.不过,与布莱希特的比较仍然给人以启发.Brech...
Buying expensive furniture is not necessarily the smartest move to make.购买昂贵的家具不见得就是最明智之举。All the pretty women wore their smartest dresses.所有漂亮的女士都穿着最漂亮的连衫裙.I've never been the smartest person in the room before.我从来...
used to的近义词有：used to, would。下面这两个词均含"过去惯常，过去总是"的含义：used to：指客观地表示过去的习惯，既可是过去经常发生的动作，又可是过去一向存在的状态，比would通俗，往往含今昔感。would：指过去经常发生的行为，主观感情色彩较浓，只表过去惯常行为，既不表状态也不表持续动作。不含"过去如此，现在不再这样"的意味。...
巨大的损耗无疑是战争的必然结果。Wastage was no doubt a necessary consequence of war.这是一项旨在使损耗减至最低的新生产技术。It was a new production technique aimed at minimizing wastage.考虑到损耗,买比所需更多一些的纸.Buy more paper than you need to allow for wastage....
爱国主义是政客们的惯用伎俩。Patriotism is every politician's stock-in-trade.多么肮脏、卑劣的伎俩！What a dirty, low-down trick!如果你告诉这些人实情，他们是不会选你的。但是如果你耍点儿伎俩，他们会不止一次推举你。If you tell those folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if...