戈登先生突然闭口不言，他的朋友们知道有哪儿不对劲了。Mr. Gordon stopped talking, and his friends knew something was up.他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。He knows the culprit but is not letting on.邻居们试图想让他自感羞愧而从此闭口，他是不会乖乖就范的。He would not let neighbours shame him into...
他可能一时大意说漏了嘴。He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.我明白她谈话的大意。I follow the drift of her conversation.信的大意是说他不久就会来.The letter is to the effect that he will soon arrive....