原来的居民可能会认不出这个崭新的城镇了。The new town would have been unrecognisable to the original inhabitants.他觉得她在雪天里认不出他的车子。He did not think she could recognize his car in the snow.她如此乔装改扮，连她妈妈都认不出她了。She's adopted so many disguises...
He often works by rule of thumb.他通常凭经验办事.As a rule of thumb, a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine.凭经验估计，一杯过滤咖啡约含80毫克咖啡因。A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary ...
我们往往每周共进一次午餐。We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.格雷丝把刀叉摆放在午餐桌上。Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table.午餐可以吃自助餐，也可以选套餐。At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu....
This colour is bright but not garish.这颜色艳而不俗.They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs.他们登上铺着俗艳的紫色地毯的楼梯。All around you there seemed to be something glaring, garish, rattling.在你周围好像有些东西又扎眼,又晃眼, 又刺耳....
准许他们迟延48小时,以收集更多的证据.They were granted a delay of 48 hours to gather more evidence.我们推测迟延是由某种事故所致.We surmised that the delay was caused by some accident.切勿迟延.Be sure not to delay....