The note, face upward on the blotter, was dated two days earlier.这张便条正面朝上放在吸墨水纸上, 注明的日期是两天之前.He blotted the wet ink with a clean blotter.他用干净的吸墨纸吸干墨水.A police blotter is a record of arrests and charges.警察捕人记录簿是逮捕犯人和罪状记录簿...
小生意开始兴隆起来.A little trade began to grow up.大多数国际公司都是从家庭小生意发展而来.Most international firms have grown out of small family business.自己的小生意也经营地不错,营利不成问题.Your own small business on the side sounds pretty lucrative....
He was a man of much worldly wisdom, and in some ways resembled Voltaire.他精于人情世故, 在某些方面酷似伏尔泰.Work banishes those three great evils : boredom, vice, and poverty. ( Voltaire, French philosopher )工作撵跑三个魔鬼: 无聊 、 堕落和贫穷. ( 法国哲...
我机械性地跟着通过了过境检查、行李认领和海关。My body was on autopilot as I trailed through passport control, baggage reclaim and customs.这项工作一点也不是纯机械性的.The work was by no means purely mechanical.最糟糕的是,这项工作一点也不是纯粹机械性的.What was worst of all was...