给服务员、行李搬运工、导游和司机小费是惯例。It is usual to tip waiters, porters, guides and drivers.这些工作组将按惯例工作。These working parties will be going over well-trodden ground.这条惯例对我们不适用。The convention does not apply to us....
The chief witness was allowed to leave the town only after lodging a sworn statement with the police.主要见证人向警方提交宣过誓的证词后,才可离开市镇。All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。Thomas will be sw...
More than ten missiles were decoyed away from targets.十多枚导弹受骗未命中目标.He was decoyed by a false message into enemy territory.他被假情报诱骗进入敌区。He had been decoyed across the frontier and arrested as a spy.他被诱骗越境,然后被当作间谍逮捕....
"Anything else?" Colum asked. Kathryn shook her head wearily.“还有别的吗？”科拉姆问。凯瑟琳疲惫地摇了摇头。Colum drained the dregs from his cup.科拉姆将杯中所剩一饮而尽。The cruise control switches are conventionally mounted on the steering colum.巡游控制开关按常...
The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.象牙行业的从业牙雕师约有一千名。But the Carvers soon realized that they could not answer all the brilliant boy's questions.但卡弗夫妇很快就发现他们已经回答不了这个聪明的小男孩提出的问题了.Young George was raise...
In the past he dallied with actresses and lady novelists.他过去曾与许多女演员和女小说家调情。In the past this process of transition has often proven difficult.过去这一过渡过程常常很艰难。A dozen inmates have absconded from Forest Jail in the past year....