Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。The weather is stifling. It looks like rain.今天太闷热, 光景是要下雨.The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.小房间里令人窒息的热气...
When you stop squeezing bottle, the pressure decreases and the eyedropper floats.当你停止挤压汽水瓶, 压力减小,滴管就会浮起.Fashion gurus dictate crazy ideas such as squeezing oversized bodies into tight trousers.时装大师们常表达一些离奇的想法，诸如让身材肥胖的人穿上...
他因为对一位同事动粗而被开除了。He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.他们要是觉得受到了怠慢，就会大动肝火。They get angry if they think they are being treated disrespectfully.现在到了你该赶紧动起来的时候了吧？Isn't it about time that you pulled you...
她很愿意接受新观念.She's fairly responsive to new ideas.随着眼界不断开阔，这些新观念会为生活赋予全新的意义。As your horizons expand, these new ideas can give a whole new meaning to life.那时正是地理学真正开始发生改变、许多新观念兴起的时候。It was just when geography was really...
黑斯廷斯先生在午宴上兴致勃勃地把这个故事向安德森先生详述了一遍。Mr Hastings gleefully retailed the story to Mr Anderson over lunch.据了解，他和教练克里斯·安德森之间爆发了激烈争吵。It is understood he had a blow-up with coach Chris Anderson.歌手布雷特·安德森唤起了旧式的个人崇拜狂潮。Singer Brett A...
His ambition is to sail round the world...他的梦想是环球航行。He reefed all sail, the pole - masts were dispensed with; all hands went forward to the bows.他叫人把船上所有的帆篷都绑紧,把帆架卸下来放到甲板上, 连顶帆桅杆也都放下来了.A powered vessel should give way to...