"Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.“第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。I took down his comments in shorthand.我用速记法把他的评论记录了下来。to take sth down in shorthand用速记记录某事...
Instead of writing her shorthand by hand, she could use a machine.她可以不用手, 而使用一种带键盘的机器进行速记。"Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.“第三世界”是个抽象概念，是一种简称。The fiction that 'he' is a neutral shorthand for...
Slowly and strangely, the place began to grow on me.真是不可思议，我渐渐地喜欢上这个地方了。The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides.在裸露的山坡上庄稼没法生长。In the past nothing could grow on this tract of land.过去这块地不立苗....
我们必须像外科医生拿手术刀时一样冷静客观，不受任何感情影响。We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.这是当年白求恩大夫用的手术刀.This is the scalpel which Norman Bethune used in those days.医生慢慢地把手术刀从病人的胃里拉出来。The doctor drew the lancet out slowly from ...
The country was in ruin and convulsion.这个国家没落于动乱之中。There was a violent convulsion of nausea inside him, and he almost lost consciousness.他感到一阵猛烈的恶心, 几乎晕了过去.A sudden convulsion shook him, and he fell to the ground.一阵突然的痉挛...
Do you believe in a cosmic plan?你相信冥冥中的安排吗？His "cosmic vision" is to blend Christianity with "the wisdom of all world religions".他的“远大设想”就是将基督教和“全世界所有宗教的智慧”融为一体。They also contain a lot of cosmic crud, mostly in the form ...