The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。reprieve a condemned prisoner缓期执行被判罪囚犯的刑罚The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.Commutation is distin...
He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来.The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出.It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given...
He once told an interviewer that he didn't even like rock music.他曾告诉一位采访者，他甚至都不喜欢摇滚乐。"It's not one of my favourite forms of music." — "No."“这不是我喜欢的音乐形式。”——“对，这不是。”"Does it sound like music?" — "I wouldn't ...
他被控谋划妨碍司法公正。He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.将你在奢侈品上的花费降至可控范围。Keep your spending on luxuries down to manageable proportions.将豆角彻底控干，并把滤出的豆汁留下做汤。Drain the beans thoroughly and save the stock...
The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.脚下厚厚的松针踩上去软绵绵的。Sticking small needles into the hammer's felt creates mellowing.在琴槌的毛毡上粘上小针以使音色圆润.The needles that indicate your height are at the top right-hand corner.显...
I jumped up to catch a ball and fell over.我跳起来接球，结果摔了个跟头。She fell over and swore loudly.她摔倒了，大骂了一声。The car fell over a cliff and the driver was drowned.汽车从悬崖上翻下来,司机溺水而亡....
影星马龙·白兰度要求把他的名字从演职员表中删掉。The star Marlon Brando wants his name removed from the credits.马龙·白兰度、史蒂夫·麦奎因和詹姆斯·迪恩现在成了银幕上的的传奇人物。Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, and James Dean are now legends of the silver screen.你对马龙.白兰度有什么要说的 吗...