She’s just gone off the boil, as they say in the midwifery traded.按产科学的说法，她第一次阵痛停止了。Thank God, Prissy knew all about midwifery.感谢上帝, 百里茜懂得接生的全过程.She knew less than nothing of midwifery.对于接生的事她可一窃不通.Prissy knew all about ...
He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.他指示马蒂尔达的遗体必须葬在家族墓穴里。He could easily vault the wall.他可以轻松地翻过墙去。The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里....
I’ve never heard such utter twaddle!我还从来没听过这么愚蠢透顶的话!Don't try to palm off that twaddle about the Cause to me.请不要拿出什么主义之类的废话来跟我胡聊了.All the critical twiddle - twaddle about style and form is mere impertinence and most...
You begin to understand what actions were the mainspring of the story.你开始体会到是什么样的行动在推动这个故事的发展。My life has been music, and a constant search for it has been the mainspring of my life.我以音乐为生，对音乐的不懈探索已经成为我生活的动力。Her jealousy...
We are, by astronomical standards, a pampered, cosseted, cherished group of creatures.按照天文标准, 我们是一群受宠过头 、 珍爱有余、呵护备至的受造物.The only son had been pampered and spoiled.这个独子娇生惯养被宠坏了。He felt pampered and at home.他觉得备受宠爱，很是自在。Th...
I bobbed to the surface and gasped a lungful of air.我浮上水面，深吸了一口气。She gasped for air and drew in a lungful of water...她喘了口气，吸入了一大口水。He gasped and heaved and vomited again.他又开始又喘又吐起来。People gasped with admiration at the su...
A little body often harbours a great soul.伟大的灵魂常寓于矮小的身躯.Hong Kong has been endowed with one of the finest natural harbours in the world.香港是世界上最好的天然海港之一.Townsend harbours no regrets.汤森心中无怨无悔。...
Sri Lanka has callously ignored calls for a humanitarian cease - fire .斯里兰卡无情地忽视人道 停火 的呼吁.The pendulum ticks callously, heartlessly.这是谁的遗训?He callously exploited their feelings.他无情地利用他们的感情....