She lit the oven, preparatory to putting the pie into it.她把烤箱加热，准备把馅饼放进去。Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking.斯隆清了清嗓子，准备讲话。This was where we were to have our preparatory language courses.这就是我们要上语言预备课的地方....
At least a year's preparatory work will be necessary before building can start.在开始动工之前至少要做一年的准备工作。...preparatory talks for this week's summit in the Maldive Islands.为本周在马尔代夫群岛召开的峰会举行的预备会谈This was where we were ...
他们方才一直在森林里狼吞虎咽地大嚼野果.They had been gorging fruit in the forest.大家立刻入席,开始大嚼.The guests took their seats at the table and began by making an uncommonly good meal.它们只是在苔原上大嚼特嚼, 睡上几小时,接着再吃.They just chomp on tundra, nap a few...
Lack of food and supplies caused disaffection among the soldiers.食物和补给的不足造成士兵的不满.Disaffection broke out almost from the start.几乎一开头就爆发出不满情绪.Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection.鲍勃?狄蓝触及那些大家都不满意的敏感的问题....
He dissented and questioned the justice of the award.他提出质问,说裁判不公允.Just one of the 10 members dissented.只有1/10的成员不同意。We dissented from the decision.对那项决定我们表示了不同意见.Four justices dissented, relying on the plain language and...
这次石油泄漏对环境造成了难以估计的损害。The oil spill has caused incalculable damage to the environment.这些气体对环境造成难以估计的破坏。These gases cause untold damage to the environment.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的.A computer would have been invaluable for this ...
Will you accede to her request?你答应她的请求 吗 ?I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.我一直搞不懂他为什么不一开始就同意我们的要求。Britain would not accede to France's request.英国不肯同意法国的要求。...