You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.公务员办事拖沓，你可能认为政治家会把事情顺利解决。After a pause he added'sir. " in a dilatory , grudging way.停了一会他才慢吞吞地 、 勉勉强强地加了一声 “ 先生 ”.The dilatory...
The skin of her cheeks tautened.她紧绷着脸.The shadows in the room deepened. It grew frightfully a tense stillness that tautened my nerves.屋里的阴影更深了,静得吓人,这种紧张的寂静令我的神经难以忍受.Her whole body tautened violently.她全身紧绷得厉害。Her whole bo...
The lissome birchbark canoe seemed to be a fish, so easily did it cut through the rolling black waves and ranks of ice.轻盈的桦皮舟像一条大鱼，在滚滚的黑色波涛和冰排中间飞一般地前进。We were schooner - rigged and rakish , with a long and lissome hull (...