His card joined the small pile of those spared from the layoff.他的登记卡被放到那一小叠免于被裁的人的卡片里面.But the layoff was fatal.没想到这一停竟成了致命伤.It could be triggered simply by the announcement of some massive layoff.这种上涨有可能完全是由某次宣布大规模裁员引起的...
Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee.即便上了年纪，教授仍然是委员会的一员。Merlin fell in a dotage on the damsel.墨林深深地爱上那少女.I'm not in my dotage yet ; I can still drive to Gilly.我还没到老糊涂的年纪呢, 我可以自己开车到吉利去....
...a livelier, more candid and more discursive treatment of the subject.对该主题的更生动、更坦率、更发散性的论述I disagree. Brighton's livelier.我不同意, 布莱顿城更为热闹.I disagree. Brighton's livelier. And it has more interesting buildings....
他不断鼓励罗茜为自己找个住处。He kept encouraging Rosie to find a place of her own.鼓励教师调动本身不会消弭教学队伍中的种族隔离。Encouraging teacher transfer would not, by itself, integrate the teaching corps.在一位朋友的鼓励下，克理斯换了工作。The encouragement of a friend s...