Betoken : To be or give a sign or portent of.预示: 做或给出记号或预兆.He gave her a gift to betoken his gratitude.他送她一件礼物表示感谢.Dark clouds betoken a storm.乌云予示着暴风雨的来临.Those black clouds betoken rain.那些乌云预示有雨....
The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million.新建成的购物中心耗资110万。I didn't realize how heavy that shopping was going to be.我没想到买的东西会有多沉。Now what about that shopping list? I've got to get going.那张购...
在法国，欠发达的农村地区说方言。In France patois was spoken in rural, less developed regions.荡妇喜欢肌肉发达的人甚于头脑聪明的人.A wanton woman prefers brawn to brains.在发达的混合经济体中，充足的房源供给是可能的，在那里贫困阶层的利益较有保障。Adequate housing is possible in developed, mixe...
Maggie's head was spinning in a daze of ultramarine blue far removed from Catholicism or Polynesia.麦琪的思想远离天主教而沉入了让人眼花缭乱的深蓝色中.It abuts the Tropic of Cancer, constituted the Polynesia archipelago north vanguard.它紧靠北回归...
Astronomers can calculate when there will be eclipses of the sun and moon.天文学家可以算出何时发生日食和月食.Maugham agreed with Kelly that the new painting eclipses all else.毛姆同意克利的意见,说这幅新画使所有别的画黯然失色.Astronomers can accurately foretell ...
His voice was scornful in the extreme.他的声音听起来极端地轻蔑.He opened the door with a scornful look on his face.他面带轻蔑地开了门....a scornful simile.讽喻She flung him a scornful look.她轻蔑地看了他一眼.He is deeply scornful of politicians.他非常看不起政...
他谈话时，一架军用喷气式飞机在镇子上空呼啸而过。As he talked, an airforce jet screamed over the town.树林上空飘浮着一股烟。There was a drift of smoke above the trees.一架带有丹麦标记的飞机从他的船上空飞过。A plane with Danish markings was over-flying his vessel....