They have no wish for any change in the status quo.他们不想改变现状。Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status.圆柱在建筑中通常用来增添气势和显示地位。That adds up to an endorsement of the status quo.那算是对现状的赞同。...
And the evidence is that the differences in status cause these " gradients "这是一种明显的情况,即地位的差异导致了这种 “ 梯度变化 ”He was irked by his lowly status.他为自己地位卑微而恼恨。The current status of sewer net in Paris and the measures for desilti...
We got a bit of a scare.我们受了点惊吓。They used this kind of scare tactic when I was growing up.我小的时候,他们用过这种吓唬人的办法.Despite the scare there are no plans to withdraw the drug.尽管大家忧心忡忡，可是并无撤回药物的计划。He described talk of sackings as...
特拉斯科特说话啰唆，让人很难分清哪是纯粹的事实哪是添油加醋的修饰之辞。Truscott's verbosity made it hard to separate plain fact from decorative embellishment.她修饰了一下自己的妆容。She retouched her make-up.她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。She had wisely smartened herself up....
Ishmael is the only survivor of the final confrontation with Moby Dick.在同莫比?狄克最后的较量中,唯一的幸存者是伊希梅尔.It is as though Melville finds Ishmael a nuisance.梅尔维尔似乎发现伊希梅尔是个讨厌的人.Ishmael was Abraham's son by using Hagar as the S...