He often works by rule of thumb.他通常凭经验办事.As a rule of thumb, a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine.凭经验估计，一杯过滤咖啡约含80毫克咖啡因。A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary ...
They were suffocated as they slept.他们睡觉时窒息而死。The airlessness of the room suffocated her.房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。He either suffocated, or froze to death.他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。...
Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.男模特儿并不总像人们说的那样愚蠢。We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.我们对任何草案都会感到满意, 即使草案的内容非常空洞也无所谓.Both are equally remote and vacuous.二者都同样是遥远...
Their prestige went sky high.他们名声大噪。There is a lot of prestige attached to owning a car like this.拥有这样一部汽车会显得很气派。Their products enjoy ever higher prestige in the world market.他们的产品在世界市场上享有越来越高的声誉....