Investiture is distinct from homage.授封和效忠不同.Homage was paid to the great sages buried in the city.向安葬在此城市的圣哲们表示敬意.So of course I dashed impetuously to the shrine to pay homage.一听这话,我当然性急地冲到这个神殿来表示敬意.At his coronation he ...
Our host was arrogant and offensive. How his sweet wife could tolerate such a horror was baffling.招待我们的男主人傲慢无礼。真不知道他温柔的妻子怎么能容忍这样一个讨厌的家伙。He put forward a baffling question.他提出了一个难题。a baffling problem使人困惑的问题An apple tree p...
He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.他一直是她曲折坎坷的生活中的主心骨。The sands of his life are fast running out.他的寿命很快将尽.Children enjoy playing on the sands.孩子们喜欢在沙滩上玩耍....
Letters from home were an anchor to him when he worked abroad.他在国外工作时, 家书是他的精神支柱。We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。We weighed anchor in the afternoon and started for the Philippines.我们在下午启航,前往菲律宾.Th...
He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.别人老是给他讲些倒霉事儿来逗他开心。Woe betide anyone who got in his way.逆他者亡。The ox is never woe , till he to the harrow go.牛不耙地不知苦....