Don’t invite her to the party. She’s so prim and proper.别请她去舞会，她太古板了。It was a strange conjunction—the prim serious young Queen and the elderly,cynical Whig.那是奇特的组合——古板严肃的年轻女王和上了年纪、玩世不恭的维新党成员相组合。We tend to imagine that th...
We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。She's too prim to enjoy rude ...
Over a tenth of the population have secure, undemanding jobs.超过1/10的人口拥有稳定且相对轻松的工作。He bought her a diamond ring on their tenth wedding anniversary.他们结婚10周年纪念,他给她买了一枚钻戒.The Parliament was prorogued to the tenth of Februar...
This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are ill - equipped.出现此种低效率是因为工人与管理层都能力不足.Conflict between management and workers makes for inefficiency in the workplace.资方与工人之间的冲突使得工厂生产效率很低.He has critici...
The water was thrashing and churning about under the propellers.水在螺旋桨下面打旋、翻滚.Can the New Zealand bowlers fight back after their thrashing at Christchurch?在克赖斯特彻奇遭遇惨败后，新西兰的投球手们还有还手之力吗？...a magnificent paddle-steamer on th...
The burglar got in through the window.盗贼是从窗户进来的。The policeman took the burglar by surprise as he opened the window.当夜盗开窗时, 警察冷不防地捉住了他。...the burglar's getaway car.窃贼逃跑时所驾驶的汽车The burglar alarm is activated by moveme...
He waltzed her round the room.他带她在屋里跳华尔兹舞。He just waltzed off and left me!他甩掉我，自己溜了！He waltzed across to Helen and sat down beside her.他轻松自如地走到海伦身边坐下。The tenants waltzed off with half our possessions.房客顺手牵羊把我们的东西带走了一半。La...