一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.他慢慢挪向电话机，准备抓起听筒。He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it.我说了声抱歉，跑回到电话机旁。I excused myself and ran back to the telephone....
有关街头骚乱的消息迅速传播开来。Word has been spreading fast of the incidents on the streets.欧内斯特·布朗住在离骚乱发生处几个街区远的地方。Ernest Brown lives about a dozen blocks from where the riots began.还有其他形式的民众骚乱，最出名的是足球流氓行为。There are other forms of civ...
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.饱经沧桑,不易沮丧.The city has been through many vicissitudes.这个城市经历了多次兴衰.Whatever the vicissitudes of her past life, Jill now seems to have come through.不管过去经历了什么坎坷，吉尔现在似乎都已经挺过来...