At least a year's preparatory work will be necessary before building can start.在开始动工之前至少要做一年的准备工作。...preparatory talks for this week's summit in the Maldive Islands.为本周在马尔代夫群岛召开的峰会举行的预备会谈This was where we were ...
She lit the oven, preparatory to putting the pie into it.她把烤箱加热，准备把馅饼放进去。Sloan cleared his throat preparatory to speaking.斯隆清了清嗓子，准备讲话。This was where we were to have our preparatory language courses.这就是我们要上语言预备课的地方....
Instead of abating, the wind is blowing even harder.风不但没停,反而越刮越大了....a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头Lieutenant Malcolm said she saw no sign that the exodus from Haiti was abating...马尔科姆海军上尉说她没有发现...
English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love.英语伤我千百遍，我待英语如初恋。If you love life, life will love you back.热爱生活，生活也会厚爱你。I will return, find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.我会回去...
He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.他终于摆脱了大部分公务。It represents a last ditch attempt by the country to extricate itself from its economic crisis.那是该国摆脱经济危机的最后一搏。He endeavoured to extricate ...