我抱定了独身的想法。I'm a confirmed bachelor.许多人向她求过婚,但她愿过独身生活.She had had many proposals but preferred to remain single.尽管他已经40岁了, 但还是独身.Though he is forty, he is still unmarried....
He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.他打电话给劳拉看她是不是好些了。She buddied up to Laura, hoping to get to know her brother.她和劳拉来往， 希望结识她的哥哥。Laura Bo Carmichael and Davey Birdsong were on different intellectual planes.劳拉·...
Husband and wife turned coldly accusing backs toward each other.这两口子冷冷地背向而坐,互相埋怨.Accusing us of being disloyal to cover his own sorry behavior is truly execrable.他指责我们不忠诚以掩盖他自己的错误行为，真令人厌恶。Here, can encounter the morality...
Alcohol is a contributory factor in 10% of all road accidents.所有交通事故中有10%是酒后驾车造成的。Poor organization was certainly a contributory factor to the crisis.组织不善肯定是导致危机的因素之一.The court made a finding of contributory negligence.法...
我曾常用罗网捕捉麻雀等小鸟.I used to snare small birds such as sparrows.那麻雀一蹦一跳地穿过草坪.The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.麻雀忒儿一声飞了.With a flap of its wings the sparrow flew off....
首相已召集议会召开紧急会议。The Prime Minister has called an emergency meeting of parliament.他重新召集国会当然是件非常重大的事了。It was certainly serious enough for him to reconvene Parliament.理查德正在召集医护人员，向他们说明去哪里。Richard was marshalling the doctors a...
If the chickens come out of their coops early,it will rain during the day.鸡出笼早,当天雨到。And let's be clear the supposed alternative, nonprofit coops, a sham.我们应该清楚的是, 拟议的替代方案-非盈利的合作组织是假的.Young cocks love no coops.小公鸡不恋笼...
曾有一位著名的心理学家说过,很多人 “ 在25 岁 时就达到了衰朽的年龄了 ”.A great psychologist said that most men are " old fogies at twenty - five . "第14章强调说,复兴开始的时候正是衰朽达到极端的时候.Chapter 14 argues that a renaissance is bound to occur when decadence has re...