失业率上升，相对应的是生产率进一步提高。The obverse of rising unemployment is continued gains in productivity.工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.第三季度的结果表明生产率持续上升。The third-...
I could not help but think this is a very queer life.我忍不住会认为这是一种非常怪异的生活。His face was a queer pink colour.他满脸奇怪的粉红色。" Queer " is the word often used euphemistically for " mad ".“ Queer ” 这个词常用作 “ mad ” 的委婉语....
Colour has a profound, though often subliminal influence on our senses and moods.颜色会极大地影响我们的感官和情绪，而这种影响常常是潜意识的。Maybe they're getting it on a subliminal level.也许他们会在潜意识里这么以为.The subliminal data can be from a prerecor...
Mark was out of earshot, walking ahead of them.马克走在前面，听不见他们的声音。Shaun was in the bedroom, out of earshot, watching television.肖恩在卧室里看电视，听不见。It is within earshot of a main road.那里能够听见大马路的车水马龙声。...
他们在伦敦公寓的租契再过几个月就期满了.The lease on their London flat runs out in a few months.精明的租户对租契上的每个细小之处都要讲究.An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease.他们放弃了租契.They're abandoning the lease....