The country was in ruin and convulsion.这个国家没落于动乱之中。There was a violent convulsion of nausea inside him, and he almost lost consciousness.他感到一阵猛烈的恶心, 几乎晕了过去.A sudden convulsion shook him, and he fell to the ground.一阵突然的痉挛...
He learnt his trade as a diver in the North Sea.他在北海学会了潜水员这一行的本事。We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down.我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。The diver flipped over backwards into the water.潜水员向后翻身入水。...
Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.这个国家的农民中只有少数人能识字。Your children should be literate and numerate.你的孩子应该会识字算数。Head teachers need to be financially literate...校长需要通晓财政。We look for applicants who are num...
The story was a temporary expedient.这个借口是临时的应急之法。Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations...采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名...