特拉斯科特说话啰唆，让人很难分清哪是纯粹的事实哪是添油加醋的修饰之辞。Truscott's verbosity made it hard to separate plain fact from decorative embellishment.她修饰了一下自己的妆容。She retouched her make-up.她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。She had wisely smartened herself up....
The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.这番冒犯性的话实际上是一名观众的诘难。Mr Leach is on holiday and was not available for comment.利奇先生休假了，不方便作出评论。He was vacationing and couldn't be reached for comment.他...
Every time they met, Myra anticipated an explosion.他们每次见面，迈拉都预料到会发火。'We've got the car that killed Myra Moss.' — 'What!'“我们已经找到撞死迈拉·莫斯的车了。”——“真的！”Myra was attacking something I'd written, an...
Dave pulled a back muscle and could barely kick the ball.戴夫背部拉伤，几乎没法踢球。There was barely time for the two boys to escape unseen.两个男孩想趁人不备偷偷溜走几乎是来不及的。Mother was of very small stature, barely five feet tall.母亲身材矮小，只有5英尺高。...