You can hardly expect scintillating conversation from a kid that age.你几乎想不到那么点儿的孩子会说出妙趣横生的话来。Statistics on unemployment levels hardly make for scintillating reading.失业统计数据读来不大会有趣味。You were scintillating on TV last night....
房屋测量员发现厨房里有水渍.The surveyor found damp in the kitchen.测量员测绘出地形.Surveyors mapped out the lie of the land.测量员用木桩标出那块地。The surveyor pegged out the lot of land....
The city's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes.那座城市的街道肮脏不堪，弥漫着令人窒息的废气。He never washed, and always wore a filthy old jacket.他总是穿着一件从来不洗的脏兮兮的旧夹克。Apparently, well known actors were at these filthy parties....