My first attempts at complaining were rather tentative.我刚开始投诉时很犹豫不决。We made a tentative arrangement to meet on Friday.我们暂定星期五见面。Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement to hold a preparatory conference next m...
In the distance I could hear the chug of farm machinery.离老远,我都能听到农机具的突突声。Busy boasts chug and scurry about the river - racy speed boat, stolid, snorting tugs.繁忙的船只在河上鸣叫着来来往往 - --高速快艇和笨头笨脑喘着气的拖驳.Chug Chug Chug , Toot Toot...
他摸清了自己同事的底细,知道了谁可以信任。He susses his colleagues out and he knows who he can trust.我犹豫了,不想说同事的坏话。I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.他不仅才华横溢,而且深受同事的喜爱。He was not only talented but immensely popular wit...
Teddy clucked his tongue like a disapproving English matron.特迪咂了咂舌头,活像个不以为然的英国女舍监。Chickens clucked in the garden.鸡在花园里咯咯叫。The teacher clucked sympathetically at the child's story.对那小孩讲述的遭遇,老师啧啧地表示同情。...
The advert should only be shown after the 9pm watershed.这则广告只能在晚上9点成人节目开始后才能播出。The meeting has the potential to be a watershed event.这次会议有可能成为具有转折性的事件。The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia...