马克被一连串借口打发了。Mark was palmed off with a series of excuses.最后我总算是把她打发上床睡觉了。I finally succeeded in packing her off to bed.班伯里巡官过来看她，却被她打发走了。Inspector Banbury came up to see her, but she sent him away....
Take the metalled path running between the church and the fort.走教堂和城堡之间的碎石小道。This rough track will soon be a metalled road.这条坑坑的路不久就要铺上碎石了.The road was metalled, then asphalt was laid.道路被铺上碎石子, 然后再铺以沥青....
The buffing wheel can avoid the hazardous process of polishing medium painting.该抛光轮可避免涂抹抛光介质这一危险工序....instruments for cleaning and polishing teeth...清洗和抛光牙齿的器械He spent all of that afternoon polishing the silver.他那天整个下午都在...
只有非常有钱的人才能在米拉贝勒餐厅吃得起午餐。Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle.一想到要跟卡米拉一起吃饭，他皱起了眉头。He winced at the thought of dining with Camilla.“好吧，请继续，”卡米拉用很沉着的语气说道。"Well, go on," said Camilla, her voice fairl...
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。It was a fruitless search.搜寻工作毫无结果。Their search for the plane is fruitless.他们对飞机的搜寻是毫无结果的....
...a laptop computer he called Magic Slate.一台被他称作“魔幻书写板”的便携式电脑Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?为什么不洗心革面、从头来过呢？The sea was the colour of slate.大海的颜色像石板。The slate blue, white birds and at the end of an...