to extort money from someone向某人勒索金钱Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。The police used torture to extort a confession from me.警方用刑逼我口供.The blackmailer tried to extor...
Livy smiled and basked in Rachel's approval.莉薇微笑着，雷切尔的赞许令她如沐春风。The little station basked sleepily in the spring sunshine.春晖照着大地,小车站里静悄悄的,好象还未从睡梦中醒来.They just basked in his reflected glory and improvised somewhat.他们只...
Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors.零售商们几乎尝试了所有办法以吸引购物者进入商店。Absurdly, it makes shoppers overpay farmers to grow too much food.荒谬的是，这样会使得购物者支付过多的钱让农民去种太多的粮食。The 6.3 - meter - long...
甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.在这一章的语境中，多尔的评论显得很尖刻。In the context of this chapter, Dore's comments strike a jarring note.如何定义具有重在历史意义的时代呢?这取于这时代中所取得的成就对历史语境的...
Millson saw the workman, Terry, descending the ladder.米尔森看见工人特里正从梯子上下来。A bad workman finds much fault with his tools.蹩脚的工匠总是埋怨自己的工具不好.The workman patched the ceiling.工人修补了天花板....