It was a jest rather than a reproach...这与其说是责备，还不如说是句玩笑呢。It was said in jest.那是开开玩笑的。The remark was made half in jest.这话是半开玩笑说的。Don't say that, even in jest.别那么说，即便是开玩笑也不行。Soames, scenting the approach of a jest , c...
"Let us pray," said the Methodist chaplain.“我们来祈祷吧，”那个循道宗牧师说。I was brought up a Methodist.我是受基督教循道宗的教育长大的。Dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals.爸名义上是卫理公会教徒, 可只去教堂参加婚礼和葬礼....
the bizarre convolutions of the story那故事错综复杂的离奇情节Fiber convolutions also correlate negatively with such physical measurements as bundle tenacity.天然转曲对成纱强力可能比对纤维束强力起着更大的直接作用....the thorny convolutions of love.困难重重、百转千回的爱情...
我言不由衷地说了一些表示同情的客套话。I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes.她一句客套话都没讲就开始热切地说起来.She began speaking intensely, without preliminaries.我意识到此时按照惯例我应该说些客套话。I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noise...