1986年，有300多万人领取失业救济金。In 1986 more than three million were receiving unemployment benefit.两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.现在的失业人数已接近300万。Unemployment is now a whisker away from three mi...
The newspapers accused local police of laxity in dealing with gamblers.报纸指责当地警察在对付赌徒方面执法不严.Gamblers are incorrigible optimists.嗜赌的人是死不悔改的乐天派。Most compulsive gamblers are not successful.多数嗜赌成瘾的赌徒都常赌输.Most people have a lo...
囚犯们被迫在逮捕他们的那些人面前卧倒.The prisoners were forced to lie prostrate in front of their captors.马一下子卧倒在地.The horse threw himself into a squat.安德烈斯听到枪栓声,立刻卧倒, 头顶狠狠地抵住地面.Andres had flattened at the click, the top of his head hard ...
我当学生时做过侍应生。I did some waitressing when I was a student.穿着有许多钮子制服的小侍应生提着那个包裹.The small boy in buttons carried the package.你没发现我们面前是最伟大的女侍应生 吗 ?Don't you realize we're in the presence ofthe great waitresses?...
There was a faint smile on his face , a foxy smile.侦探露出点狡猾的笑意.He recovered from a faint.他从昏厥中苏醒过来。He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping.他开始注意到轻微的水滴声。Faint praise is disparagement.敷衍勉强的恭维等于轻蔑.Don...
There were flowers everywhere: roses; camellias, and hyacinths.到处都是花: 有玫瑰花, 山茶花, 还有风信子.A beneficent microclimate brings out the camellias betimes ( John Russell )有利的小气候使山茶花提前开放 ( 约翰罗素 )Tap water around here is very hard ...
她能够看到自己在反光镜中被缩小的古怪形象。She could see herself in the reflecting lenses, which had grotesquely foreshortened her.当然,还需要有人安置和拆卸反光镜.But the reflectors do of course have to be emplaced and removed.使用小型反光镜照相机很有用.It is very usefu...
Whiteness is emblematic of purity.白色是纯洁的象征。The killing in Pensacola is emblematic of a lot of the violence that is happening around the world.彭萨柯拉的杀人事件是世界各地发生的大量暴力事件的典型代表。Dogs are emblematic of faithfulness...狗象征着忠诚。Dogs...