含有1亿单词的英语口语语料库a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English你的英语口语有明显的进步.There is a distinct improvement in your spoken English.缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多.Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing....
Surely such weighty matters merit a higher level of debate?这样重大的事件谅必应进行更高级别的讨论吧？This was a subject most of the people thought weighty.这是一个大多数人认为严肃的题目。Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf.西蒙从书架上取下一本厚重的书。Lucy seeme...
The only way out was that he covered with eiderdown quilts and I with silk - padded ones.惟有他盖他的羽绒被,我盖我的丝棉被.Silk and eiderdown make a perfect match in a comforter.用丝绸与凫绒做被子简直是绝配.Production: clothing, shoes, hats, cotton k...
白蚁可以算得一破坏木材最严重的害虫.White Ants are probably the most serious wood - destroying pests.草白蚁科常称为草料蚁,是一种半沙漠种.The Hodotermitidae are a semi - desert species known as forage bants.白蚁主要分布在热带地区.Termites are principally tropical in ...
"Morris" is an English corruption of "Moorish", meaning North African.Morris在英语中是Moorish的变体，意思是“北非的”。A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris.本·莫里斯先生在议会就程序问题提出质询。Mr Morris feels the museum is using adve...
He won't drink because he's teetotal.他不肯喝酒,因为他是滴酒不沾的.He will not be having a celebratory drink, as he is teetotal.他滴酒不沾，不会喝庆功酒的。No thank you; I happen to be teetotal.谢谢,不用了; 我正好不喝酒....