His mother was catty, status-conscious and loud.她母亲为人刻薄，势利眼，嗓门又大。...catty remarks.尖刻的言辞a restaurant catty-corner from the theater斜对着剧院的餐馆Eggs are sold by the catty.鸡蛋论斤出售....
Political hopes for a swift and smooth transition to democracy have been dashed...迅速而顺利地过渡到民主体制的政治希望破灭了。He was making all the right noises about multi-party democracy and human rights.他假意支持多党民主和人权问题。She says the way the ...
The bullet lodged in the sergeant's leg, shattering his thigh bone.子弹嵌进了中士的腿里，使其股骨碎裂。The bang came suddenly, echoing across the buildings, shattering glass.突如其来的一声巨响在建筑物间回荡着，震碎了玻璃。The news of his death came as a sha...
孟买被认为是 千千百百拾 荒者的家.Mumbai is thought to be home to hundreds of thousands of rag - pickers .“拾荒式”搜索能作为例子或课程指引.Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate.可怜的姐弟, 竟然同是天涯拾荒人!The pitiful and younger b...
They're forever bitching about everybody else.他们永远都在怨别人。Encourage your child in her interests and hobbies even if they're things that you know little about...要鼓励孩子的兴趣爱好，即使你对它们所知甚少。At present we're gleaning...
钋是高放射性的元素,金属.Polonium is a highly radioactive element and a metalloid.两个遗留有钋的星球被一些不明原因突然破坏.Two old plutonium disposal plants damaged at once by some unestablished reason.钋的同位素在自然界中的确存在,但是相当罕见.The isotope does occur in na...
...a livelier, more candid and more discursive treatment of the subject.对该主题的更生动、更坦率、更发散性的论述They complained that my writing was becoming too discursive.他们抱怨我的文章变得太散漫的.a discursive essay东拉西扯的文章His own toast was discursive...
这一工艺的潜在收益不可估量。It is hard to overestimate the potential gains from this process.东窗是中世纪玻璃安装工艺的奇迹。The East Window is a wonder of medieval glazing.刻蚀工艺的分辨率是图形转移保真度的量度.The resolution of an etching process is a measure of the ...