这些大机构总是随意制定规定，而且说变就变。These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.条约规定他们必须尊重其邻国的独立。The treaty binds them to respect their neighbour's independence.警察如果遵守这些规定的话，一年都活不了。A policeman would not...
Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week.各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人.It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.它将关闭全国200多家店铺，估计会有2,000名员工因此失业。Stock prices...
Brian splashed water on his face, then brushed his teeth...布赖恩用水冲了把脸，然后刷牙。His spoken Arabic was hurriedly brushed up before he started for the Middle East.他在动身去中东以前,把阿拉伯口语匆匆复习了一下。He brushed away my views on politics.他不理会...
解放前他不得不拉人力车来挣点儿钱.Before liberation he had to pull a rickshaw to earn a little money.这些生意包括开旅馆、饭店、为游客拉人力车.The businesses cover from running hotels and restaurants to rickshaws for tourists.但是人力车车夫的工作并不容易.But the job of a ...
She had seemed curiously distracted...她看上去好像心烦意乱,真奇怪。Few things distracted the Pastor from the preparation of his weekly sermons...几乎没有什么事情能使牧师在准备每周的布道时分神。She was distracted with grief and refused to be solaced.她悲痛得精神恍惚,...
The bus service was discontinued because nobody used it.那条公交线因没有乘客而停止营运。Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.没有人能够想像全面核战争的后果。Nobody was cautioned after arrest.被捕后，没有人被告知其法律权利。Dogmas are at their best...
小型企业是经济的生命力所在。Small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy.他看上去病得很厉害—他的生命力似乎枯竭了。He looked very ill—his life force seemed to have drained away.浪漫主义作家认为想像的生命力本身就很重要.The Romantics believed that the life of the imaginat...