她执意要去女子学校上学。She was set on going to an all-girls school.我执意呆在房间里，坐在电话机旁边。I stayed obstinately in my room, sitting by the telephone.他执意要自杀。He's bent on suicide....
I decided it wouldn't be tactful to order another beer.我想了想，觉得再要啤酒就有点过分了。That wasn't a very tactful thing to say!说这种话可不太得体！Remember to be tactful when expressing a personal judgement.记住表达个人看法要婉转....
与货船相比，渡船马力大而且易操纵。Ferries are very powerful and manoeuvrable compared to cargo ships.你得把油门杆往前推来加大马力。You have to push the throttle forward for more power.马力大的汽车到了缺乏经验的司机手中便成了毁灭性的武器。High-powered cars are lethal weapons in t...
The company has been downsizing.公司一直在缩小规模.But in today's economy, educated, white - collar workers also are vulnerable to downsizing.但是,在今天的经济中, 受过教育的 白领 工人也同样容易受到裁员的攻击.American manufacturing organizations have been...
The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour.市政委员会几乎一致投票表示赞同。...Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore.巴基斯坦东部城市拉合尔It was many years before the city began to treat its sewage.很多年以后这个城市才开始处理污水。The Chicago River ...