...the sort of people who give their children names that rhyme: Donnie, Ronnie, Connie.给孩子取Donnie, Ronnie, Connie之类押韵的名字的父母Michael had given Carlo the order , over Connie's protests.迈克尔让大家在考利昂.Connie suddenly struck...
An investigation is underway to find out how the disaster happened.调查已经展开，以查明灾难是如何发生的。But as the investigation continued, the plot began to thicken.但是随着调查的继续深入，情况开始变得复杂起来。DNA fingerprinting has proved the clincher in thi...
Mayors wear chains round their necks as badges of office.市长们戴着象征职位的项链.Badges are also available at a cost of £2.50.徽章也有卖的，2.5英镑一枚。Nowadays badges are stamped out of gunmetal.现在徽章是用模具从炮铜中冲压出来的.The stewards' badges ar...
The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness.这些药的效果起初非常好,但后来逐渐失效.To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.坚持这一点就是贬低警方的办事能力.Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech.措...
Scientists know that cancer may not show up for many years.科学家们知道癌症可能会潜伏多年。Decaffeinated coffee still contains some stimulants and other nasties linked with cancer.脱咖啡因的咖啡仍含一些刺激物和其他可能致癌的有害物质。She attended a cancer support...
她赢得了一笔拨款，用以扩展自己的企业。She won a grant to develop her own business.各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.法国总统许诺为法国明年的援助经费拨款1.5亿美元。The French President is pledging $150 million in French aid n...
What went on was a scandal. It was a disgrace to Britain.发生的一切是个丑闻，是给英国抹黑。Kinkel said the attacks had brought disgrace on Germany.金克尔声称这次袭击使德国蒙羞。His vice president also had to resign in disgrace.他的副总统也被迫不光彩地辞去职务。...
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.黄铜是铜锌合金。The worker worked in a little copper with the alloy.工人在合金里搀了一点铜.This is not pure gold ; there is some alloy in it.这不是纯金, 里面混有杂质....