...the whaling industry.捕鲸业Melville incorporated in " Moby Dick " an exhaustive encyclopaedia of whaling lore.梅尔维尔在《白鲸 》 中汇集了各种捕鲸知识.The commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.委员会要求全球禁止捕鲸。They cynically tried t...
The animals had been fed and stabled.牲畜已经喂好并关进厩里了。Horses and cows were stabled on the lower floor.马和牛关在马厩的底下一层.Soldiers profaned the church when they stabled their horses in it.兵士们把马歇息于教堂中时,即玷污了教堂....
the silhouette of chimneys and towers烟囱和塔楼的轮廓You will know the house by its tall chimneys.看到那些大烟囱你就会认出那所房子.He could see grimy roofs, factory chimneys and church spires.他可以看到肮脏的屋顶 、 工厂的烟囱和教堂的尖顶.The chimneys were pluming t...
Each Reader's Digest condensed book is an abbreviation of an originally longer work.《读者文摘》都是较长原著的缩写本。The substance of their talk is condensed into a paragraph.他们谈话的要旨被压缩成一段话.The English translation may have been con...
As a cricketer, gymnastics is out of his domain.他是个板球运动员, 体操非其所长.Graeme remains a supremely talented cricketer and must still have a splendid future in the game.格雷姆依然是一个极有天赋的板球运动员，在这项运动中一定仍可拥有辉煌的前程。The grandly named Euro...
"Cut the euphemisms, Daniel," Brenda snapped.“丹尼尔，别绕弯子了，”布伦达厉声说道。No point in mincing words or hiding behind euphemisms.没必要闪烁其词或者羞羞答答.But these are euphemisms to ease the conscience of the callous.但这些都是旨在使那些硬心肠的人良心得到安慰的委婉...