It was a jest rather than a reproach...这与其说是责备，还不如说是句玩笑呢。It was said in jest.那是开开玩笑的。The remark was made half in jest.这话是半开玩笑说的。Don't say that, even in jest.别那么说，即便是开玩笑也不行。Soames, scenting the approach of a jest , c...
I had to keep in with the people who mattered.我得和管事儿的人保持良好关系。Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit.票房上的成功比艺术价值更重要。As for Laura and me, the colour of our skin has never mattered...至于我和劳拉，肤色根本不是问题。Getting my...
煤气管道已被关闭,以防漏气.The gas pipe has been blocked off to prevent escapes.这会造成漏气，破坏罐子的密封性。This would permit air to enter, breaking the hermetic seal of the jar.如果煤气管漏气, 你必须关闭送气管, 因为那很危险.If the gas blows back , you must turn off...
至于军队的实际惩戒权,塔西佗确定地说,是握在祭司们手里的.Tacitus expressly states that the actual disciplinary authority in the army lay with the priests.我今天早晨将对你说我的名字, 确定地.I'll say my name to you this morning, certainly.“ 我都取出来了, ” 医生确定地说. “ ...
Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them.市政会成员应对推选他们的人负责。Nearly half of all local councils face being capped.所有地方议会有将近一半的开销将受到限制。Councils are joining up with their European counterparts.这些委员会将与欧洲的委员会结成联...
She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.她什么都看，对新闻的每个片段都细细品味。But that fragment of talk lodged , thick, in his small gizzard.可是谈话的片断却深深盘据在他的小头脑里面.A free radical is a molecular fragment having an unpaired elec...
He can speak several dialects.他会说好几种方言.Modern English derives primarily from one of the dialects of Anglo - Saxon.现代英语起源于盎格鲁 - 撒克逊语的多种方言之一.Dialects occur in birdsong as well as in speech.语言有各种方言,鸟类的歌唱也有各种地方调....