a retrograde step后退的一步The motion of the particle is retrograde.质点运动是衰减的.The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as 'a retrograde step'.首相称将教育投入转由中央政府拨款是“一种倒退”。Infection...
She secretly despises his work.她暗地里瞧不起他的工作。If he fears the intellectual, he despises the boor.他对知识分子有戒心, 但是更瞧不起乡下人.My group despises violence of any kind.我的组织鄙视任何形式的暴力行动....
他们喜欢自家花园的幽静。They love the seclusion of their garden.度假的时候, 我较喜欢乡间相对的幽静.For holidays, I prefer the relative seclusion of the countryside.可能正是寻觅幽静的去处,或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处.Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the ch...
They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...他们不停地给我打电话、写信，软磨硬泡要我回去。I've never done any sustained writing, but that might be one of my next directions.我以前从未尝试过持续写作，不过那可能是我下一步努力的方向之一。Writing is a good too...