“ Queer ” 这个词常用作 “ mad ” 的委婉语." Queer " is the word often used euphemistically for " mad ".“ 去世 ” 是 “ 死 ” 的委婉语." Pass away " is a euphemism for " die ".委婉语是一种十分常见而又非常复杂的语言现象.Euphemism is a very common and complicated lin...

Everyone wanted to bowl, hence everyone wanted to open a bowling alley.大家都想玩保龄球，因此大家都想开保龄球馆。The side alley was walled off from the back garden.侧巷和后花园之间用墙隔开了。The centre of the city is full of tiny intersecting alley-ways....

...a glass of sparkling wine.一杯葡萄汽酒Mystic lakes and sparkling waterfalls captivate your eyes as you enter the ravine.当你步入沟中,便可见瀑布舒洒碧玉.The open countryside was pleasant, the green moor sparkling in the sunshine.广阔的村野,令人心旷...

Ours could well be the last generation for which moviegoing has a sense of magic.我们这一代很可能是认为到电影院观影具有一种魔力的最后一代人了。Their aims are coincident with ours...他们的目标与我们的一致。Their team really whipped ours at football.他们的足球队彻底击败了我们队。...

使用天然气基代用燃料具有良好的经济效益.It is pointed out that using motor fuel produced from natural gas is profitable....

They steadily pushed their foes before them.他们不停地追击敌人.She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes.她身经百战, 挫败过很多对手.It is perfectly clear who are our friends and who are our foes.为仇为友,了了分明....

Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.她的床收拾得很整洁，衣服也收起来了。He got out of bed and pulled on his bathrobe.他起床后穿上了晨衣。I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism.我染上了急性风湿，卧病在床。...

Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in.格雷丝轻轻敲了敲卧室的门，走了进去。There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door.卧室门上发出一声沉重的撞击声。"I shut him out of the bedroom," says Maureen.“我把他关在了卧室外面，”莫琳说。...

He was making a visible effort to control himself.他明显是在努力控制自己的情绪。It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.我们所有人都必须加倍努力。Even carrying the camcorder while hiking in the forest was an effort.在森林中徒步旅行时，即便带的是便携式...

Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.一代又一代学生学会了机械地重复这些标准解释。Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.许多文人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说法。The parrot squawked and f...

To ascribe opinions retrospectively is of course very dangerous.事后再翻出当初谁说了什么当然是很危险的。I would not ascribe vice to him.我不愿意把罪过归给他.Scholars ascribe the unsigned painting to Rubens.学者们认为这幅无落款的画的作者是鲁本斯....

如果你针线活做得好，可以在自己的毛衣上绣几朵雏菊做点缀。If you're handy with a needle you could brighten up your sweater with daisies.香蕉 、 葡萄 、 苹果 、 雏菊--这几样东西哪一样与众不同?Banana, grape, apple, daisy which of these is the odd one out?他们一起采集雏菊,拿回家.To...

为什么不接受新的培训，找一份让你更快乐的工作？Why not retrain for a job which will make you happier?这种否认仅限于不接受对他所说话语的阐释。The denial was limited to rejecting the construction put on his remarks.他不接受那种认为他的电影格调不高的观点。He rejects the idea that his fi...

Mr Cook is intending to go to the Middle East on Friday.库克先生打算周五去中东。Sofia was intending to call on Miss Kitts.索菲娅打算去拜访基茨小姐。They are intending to resign from the committee.他们打算辞去委员会中的职务....

I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store.我在一家杂货店工作，负责为货架上货。He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.他受雇于当地杂货店当送货员.Grocery stores sell many foods that have been processed.食品杂货店出售多种加工食品....

外科医生在膝盖骨上套了个金属箍以帮助其愈合。Surgeons placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.他踢足球时膝盖骨脱臼了.He displaced a bone in his knee while playing football.自己怎样检查自己膝盖骨是不是有裂骨?How do oneself check oneself patel...

狐尾松的寿命可以达到5000年, 因而可以用它来推测年代.Bristlecone pines , which can live for up to 5000 years , have been used in such work....

那是个阴冷的下午。It was a chilly afternoon.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室.They showed me into a bleak waiting room.我简直受不了这潮湿而阴冷的天气.I can hardly stand these wet and cold days....

从山上冲刷下来的泥土就要让水电大坝淤塞了。The soil washed from the hills is silting up the hydroelectric dams.河道淤塞, 水无出路.The riverbed is silted up , so there's no outlet for the floodwater.河道淤塞,水流迟滞.The river is silted up and the water ...

我们翻看他们的八卦时带着不洁的想法。We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.店里的一些地方十分肮脏不洁，简直就是滋生细菌的理想温床。Parts of the shop were very dirty, unhygienic, and an ideal breeding ground for bacteria.伤口不洁可受感染.A dirty cut may...

手头上有合适的设备将会帮上大忙。Having the right equipment at hand will be enormously helpful.合适的胸罩不会留下红色勒痕。A properly fitting bra should never leave red marks.现在政界讲究的无非是合适的发型和时髦的衣着。Now politics is all about the right haircut and a shar...

...horse racing...赛马He starred the yacht racing for his country.他为他的祖国在帆船运动中曾创造过光辉。The pulpit is against horse racing on Sunday.教士们反对星期天赛马.Two young men were racing motorcycles on the loose gravel...两个小伙子正在松散的砾石路面上赛摩托车。W...

It tempts the eye to dream.这种景象会使眼睛产生幻觉.This is the tidbit which tempts his insectivorous fate.就是这一点东西引诱它残杀昆虫.Good wine is irresistible to many people and tempts them to indulge.美酒佳酿让多少人沉醉其中,不能自拔....

Lunch was a feast of meat and vegetables, cheese, yoghurt and fruit, with unlimited wine.午餐很丰盛，有肉、蔬菜、奶酪、酸奶、水果，酒无限量供应。Working table with stable in - and - out, non - librations, speed can be adjusted unlimited.工作台进出平稳 、 无...

Use shells to decorate boxes, trays, mirrors or even pots.用贝壳来装点盒子、托盘、镜子甚至是花盆。I was spacing out the seedlings into divided trays.我正在把那些小嫩苗分装进有分格的盘子里。You used all the ice cubes and didn't put the ice trays back.你把所有的...

These dilemmas would tax the best of statesmen.这些进退两难的局面对一流的政治家也是个考验。Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam.十年后,我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面.Many crucial dilemmas simply do not admit of analysis on one page.许多...

在让人民放心的预言家中,莫内特是最少见的.Monnet was that rarest of all prophets who put people at ease.最后, 尼克松同他的前任一样,也无法躲过莫内无情的逻辑.In the end, no more than his predecessors would Nixon escape Monnet's relentless logic.莫内是个伟大的艺术家, 他以绘画著...

His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.他的乌托邦不是空想的联邦,而是对那些已经存在的联邦事实上的改进.Most interpret the information from the victims as chimerical thinking.大多数来自于受害者的解释是被当作空想.Thi...

The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.该国的政界人士均已松了口气。Sugar gives quick relief to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment.糖能快速缓解饥饿感，但不能提供持久的营养。The civil war is obstructing distri...

We post up a set of rules for the house.我们张贴了一份房屋生活守则。Now look yonder, just beyond the wooden post there.看那边，就在木头柱子的旁边。He really was one of the finest boxers in post-war Britain.他确实是战后英国最优秀的拳击手之一。...