我们建房之前把土面夯实.We rammed the soil flat before we built the hut.他们在夯实泥土.They are ramming earth down.他们把苹果树周围的泥土夯实.They tamped down the earth around the apple tree....

The mirror cracked but did not splinter.镜子裂了，但没碎。A shell splinter embedded itself in the wall.一块弹片嵌进墙壁里.I got a splinter in my finger while I was sawing the wood.我在锯木头时手指扎了一根刺....

Ken Darby and the Whiskeyhill Chorus sing about life on the canal.肯恩·戴比和威斯基希尔合唱队演唱了这首表现运河生活的歌曲.Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁...

He won't say which programmes are for the chop.他不愿说哪些项目将被毙掉。Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the casserole.把西红柿大致切一切，然后放到炖锅里。Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.他们有时只好砍树当柴烧。...

We must never undervalue freedom.我们决不能低估自由的价值。And remember, do not undervalue the element of surprise.记住啦, 别低估突然袭击的作用.Don't undervalue Jim's contribution to the research.不要低估了吉姆在研究工作中的贡献....

One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.一名犯人仍在监狱的房顶上顽抗。To let the roof leak would be bad husbandry.屋漏不修,不是个好管家(的办法).Overhead, the lights showed the old timbers, used to brace the roof.灯光照亮了头顶上支撑屋顶的旧房梁。...

An oblong slip of newspaper had appeared between O'Brien's fingers.奥勃良 手指中间夹着一张剪报.Leaves alternate, oblong or oblong - lanceolate, 2 - 5 cm long, 1 - 1.5 cm wide.叶互生, 长圆形或长圆状披针形, 长 2-5 厘米, 宽 1-1.5 厘米.The knocke...

The giraffe eats tender leaf from the tree highly.长颈鹿从高高的树上吃掉嫩树叶子.Curious to relate, the giraffe has no voice.说来奇怪, 长颈鹿不会出声.It makes you look like a giraffe with a goiter.这领子让你看起来像一只脖子上长瘤的长颈鹿....

He missed three attendances this year.他今年缺席三次.He also told me that your attendances at his tutorial and seminar have been poor .他还告诉我说你的辅导课和讨论课出勤率不高。This year attendances were 28% lower than forecast.今年的出席人数比预期少28%。...

The dividend pay be equivalent to one quarter of the pretax profit.所付股息相当于税前利润的四分之一.It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter...那是3个公司中唯一一家预计会在本季度盈利的公司。They are sore about losing...

Regrettably we have to house families in these inadequate flats.很遗憾，我们不得不让住户挤在这些狭小的公寓里。The crash was a direct result of inadequate navigational aids.坠机是导航不力的直接后果。In court filings, they argued that the settlement was inad...

It needed only a fraction of a second to behead him.砍去他的脑袋只要短短的一瞬.Some day, with additional two capital punishment a ask behead.某日, 与另两位死刑犯一道问斩.Take him out and behead him!把他拉出去,斩了....

Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market.小说在出版市场上占了很大的份额。There has been some misunder-standing of our publishing aims.关于我们的出版目的存在着某些误解。Authors are famously ignorant about the realities of publishing.作者们不了解...

The concepts of radiant emittance and of irradiance are complementary.辐射的发射强度和辐照度是两个互补的概念.Emittance and irradiance are meaningful measurements of flux at a specific surface.发射强度和辐照强度只有对一定表面上通量的量度才是有意义的.A high quality bea...

She checked the seating arrangements before the guests filed into the dining-room.在客人们鱼贯进入餐厅之前，她核实了一遍座位安排。So he went and filed a suit and won his job back.于是，他去打官司赢回了他的工作。She paused as the group of children filed out of ...

There are karst caves in Guilin.桂林有溶洞.Gexianshan carbonate allochthon is rich in various karst features.塘坝子葛仙山碳酸盐岩外来体中各种岩溶形态十分丰富.Karst cave if found any is filled up or contained with water.在业已发现的卡斯特溶洞中均充满或含有水....

The mother provides the embryo with nourishment and a place to grow.母亲为胎儿提供营养和成长的空间。Developed land was to grow from 5.3% to 6.9%.已开发土地的面积将从5.3%增加到6.9%。In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.在原生境中，木槿能长到...

a hoary old joke老掉牙的笑话They discussed the hoary old problem.他们讨论老问题.Without a word spoken, he hurried away, with his hoary head bending low.他什么也没说, 低着白发苍苍的头, 匆匆地走了....

他没像平时那样优雅庄重地走着，而是几乎跑了起来。Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.她拥有那种天生的优雅，举手投足都彬彬有礼。She had that inbred politeness, it was a part of her.汤米·图恩在编排的舞蹈中注入其一贯的优雅和活力。Tommy Tune gives the choreograp...

His punishing work schedule had made him resort to drugs.异常紧张的工作安排使他开始吸毒。They are prepared to resort to violence in support of their beliefs.他们准备诉诸暴力来捍卫自己的信仰.Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing....

他用手抹了抹嘴，然后打了个响亮的饱嗝。He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly.那些男人, 吃得直打饱嗝, 解开了背心的钮扣.The men, gorged with food , had unbuttoned their vests.不能在别人面前打饱嗝.In front of the others can't burp....

Yesterday's resolution says the present Polish border is "inviolable".昨天的决议称现在的波兰边界是“不可侵犯的”。the inviolable right to life不可侵犯的生命权Basic law or tradition was considered inviolable.基本法律或传统被认为神圣不可侵犯....

This coin is a counterfeit.这个硬币是伪造的.Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.50名当地的音乐家，用个双关词，“联合起来”（band亦有“乐队”之意）组成了“爵士乐大联盟”。The two boys agreed to decide the matter by toss...

养蚕是为了得到蚕丝.Silkworm culture is practised in order to get silk.在蚕丝中, 更确切地讲,这些链是反向平行的.In silk, it would be better to describe the chains as being antiparallel.请描述蚕丝与蜘蛛丝的分子结构.Describe the molecular structures of silk and the...

dissonant and loud voices又响又刺耳的声音I changed buses there, and rode forever and forever through swampy lands and along seacoasts until we arrived in a loud city.我在那里换乘大巴，然后一直一直走，穿过大片松软的湿地，沿着海岸线，来到一个喧闹的城市。Songs were heard ri...

Such were the rights and privileges of a typical Indian gens.典型的印第安人氏族的职能就是这样.Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.禁止氏族内部通婚,但和女继承人结婚例外.Obligation of mutual protection and help among mem...

他把聪明都用在了犯罪上，太可惜了。Too bad he used his intelligence for criminal purposes.即便是聪明人在面对难题时也未必就能表现得特别聪明。Even clever people are not terribly clever when put on the spot.他被诊断患有严重的阅读困难症，但是却绝顶聪明。He was diagnosed as severely dyslexi...

So great a vicissitude in his life could not at once be received as real.他的生活中发生了如此巨大的变迁,他一时还无法相信是真的.Its meaning and the content have differently along with time vicissitude.它的含义和内容随着时代的变迁而有所不同.From the opinion of death ...

The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.这名重量级拳击冠军将尝试挑战霍利菲尔德的世界冠军头衔。Holyfield has bulked up to 210 pounds using weights.霍利菲尔德体重增到了210磅。Maybe Holyfield's ears were as tasteful as ...

In recent years, the technology of soft calendering develops very fast.其中, 软压光技术是近几年来发展迅速的新型技术.II under - temperature calendering; resin softening point on the high side.压光温度偏低; 树脂软化点偏高.On the surface tension of small oi...