他的母亲是一位端庄文雅的女性。His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.你是够文雅的, 看上去象个大家闺秀.You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.在人行道上吐痰是不文雅的.It is not respectable to spit on the sidewalk....
French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性.Nouns join to form compounds.名词和名词结合构成复合词.We can form nouns from adjectives.我们可以用形容词来构成名词....
战乱之后瘟疫接踵而来.After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease.他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.当时瘟疫正在该城流行.Plague was then prevailing in that city....
它已从一个人经营的生意发展成资产规模近千万、业务额达数百万美元的公司。It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to $10 million in assets.任何一个人花8,000美元或者10,000美元购买一辆新车子, 这是一笔很大的投资.When a guy puts down $ 8,000 or $ 1...