It was 90 degrees and the air conditioning barely cooled the room.当时气温达到了90度，空调也不能让房间凉快多少。The air-conditioning screeched all the time.空调一直在发出刺耳的声音。Some people think that ventilation is the same thing as air conditioning....
Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.为了尽量减低附带性破坏，轰炸须做到最大程度的精确。I would rather loan a mill...
...the freemasonry of sailors.水手之间的惺惺相惜He was very active in Freemasonry.他是共济会中非常活跃的分子。There's a sort of freemasonry among people who race in cars.赛车的人都有一种意气相投的感觉.the freemasonry of actors演员的志趣相投...
在这以前 —— ” 奥勃良的手摆动一下,叫他停止.Before that --'O'Brien stopped him with a movement of the hand.在这以前,学校里的一切流言蜚语似乎纯粹是恶意的、无礼的.Heretofore all the campus gossip had seemed merely malicious and disrespectful.在这以前,我一直都认为你不至如...
Standing on tiptoe , the boy looked over the wall.那孩子跐着脚望墙外.I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.我踮着脚站在一座小山顶上.She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.她把自行车斜靠在石墙上，踮起脚往墙内张望。...