He saw the Major's face a few inches from his own.他看见少校的脸离他自己的只有几英寸.Their two faces were hardly more than eighteen inches apart.他俩的脸相隔还不到18英寸。A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.下了数英寸厚的粉状干雪。...
Their work is more cosily hermetic than ever.他们的工作比任何时候都要更加安逸，更加不受外界干扰。the strange, hermetic world of the theatre神秘、与世隔绝的戏剧世界This would permit air to enter, breaking the hermetic seal of the jar.这会造成漏气，破坏罐子的密封性。...
It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.这使你进展缓慢，得意不起来。We cannot afford to be complacent about our health.对于健康我们决不能掉以轻心。a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment对失业增加抱满不在乎的危险态度...
You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.风险不可能完全消除，但可以通过防范和培训来降低。Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.接著我们致力于找出能够减弱辐射的聚合物.In a forest, wet wood...
夜里他的痛苦是减轻了，但人也不那么清醒了。The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity.一想到要被判刑，他的头脑就会变得非常清醒。A term in prison will concentrate his mind wonderfully.催眠状态实际上介乎清醒和睡眠之间。The hypnotic state actually lies somewhere bet...