Academics on each side are lambasting the opposing arguments as voodoo economics.两派的学者们都痛斥对方的主张为“巫术经济学”.Now I have to start my voodoo ritual all over again!你干什么,我现在不得不把巫毒仪式从头再来一边!Are you sure you weren't under the l...
As an experiment, we bought Ted a watch.我们试着给特德买了一块手表。Ted might benefit from hearing his own voice recorded and played back.听自己声音的录音回放对特德可能会有帮助。Ted could be maddeningly bland.特德不温不火的样子能把人气疯.Ted was very particular about ...
The gift shop's biggest seller is a photo of Nixon meeting Presley.这家礼品店最畅销的商品是尼克松会见猫王普雷斯利的照片。Mr Nixon argued the tapes were privileged.尼克松先生认为这些录音带是保密的。Nixon looked comfortable and in command.尼克松看上去镇定自若。...
These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.从撒克逊时代起就开始采伐塞文山谷的这些树林获取木料。Half of the north-west's timber land is public property.西北部的一半林地是公共财产。It wants timber to come, where possible, fro...
What the hell, I thought, at least it will give the lazy old man some exercise.管他呢，我心想，至少这能让懒鬼老头活动一下筋骨。A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.懒羊嫌毛重I’m damned if I will lend any money to that lazy son of mine.我决不会借钱给我那个懒鬼儿子。S...
菲利普·拉金的意思是：父母可能会严重损害你的健康。Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.我确信拉金会神经崩溃，他会反射性地扣动扳机。I had the conviction Larkin's nerve would crack and he'd squeeze the trigger in a reflex act...