他加入了桑德斯·罗公司，后来一路晋升至总经理。He joined Sanders Roe, moving on later to become General Manager.他将继续留在公司总经理这个不好坐的位子上。He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive.他即将出任柏宁公司的总经理。He's going to be the MD of the Park Lane ...
她母亲是个朴实的妇女.Her mother is a homely woman.时代变了,因此, 用朴实的隐喻来讲, 我们必须“适应环境”.Times are changed and we must, to use the homely metaphor, cut our coat according to our cloth.这本书阐述的是简单朴实的哲学。The book is simple homespun philosophy....
The author is best known for the acridness of his satire.这位作家以他刻薄的讽刺而出名.When I am young I like the acridness of certain kinds of pepper.我年轻的时候喜欢某些种辣椒的刺激....
an adjectival suffix形容词后缀It is also used in adjectival compounds.这一词还可用以构成复合形容词.The term velout é is from the French adjectival form of velour, meaning velvety.瓦娄提这个词源于法语词汇“丝绒”的形容词, 意思是“如丝绒般柔软”.adjectival charity该死的假慈善.....
Pollard continues to languish in prison.波拉德继续受牢狱之苦。She continues to languish in a foreign prison.她被继续囚禁在一所外国的监狱里。New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津....