上个月提议的变动在3月份的预算中已经有所预兆了。The change proposed last month was foreshadowed in the March Budget.我在一匹名叫“预兆”的赛马上下了10英镑的赌注。I bet £10 on a horse called Premonition.夏装的款式常常是秋装的预兆.Summer styles are often a foretaste of autumn fash...
Their metaphor degenerates into a series of isolated and barren conceits.他们的隐喻变为一系列孤立而贫乏的牵强附会.Let us distinguish the various types of metaphor.让我们把各种隐喻分类。a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle...
他们要是看重这些数据，就让他们出钱买。If they value these data, let them pay for them.我们得到了通常难以获取的大量数据。We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.他说统计学家“用数据说谎”，败坏了他们的名声。He said statisticians gave them a bad rap by...
New problems arose imperceptibly.不知不觉地出现了一些新问题.Imperceptibly, the boat had slowly turned.船慢慢地在转弯, 简直使人不觉得.Time fled, and she was surprised to find the year passed imperceptibly.光阴飞逝, 她诧异地发觉一年不知不觉就过去了....