陈腐的方式Fossilized ways约翰正在对陈腐的诗风做迂回冗长的研究。John is making a periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion.它本是一件老朽陈腐的东西, 很少有人愿意去研究它.It was an obsolete thing, and few cared to study it....
He pivoted his whole body through ninety degrees.他整个身体转过90度。The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance.小船原地掉过头来，直指海港入口。His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pu...
显然，这条铁路是房子建成后很久才造的。The railway had obviously been built long after the house.这个词似乎是自造的。It looks like a made-up word.荷兰人一直在围海造地。The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water....
允许捕猎野兔的时期快到了.Rabbits will soon be in season.他带着装有两对野兔的猎袋回家来了.He came home with two brace of rabbits in the bag.他带著装有两对野兔的猎袋回家来了.He come home with two brace of rabbit in the bag....
Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.吸烟曾经在富人中间更为普遍。King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner.国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。Tchaikovsky was given a state funeral—the first commoner to be granted ...