Troops were sent to the islands to restore order last November.去年11月，军队被派往这些岛屿以恢复秩序。We need to restore respect for the law-enforcement agencies.我们需要重塑执法机构的声望。The president will have to work hard to restore his credibilit...
She may not have the money to maintain or restore her property...她可能没有足够的钱来维护或修葺她的房产。When John began to restore the house in the 1960s, nothing had been touched for 40 years.约翰 20 世纪 60 年代开始整修那幢房子时，它已有 40 年都无人照管了。Advance...
She was being paid what I considered a derisory amount of money.在我看来，她得到的报酬真是少得可怜。Were the contracts that were offered to the players as derisory as we have been led to believe?合同里给球员开出的薪水真如想要我们相信的那样低得可笑吗？Few non - Japan...
海军最高指挥部对这些进展的回应十分反常。The naval high command's response to these developments is rather curious.那架飞机以反常的速度起飞升空。The aircraft rose with unnatural speed on take-off.他自己的老板举动相当反常。His own boss was behaving rather oddly....
Food can also be held up on the seas or at the dockside.粮食也可能延搁在海上或码头上.Andrew, with binoculars, was already scanning the dockside and port buildings coming into view.安德鲁举起了望远镜, 扫视着进入视野的码头和港口上的建筑物.Custom officers are wait...
Carol managed a few proper snivels for the sake of appearance.为了做做样子，卡萝尔适时地抽了几下鼻子。She called on us merely for the sake of courtesy.她来访只是为了礼貌.For the sake of our friendship after years, do me this honour!看在咱哥俩多年的情分上, 你就赏个...
The locals were a very staid lot.当地居民非常保守....a staid seaside resort.了无生气的海滨度假胜地Her thoughts were staid and solemnly adapted to a condition.她的思想已经定形,安于一板一眼地顺应现实.He had grown staid and dull.他变得既古板又无趣.a rather staid and old...