This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.这种对待金钱的过分谨慎的态度有时几近于吝啬。They gave him a dig about his meanness.他们在挖苦他吝啬.The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment.这种匿名的卑鄙行为使他一时...
她和所遇到的每个美男子调情.She flirts with every handsome man she meets.他是一位美男子.He is a handsome man.她认为他是世上头号美男子--最有风度的绅士.She thinks him the most elegant man in the world - the finest....
A set period of fasting is supposed to bring us closer to godliness.据说定期斋戒会让我们更虔诚。Cleanliness which comes next to godliness , if not before it.清洁近乎神圣.But the profane and old - womanish myths refuse, and exercise yourself...
Curtis O'keefe would make a fair deal.柯蒂斯·奥基夫会做一笔公平买卖的.Curtis O'keefe glanced at her sharply.柯蒂斯·奥基夫严厉地向她看了一眼.I put Curtis Manning in command , if it's all right with you.我让柯蒂斯·曼宁主管行动你不反对吧?Curtis got behin...
该战列舰遭到了鱼雷的袭击.The battle ship was torpedoed.事后,空中侦察表明,该战列舰受伤颇重.Later air reconnaissance showed that the battleship was heavily damaged.如果需要与之周旋的单是战列舰第七分舰队那类型的军舰,那么它们可能是无敌的.Reckoning only with Bat Div Seven types they migh...
Today we have radios, TVs, and a whole host of gadgets powered by electricity.今天我们有收音机、电视机和一大堆小型电器。Most department stores have TVs and radios in their Home Entertainment Departments.大多数的百货商店设有家庭娱乐部,在那里可以买到电视机和收音机.Our vid...
The evanescent post - war economic boom was quickly followed by a deep recession.大萧条紧随短暂的战后经济繁荣而来.All was unstable; quivering as leaves, evanescent as lightning.一切都是不稳定的, 都象树叶似地颤动翻转,象闪电似地倏忽明灭.By epiphany he means'th...