那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。The average commuter journey there is five hours long.报纸使用了新词“丁克族”，即“双收入无子女”。The newspaper used the neologism "dinks", Double Income No Kids.睡眼惺忪的通勤族拖着沉重的步子上班去。Sleepy-eyed commuters were wending their ...
这场口角看来是彻底破裂的导火线.The last of these rows seems to have been the last straw.连一句话也是一条导火线.Even a words are also a fuse.他拉出导火线, 点燃它, 并且跑到岩石后以求安全.He paid out the fuse, lit it, and ran behind the rock for safety....
他确信原先的幕后智囊能够填补暂时的空缺。He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.总统的竞选智囊the President's campaign handlers他是该公司的智囊.He is the brains of the company....