Instead, we sat in church, eulogizing Rosa Parks, reminiscing about past victories, entombed in nostalgia.反而, 我们坐在教堂里, 颂扬罗莎.帕克斯, 缅怀过去的胜利, 投身于怀旧中.Rosa's constant refrain is that she doesn't have a life.罗莎总是重复的一句...
One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。One of my main grouches against the council is that they don't run enough buses.我对市议会不满,主要是投入营运的公共汽车不够用.Keep only cheerful friend. The gro...
As we approached the summit we were vouchsafed a rare vision.快到山顶时，我们有幸看到了难得一见的景象。Military bandsmen played music from each country represented at the summit.军乐队演奏了峰会中各与会国的音乐。Egypt had agreed to a summit subject to certai...
All is grist that comes to his mill.〔谚语〕到他磨里的东西全会变成粉,他善于利用一切事物.I never refuse odd jobs to supplement my income it's all grist to the mill.我为增加收入,对于做零活总是来者不拒--多多益善.McCormick began to make his famous reaper in a grist...
到来的出租车的声音压过了谈话的声音。The conversation was drowned by the arrival of the taxi.我明白她谈话的大意。I follow the drift of her conversation.我仅听到他们谈话的结尾。I only caught the fag end of their conversation....
The woods today are burnished bronze.今天的树林是一片发亮的青铜色.The clouds glowed like burnished gold.云彩像被擦亮的金子一般闪闪发光。the gleam of burnished gold黄金的光泽A jet of coffee steam from the burnished caldron.咖啡的蒸气从打磨得锃亮的大壶里喷出来....