This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe.这个论点在欧洲根本就站不住脚。His account of the robbery won't hold water.他对抢劫案经过的陈述漏洞百出.The argument does not hold water.这个论点不能成立....
新兴的商业阶层渴望得到旧贵族的接纳.The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility.那些出身贵族的人们的一言一行势必要受到公众的注意.Those born to the purple are destined to live in the public eye.如果穷人侵犯了贵族的利益,他们就会受到严厉的制裁.The state dealt ha...