The word “debt” contains a mute letter.在debt这个词中有一个不发音的字母。The boy is mute and deaf.这男孩既聋又哑。In the traditional citadels of Christendom, grey Gothic cathedrals stand mute witnesses to a rejected faith.在传统基督教的大本营, 灰白色的哥特式大教...
不用仆人有不用仆人的优越性.There are advantages to not having servants.仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑.The servant worn a fawning smile.那些车尾载着仆人的轻快的四轮马车哪里去了?Whither all the brisk barouches with servants in the dicky?...
这个小女孩眼睛一直紧盯着他身后的那堵墙。The child kept her eyes fixed on the wall behind him.他把便条递给了桌旁的女孩。He gave the girl at the desk the message.这个女孩已经发现了工厂里的勾当。The girl had found out about the goings-on in the factory....
Why are people so full of gloom and doom?为什么人们如此沮丧悲观?A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.我们所有人都有一种大难临头的感觉。A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.一种即将来临的毁灭感无可逃避。...
The commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.委员会要求全球禁止捕鲸。Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood.岛上的居民靠捕鲸为生。They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins a...
Tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms.今晚鳕鱼将要大量群集在距岸三百浔的地方.We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.我们驶进海湾,将锚抛进 5 英寻深的水里。The harbour is four fathoms deep.港深为四英寻.One...