当我们在讨论如此严肃的问题的时候，这种戏谑的言辞是不恰当的。The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.他看不透她脸上的表情,究竟她说的是认真的还是戏谑的.He could not divine what her look signified. whether she spoke in earnest or in jest....
He's facing the hangman's noose , ie waiting to be hanged.他面临绞刑.The prisoner, his hands tied behind his back, was brought to the scene by the hangman.刽子手把犯人带到了刑场, 他的双手绑在背后.It was real; he was leaving there; he ...
He was jamming with his saxophone.他在即兴吹奏萨克斯管。He started his career in show business by playing the saxophone and singing.他的演艺生涯是从吹奏萨克斯和唱歌开始的。He took a saxophone from the Salvation Army but was caught and had to hand it b...
Out of those mighty loins a race of conscious beings must one day come.就是从她们这些强壮的肚皮里,有一天总会生产出一种有自觉的人类.He walked along , gently kicking ; his loins really did ache!一边走一边踢腿, 胯骨 轴的确还有点发酸!Can the British gird up their loins ...
It was an old building in the local idiom.这是一座具有当地特色的古建筑.I like the idiom of modern popular music.我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格.And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.没什么比他使用过时的方言时那种自负的神态更气人的了。...