The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。It was expedient to retire gracefully.体面的让步可算是权宜之计.Do whatever is expedient.权宜处置,怎么方便就怎么办....
The story was a temporary expedient.这个借口是临时的应急之法。Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations...采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名...
陈旧的石制牛食槽仍然放在大门口。The old stone cattle trough still sits by the main entrance.那些猪从同一食槽里取食.The pigs fed off the same trough.我看到它落在地上的食槽那开始自己的美餐.It landed on bird feeder and began eating dinner as I watched....
Puffing a little, Mabel shifted her weight onto her feet.梅布尔喘了口气，把身体重心移到脚上。Mabel did her hair up before taking a shower.梅布尔在淋浴前整理了头发.Never mind the lip , Mabel . Who've you got here?别耍嘴皮子,玛布尔,你这里住的都是些什么人?...
We are cognizant of the problem.我们意识到了这个问题。Are you cognizant of all the complexities of the language?你知道这种语言的各种各样的复杂特征 吗 ?All who travel should be over cognizant of this fact.凡是出差的人都必须认识到这一事实....
Ireland is not for you if you want to flake out on a beach.如果想躺在沙滩上好好放松一下，爱尔兰并不是合适的地方。Oiled wood is water-resistant and won't flake.上过油的木头防水而且不会剥落。A flake of plaster from the ceiling fell into his eye, which became ...