a financial crisis of mammoth proportions极其严重的金融危机The problem is beginning to assume mammoth proportions.这个问题开始显得十分重大.The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad.这只长毛象现在在列宁格勒的古生物学博物馆修复了....
Overhead, the lights showed the old timbers, used to brace the roof.灯光照亮了头顶上支撑屋顶的旧房梁。My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。The doctor cautioned him to brace up.医生告诫他要振奋精神.You had better brace yoursel...