They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.女士穿着应当庄重，以免受到当地人的骚扰。He had been, he said modestly, swimm...
他现在就读于萨里大学，攻读数学学位。He is now reading for a maths degree at Surrey University.他选择了攻读耶鲁大学的经济学硕士学位。He took a master's degree in economics at Yale.计算才能对于攻读这个学位的学生有益处。An aptitude for computing is beneficial for students t...
他在体察民情方面表现得相当周到和练达。He's shown considerable delicacy and tact in feeling the public mood.世事洞明皆学问, 人情练达即文章.A grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge; an understanding of worldly wisdom is true learning.这些早已被他的从容...
I buttoned up my coat; it was chilly.我扣上了外套的扣子；天气很冷。The impresario had buttoned his astrakhan coat.乐团经理扣好了羔皮外套.If the suit is buttoned, where should be the stickpin?西装系着扣时, 领带夹应在衬衫的哪两粒钮扣之间?Ferguson stood up and buttoned ...