She knows exactly how to tug at readers' heartstrings.她对如何牵动读者的心弦了如指掌。The sight of the poor child crying tugged at my heartstrings.看到那小孩啼哭,我真心疼.The thought wrung Tom's heartstrings.这个念头使汤姆大动恻隐之心....
Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?会有热情减退的时候么？But the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped.不过这次痛已减退,寒战也停止了.But gradually his interest in good causes ebbed away.不过后来他对这类事业兴趣也逐渐淡薄了....
a eulogy to marriage婚礼颂词Indeed, no eulogy could be more grandiloquent than this.真是恭维备至.His descriptions of Gatsby's extravagant parties are closer to satire than eulogy.他对盖茨比豪华宴会的描述与其说是称赞不如说是讽刺....