Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.约翰死后,她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己.He gave up the crutch of alcohol.他戒掉了酒瘾。The calculator is a tool, not a crutch; yet it is increasingly being used as a crutch by many children...计算器是工...
Rarely do schoolteachers have leeway to teach classes the way they want.鲜有学校老师可随心所欲地教书的情况。How much leeway should parents give their children?父母应该给孩子留多少自由的空间？He just could not make up the leeway from the earlier stages in...
The finding has powerful implications for the emerging field of astrobiology.这一发现对刚出现的天文生物学来说意义深远.Astrobiology's goal is to make sure that does not happen.天体生物学的目标是保证那不发生.The paper is published in this week's e...
Doctors examined the recruits but nurses did the inocuLating.医生们给新兵检查了身体,护士们给他们打了预防针.We set about inoculating the logs with shiitake mushroom plugs.我们被交待去把蘑菇塞嫁接到木桩之上.Inoculating effects of the inoculant have been evaluat...
Any signs of discontent tend to be magnified and overanalyzed.稍有不满便会被上纲上线。His glasses magnified his irritable glare.他那怒不可遏的眼神在眼镜片下显得愈发逼人。This is cliquism in a magnified form.这是一种放大了的小团体主义.Departmentalism is the magnified...
Those familiar with Sanders call him a consummate politician.那些熟悉桑德斯的人都称他为手段高明的政治家。He joined Sanders Roe, moving on later to become General Manager.他加入了桑德斯·罗公司，后来一路晋升至总经理。Mr. Sanders decided to start because the rain let...