What truly grates is the painful banter.最让人气愤的是那个令人难堪的玩笑。She heard Tom exchanging good-natured banter with Jane.她听见汤姆和简互相打趣。He enjoyed exchanging banter with the customers.他喜欢和顾客开玩笑。...

你得讨卡梅拉的欢心。You'll need to get on the right side of Carmela.我此刻尚未讨得她的欢心.I'm not in her good graces at the moment.约翰似乎已经失去玛丽的欢心.John seems to have fallen into disfavour with Mary....

The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics.这首赞歌是希腊一位名不见经传的作曲家为1896年的雅典奥运会创作的。We should bring together the departments so that we're all singing from the same hymn sheet.我们应该把各部门联合...

She recognized at the same instant Rachel's presence. It pulled her up short.雷切尔一出现她就认出她来了，随即停下了手中的活儿。Each morning he gloomily recognized his idiocies of the evening before.他每天早晨沮丧地认识到昨天晚上的荒唐.Although not the invent...

口试后，我私下里与那位考生谈了谈。I spoke privately to the candidate after the oral.所有的考生必须先参加口试.All candidates must first be orally examined.试卷全部收回后考生才可离开座位.Candidates shall remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected...

在皇帝遗孀面前任何人不得进餐。Nobody was allowed to eat in the Empress Dowager's presence.诺福克公爵遗孀the dowager Duchess of Norfolk所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费.All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow....

deflate your pride挫你的傲气deflate a tyre放掉车胎的气When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。Nothing could deflate his ego / pomposity , ie make him less self - assured o...

The skin of amphibians is permeable to water.两栖动物的皮肤是透水的。Two amphibians ferry them out over the sands.两辆水陆两用车把他们渡过沙滩.Amphibians live partly in water and partly on land.两栖动物有时生活在水中,有时生活在陆上....

The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.这次游览包括参观科学博物馆。Li Ming and I went to the Science Museum this morning.今天早晨,李明和我去了科技博物馆.The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.旅游项目中包括参观科学博物馆....

Conjurers are experts at misdirection.魔术师是误导方面的行家.Here and there stood conjurers showing off their tricks or making snakes appear from baskets.四处都站着变戏法的人,展示着他们的把戏,还让蛇从篮子里伸出头来....

They show no disposition to improvise or to take risks.他们不愿意临时凑合或冒险。Wearing helmets gave cyclists a false sense of security and encouraged them to take risks.戴头盔给骑自行车的人一种错误的安全感，怂恿他们去冒险。Managers use a full arsenal of moti...

Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is Amarican antelope, or pronghorn.美洲羚羊或麋鹿是这个大陆上典型的草原居民.Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn.美洲羚羊, 或称叉角羚,是该大陆典型的草原动物...

On its home turf, the combined bank would be unrivalled.那家联合银行在它自己的地盘上就无可匹敌了。Their turf was Paris: its streets, theaters, homes, and parks.巴黎是他们的地盘：那里熟悉的大街、剧院、住宅和公园。He squelched across the turf.他扑哧扑哧地走过草皮。...

The meeting is disrupted by Albanian irredentist.会议被阿尔巴尼亚的领土收复主义者所中断....

The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.骑手说他经常会用鞭子抽马。The two men turned to watch the horses going round the track.那两个男人转身观看赛马沿赛道而行。The wagons were decorated with flowers and pulled by garlanded horses.马车都...

It was her first try at authorship and proved a great success.这是她第一次尝试写作，结果证明非常成功。Its authorship has been disputed.谁是作者尚无定论。They all accredited him with the authorship of this book.他们都认为他是这本书的作者.The authorship of the poe...

We are trudging a plain high road.我们正徒步跋涉在平坦的大道上.The dog ran, and Mr Taylor's trudging wellingtons made the only sound.茂密的杉树林淹没了从爱丁堡到格拉斯哥高速公路上传来的噪音,只有猎犬发出的声音和泰勒穿着高统靴走路的悉索作响.There was a stream of refugees trudging up...

Hippopotamuses teem in this river.这条河里有很多河马....

Holidays can be horrendous. All right, I'll rephrase that. The first few days are invariably hell.假期可能会糟糕透顶。好吧，让我换一种说法。最初的几天总是如同炼狱。Let me rephrase what I just said.让我来把我刚才说的话换个方法表达一下.This word cannot express my idea...

Desegregation may be harder to enforce in rural areas.要废除农村地区的种族隔离可能会更困难一些。In rural France, English language magazines are rather hard to come by.在法国乡村，很难找到英语杂志。As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the ci...

The small mote on her forehead distinguishes her from her twin sister.她额头上的这个小斑点是她与其双胞胎妹妹的区别.Young children depend on context to pro - mote memory, and spontaneously report less.儿童依靠环境来促进记忆, 而他们能够自然表达出来的较少.Blower be prot...

The corrosive action of acid upon an etcher's metal plate.氯化氢的水溶液,一种腐蚀性强酸....

可恶，那完全是不讲道义，是不是？Dash it all. It's just not playing the game, is it?总统下令发动空袭是绝对合乎道义的。The president was absolutely right in ordering the bombing raid.继续部署核武器在道义上让人无法接受。The perpetuation of nuclear deployments is morall...

我们都知道油脂变质后会发臭。We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid.慢慢地，平底锅表面积起了一层厚厚的油脂。Slowly a thick layer of fat builds up on the pan's surface.劳拉正往羔羊腿上浇抹油脂。Laura was basting the leg of lamb....

Goods are generally shipped by airmail.货物一般通过航空运输。The army group shipped out for the Far East today.这支部队今天乘船赴远东.He shipped the goods off as soon as he could.他尽快地运走了货物....

It'set back the invaders far more than our forces had.它比我们的部队远为有效地阻碍了入侵部队的推进.The strong fortress mocked the invaders.坚固的堡垒使入侵者无法攻入。The invaders gutted the historic building.侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空.The invaders were only...

The detection rate for racial crimes is appallingly low.种族罪案的侦破率之低让人震惊。He says that he understands why they behaved so appallingly.他说他知道为什么他们的行为如此恶劣。With appallingly bad grace I packed up and we drove north.我很不情愿地收拾好行囊，然...

Radon is known to be harmful to humans in large quantities.众所周知，大量的氡会对人体造成伤害。Such chemicals taken up by plants can be harmful to humans and animals.这种化学物质被植物吸收上来,就可能对人畜产生危害.Generally speaking, natural obesity should not ...

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Could this affair endanger German - Egyptian cooperation on archeological work?明镜在线: 请问这件事会危及到德埃两国考古工作的合作 吗 ?Two men will appear before Birmingham magistrates' court today charged with possession of ...

我是女装部的进货员。I was a buyer for the women's clothing department.她脱下了朴素的套装，换上了一身古怪的少女装。She swapped her plain suit for an absurdly girlie dress.出售的女装有小号、中号和大号。Women's apparel is offered in petite, regular, and tall m...