阿拉斯加與佛羅裏達的氣候相差甚遠 The climate in Alaska is a far cry from that of Florida.
多森美國亞拉巴馬州東南部城市,靠近佛羅裏達州邊界。1885年建立,是一個大農業區的貿易中心。人口53,589 A city of southeast Alabama near the Florida border. Settled in1885, it is a trading center for a large agricultural area. Population,53, 589.
美國的一個地區,包括墨西哥沿岸幾個州;由佛羅裏達、阿拉巴馬、密西西比、路易斯安那和得剋薩斯組成。 a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas.
佛羅倫薩美國阿拉巴馬州西北部一城市,位於狄凱特西北偏西的田納西河畔。建於1818年,是高度工業化城市。人口36,426 A city of northwest Alabama on the Tennessee River west-northwest of Decatur. Founded in1818, it is highly industrialized. Population,36, 426.
剋裏剋族一個早先居住在美國亞拉巴馬州東部、佐治亞洲西南部及佛羅裏達洲西北部的印第安族,現分佈於俄剋拉何馬州中部和亞拉巴馬州的南部。剋裏剋族在19世紀30年代被移屣至印第安保護區 A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the1830's.
産於亞拉巴馬、佐治亞和佛羅裏達的囊鼠。 gopher of Alabama Georgia and Florida.
我們於佛曉出發去參觀金字塔,所以你得很早起床。 We set off for the pyramid at dawn, so you'll have to get up very early.
在我們這個國傢,人們根本不懂佛教是怎麽回事,衹是把它看成一種離奇的東西、好像一種過時的宗教。 Buddhism in this country is not really understood; it's regarded as sort of quaint, it seems to be an old-fashioned religion.
有時,我覺得美國與我所見到的印第安蘇族社會和佛教社會不同。太多的指手畫腳的輿論專傢們將我們的社會撕扯成了一個四分五裂、爭論不休的希臘雅典式的社會,那些個人的藝術成就被懷疑為攫取財富的企圖,或是政治宣傳的聲明。 I sometimes think that America, unlike the Sioux or the Buddhist societies I've seen, is torn by too many opinion-makers that divide us into a quarrelsome Athenian society where individual artistic achievements are suspected as attempts to enrich ourselves, or as political propaganda statements.
拉特蘭美國佛蒙特州中部一城市,位於蒙彼利埃西南南部。此區有大理石露天礦場。人口18,230 A city of central Vermont south-southwest of Montpelier. There are marble quarries in the area. Population,18, 230.
他古怪地問了這麽一個問題——也許,他仿佛碰見了一個和氣的鬼魂,很想知道為什麽它在那兒。 He asked it quizzically-as if, perhaps, he had encountered a gentle ghost, and wondered why it was there.
光輝的,傑出的以或仿佛以亮光閃耀的;光輝的 Gleaming with or as if with brilliant light; radiant.
哈佛給學生的教育也大不一樣,強調學習的廣度和知識在現實生活中的應用。 Harvard also offers a radically different educational experience, stressing breadth of study and real world applications of knowledge.
(小女89年入讀萊佛士女中。 My daughter enrolled in Raffles Girls' School in 1989.
那麽,萊佛士還沒來,新加坡就沒有歷史嗎? But where does this leave the pre-Raffles days?
原來他們是從萊佛士1819年登陸新加坡那時候算起。 The answer is very simple. To them, the history of Singapore began in 1819 - when Stamford Raffles landed here.
萊佛士來之前,新加坡屬於柔佛王朝,這難道不是新加坡歷史的一部分嗎? Before Raffles came to Singapore, we belonged to the Johor Sultanate. Is this not part of our early history?
1989年因小女獲亞細安奬學金而和新加坡結緣(小女89年入讀萊佛士女中。 In 1989, my daughter received an Asean Scholarship and I began to have association with Singapore.My daughter enrolled in Raffles Girls' School in 1989.
當然,我們也不能排除萊佛士書院、英華中學、聖約瑟書院、維多利亞中學、國傢初級學院等英校培育出一個諾貝爾得奬人的可能性,畢竟這些英校培育了新加坡一些頂尖的人才! Of course, we are not excluding the possibility of having the accolades go to Raffles Institution, Anglo-Chinese School, St Joseph's Institution, Victoria School, National Junior College and other English-language schools, which have produced some of our best brains in Singapore!
全是一些令人感到沮喪的負面報道。所幸還有一則有如黑暗中指引明燈,令人感到鼓舞的正面新聞。萊佛士女子中學以學生的福利為重,為了讓一名患上計算障礙癥的學生,和其他同學一起參加“o”水準考試,導致學校無法保持往年100%的驕人及格率。 Against such depressing backdrop, the news report of the prestigious Raffles Girls' School placing the welfare of a student with learning disability above its academic excellence shone as a beacon worthy of emulation by others.By allowing this student to sit the O-level examination, the school failed to repeat its proud record of 100% passes.
杜蘭特,威廉·剋拉普1861-1947美國工業傢,組建了別剋汽車公司,通用汽車公司和雪佛蘭汽車公司 American railroad financier who built the Union Pacific Railroad(1863-1869).
這場竊案之謎直至四年後纔得以解開,竊賊和意大利佛羅倫薩的烏菲齊美術館館長取得了聯繫並且索要一筆贖金。這幅畫被追回了。 The theft remained a mystery for four years until the thief contacted the Director of the famous Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, and tried to get a ransom for the painting.
在這幅畫離開佛羅倫薩之前,它就對文藝復興時期的偉大畫傢拉斐爾産生了直接影響。 Before it left Florence it had an immediate influence on the work of the great Renaissance painter Raphael.
於是,巴黎最富有歷史意義的建築藝術便天天在消失,歷史古跡日益減少,仿佛眼睜睜看這些古跡淹在房捨的海洋中,漸漸被吞沒了。 Thus the historical significance of its architecture is being effaced every day. Monuments are becoming rarer and rarer,and one seems to see them gradually engulfed, by the flood of houses.
當時,來自佛羅裏達的洛蒂纔十幾歲,受雇到沃納太太傢來照顧朱莉。 Lottye, a teen-ager from Florida, was hired to help raise Julie.
你是指像德彪西、瑞佛爾等作麯傢的音樂嗎? You mean Debussy, Ravel, and those composers?
又云:‘放下屠刀,立地成佛。’ Or as another raying goes, "The butcher who lays down his knife at once becomes a Buddha."
擴,整用擴孔鑽或仿佛是用擴張鑽去造出、成形出、整出或擴大(某個孔) To form, shape, taper, or enlarge(a hole) with or as if with a reamer.
構成這一名為ppard的感受體的基因的存在,也能從某種程度上解釋為什麽有的人並不忌口卻仍能保持身材,而有的人卻仿佛攝入的所有熱量都立刻囤積在了腰上。 Genes that carry the blueprint for receptor, PPARd, could also help to explain why some people seem to eat what they like and remain thin, while others find that every extra calorie goes straight on to the waistline.
?阿富汗塔利班運動於3月26日解除禁令,允許外界參觀被徹底毀壞的巴米揚巨佛遺址。 Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement lifted their ban on Mar.26,allowing outsiders to see the almost total obliteration of Bamiyan Buddhas.
塔利班化了20天的時間摧毀阿富汗境內的兩座最著名的巨佛像。 It took them 20 days to destroy the two Afghanistan's most famous giant Buddhas.
可是他仿佛馬上又鎮定了,衹衝着我咕嚕了一句粗野的駡人的話,壓下了這場風波,這句話,我假裝沒註意。 But he seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm in a brutal curse, muttered on my behalf: which, however, I took care not to notice.