中英惯用短语:
  •   贝克尔在第三盘轻易举战胜了康纳斯(网球赛).   Becker took Connors apart in the third set, ie in tennis
  • adj.  负债的, 法律上有义务偿还的, 感激的, 蒙恩的, (因受帮助)感激的, 感恩的   indebted
  •   负担费用(因能够监督其用途)   pay the piper (and call the tune)
  • n.  贡品, 颂词, 称赞, 礼物, 贡金, 贡物, 为交纳贡金收的税, 纳贡的地位, 表示尊敬或赞美的言辞或行为, 殷勤, (与to连用)赞词   tribute
  • n.  质优光滑的书写用纸.   smooth fine-quality writing-paper
  • adj.  质地薄的, 没有内容的, 廉价的, 薄质料不佳的, 简陋的, 破烂的, 低级的, 破旧的, 质量差的   sleazy
  • adj.  贪婪饥饿的, 掠食的, 空腹觅食的, 饿极了的, 掠夺的   ravening
  •   贫困陷阱(受政府津贴者因工资增加津贴减少, 无法改善经济状况).   situation in which one is unable to improve one's income because one depends on state benefits that are reduced as one's earnings increase
  • n.  贫民窟, 白嘴鸦群, 群栖处, 破旧的住房, 同类人的集中处, 白嘴鸦的巢, 白嘴鸦群栖的巢, 白嘴鸦的群居地, 海豹等之穴, 破旧拥挤的住房群   rookery
  • v.  贸易摆脱了战争的影响很快复苏了.   Trade soon recovered from the effects of the war
  • adj.  贿赂的, 可用金钱贿赂的, 贪财的, 贪污的, 腐败的venally, 唯利是图的, 为钱做坏事的, 能用钱收买的, 贪赃枉法的   venal
  •   赌博(靠运气不靠技巧的)游戏   a game of chance
  • v.  赛车从我们前面飞驰过.   The sports car shot past us
  • n.  赞美诗, 圣歌(尤指基督徒为颂扬上帝唱的).   song of praise, esp one praising God sung by Christians
  •   走嘴, 溜嘴(不留神吐露的真心话).   comment made accidentally by a speaker instead of what was originally intended, but which is considered to reveal his true thoughts
  • vi.  走得慢, 落后, (给水管等)加保温层, 缓缓行, 滞后   lag