约中英惯用例句:
  • 最惹人注目的顽固分子乃是约旦国王候赛因。他最近表示不再过问[约旦河]西岸之事，现在同意[参加中东和平的努力]。
    The conspicuous holdout was Jordan's King Hussein, who, by his latest gesture of washing his hands of the West Bank, is now coming along.
  • 开了一天车后，约翰找了一个出租的房间住了一夜。
    After a day's motoring, John found a room for rent and holed up in the house.
  • 荷兰的居民是纽约州的三分之二，而纽约州却是荷兰的四倍大。
    Holland has two-thirds the inhabitants of the state of New York, which is four times the size of Holland.
  • 无线保真技术已经被认为对诸如伟利松等大型电话公司构成威胁，因为该项技术能使个人制作的网络免于受到大电话公司的制约。
    Wi-Fi has been seen as a threat to big phone companies like Verizon because the technology allows homegrown networks to spread outside their control.
  • 如果约翰逊一家的不幸从表面上看是他们自己造成的话，那么，谁又能肯定地说他们绝望不是因为常常担心无家可归而引起的呢？
    And if the Johnsons seemed their own worst enemies, who is to say with conviction that the perpetual threat of homelessness did not contribute to their despair?
  • 皇后区民主党[市议员]瓦隆在记者会上说，"市长的税收提案一看就觉得糟蹋透，可是州政府所规定的增税等于给纽约市房主难以招架的致命一击。"
    "The Mayor's tax proposal was bad enough on its face, but the coming state-mandated increase adds up to a one-two punch that would stagger city homeowners, " Mr. Vallone, a Queens Democrat, said in a City Hall news conference.
  • 约翰-辛普森和他的同事们把众多的例句中筛选出在现实生活中最禁得住推敲的句子。
    Simpson (John, not Homer) and his colleagues whittle that list down to the few that seem to have gotten a solid foothold in popular usage.
  • 那农夫因答应其先父决不卖袓业而受到约束。
    The farmer is laid under restraint by a promise he made his father, mever to sell the homestead.
  • 汤姆和约翰一样诚实。
    Tom is as honest as John.
  • 她容颜姣好，风姿绰约，满口甜言蜜语。
    Her face is beautiful; her manner is charming; her mouth is full of honeyed words.
  • 纽约州西部的一城市，位于尼亚加拉河的瀑布附近；游览胜地和度蜜月的胜地。
    a city in western New York State at the falls of the Niagara river; tourist attraction and honeymoon resort.
  • 泰坦尼克号载着大约2，200人出发，其中有百万富翁、移民、13对度蜜月的夫妇、一个一直演奏到悲剧最后一刻的8人乐队，以及仅够一半多点的人使用的救生艇。
    Titanic set sail carrying some 2200 people--millionaires, immigrants, 13 honeymoon couples and an eight-man band that played to the bitter end--and lifeboats for just over half of them. In the end 712 were rescued;
  • 纽约离香港很远。
    It is a long distance from New York to Hongkong.
  • 但是沉默并不合约翰少爷的心意，因此，他就决心表示主动，先开口。
    But silence was not dear to the heart of the Honourable John, and so he took up the running.
  • 他很正派，从不违约。
    He is far too honourable ever to break an engagement.
  • 美国内战（1863年）中的一次重要战役；罗伯特e庇护下的同盟国打败了约瑟夫胡克统治下的联盟军。
    a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker.
  • 钱瑟勒斯维尔弗吉尼亚州东北部的一个旧城镇，位于弗雷德里克斯堡以西。内战时的一次重大战役在此展开（1863年5月2－4日）。罗伯特·李率领的南部盟军击败了约瑟夫·胡克指挥的联邦军队。斯通沃尔·杰克逊在战斗中受了致命伤
    A former town of northeast Virginia west of Fredericksburg. It was the site of a major Civil War battle(May2-4,1863) in which the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces commanded by Joseph Hooker. Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded in the battle.
  • 约翰秃得相当厉害了。
    John is rather thin on top.
  • 先是横越大西洋的长距离飞行，最後从纽约飞到波士顿
    The long flight across the Atlantic, then the final hop from New York to Boston
  • 医生说约翰的病是没有希望的了。
    The doctor said John's condition was hopeless.
  • 那座巨大的岛屿隐隐约约浮现在地平线上。
    The mountainous island loomed on the horizon.
  • 天边地平线上隐约出现一堆乌云。
    A dark bank of cloud loomed on the horizon.
  • 齐特琴一种由扁形音箱和大约30至40条弦组成的乐器，平放着用指尖或拔子来演奏
    An instrument composed of a flat sound box with about30 to40 strings stretched over it and played horizontally with the fingertips or a plectrum.
  • 约翰尼把那个恐怖的故事原原本本地听了一遍，一点也不显得害怕。
    Johnny listened to the whole of that horrible story without turning a hair.
  • 梦工厂市场部负责人特里-普雷斯接受《纽约邮报》采访时说，早在9·11事件发生之前，公司就已经计划将这部影片的放映期从2001年圣诞节改为2002年2月份，以便缓解一下票房压力。
    DreamWorks' marketing chief, Terry Press, tells the New York Post that even before Tuesday's horrific events, the studio had planned to move the film from Christmas 2001 to Feb. 2002, in order to give it some breathing space at the box office.
  • 超级大国因各自拥有核工厂而互相制约
    Superpowers held hostage to each other by their nuclear arsenals.
  • 自1992年以来，共有210多名联合国文职人员被蓄意谋害，另有约265人在世界各地的联合国行动中服务时被扣作人质，其中包括5名在2001年丧失生命的文职人员。
    Since 1992, more than 210 UN civilian staff have been killed as a result of malicious acts and some 265 taken hostage while serving in UN operations worldwide, including five civilian staff members who lost their lives in 2001.
  • 接着威利斯在diehard(1989)“猛虎威龙”一片中扮演了一个失意的纽约警察，影片讲述了一伙国际恐怖主义分子绑架洛杉矶办公大楼正在举办圣诞节“派对”的全体职工，当时，与他不和的妻子也在其中。威利斯与这群恐怖分子展开了机智灵活的斗争。
    Then came Die Hard (1989), in which Willis played a low-key New Yorkcop who ingeniously takes on a group of international terrorists who have taken hostage the corporate L.A. office where his estranged wife is attending a Christmas party.
  • 约翰在离去前特意向女主人道谢。
    John made a point of thanking his hostess before his leaving.
  • 时速大约七十哩。
    About 70 miles an hour.
  • 大约一小时之后。
    In an hour or so.
  • 约翰以前有过一所房子。
    John possessed a house.