中英慣用例句:
  • 好在繮繩、鞭子、夫和衛士的聯合行動有如宣讀了一份戰爭文件的道理。那文件禁止擅自行動,因為它可以大大助長野蠻動物也有思想的理論。
    Reins and whip and coachman and guard, however, in combination, had read that article of war which forbad a purpose otherwise strongly in favour of the argument, that some brute animals are endued with Reason;
  • 祖父年紀大了,退到一香蕉園裏度晚年,我父親接受了全部産業的經營權,並在當地開一傢運輸公司,把全島的錫砂和大型貨物運輸全包下來,當時從美國進口的福特卡就達幾十輛。
    My grandfather retired to a banana plantation in his old age and my father took over the reins of the business. He set up a shipping company which took over most of the shipping of tin, sand and bulky cargo on the island. At that time, he even imported scores of Ford trucks from the United States.
  • 例如,將統計和數學的程序庫包括在核心的rdbms中,决策支持係統的用戶就能完成復雜的數據分析,無須重新發明輪(即無須重複勞動——譯註)。
    For example, by including statistics and mathematics libraries in the core RDBMS, users of decision support systems will be able to perform complex data analysis without reinventing the wheel.
  • 所有的輛都必須改道而行,可在前方10公裏處,重新回到機動道上。
    All traffics have to take a diversion and rejoin the motorway 10-km further on.
  • 她也不像她所有那些同行一樣,習慣在圓形廣場和香榭麗捨大街街口之間散步,她的兩匹馬飛快地把她拉到郊外的布洛涅樹林,她在那裏下,漫步一個小時,然後重新登上馬,疾馳回傢。
    She did not ride from the Rond- Point down to the entrance, to the Champs-Elysees as do ?and did ?all her sort. Her two horses whisked her off smartly to the Bois de Boulogne. There she alighted, walked for an hour, rejoined her brougham and returned home at a fast trot.
  • 由於有霧,警察告誡駕者減慢速度。
    The police are advising motorists to reduce speed because of the fog.
  • 相對來說,這個比那個更新。
    Relatively, this car is newer than that one.
  • 企業裏面的技術幹部不能隨便下放,不能讓工程師去當工人,一個好的間主任下去當普通工人也不好。
    However, this cannot be applied to technical cadres in enterprises; it is not advisable to transfer engineers or competent workshop directors to serve as workers.
  • 時,最好遠避對面開來的輛。
    While driving a car, it is always advisable to give a wide berth to oncoming vehicles.
  • 駕駛汽時以係上安全帶為好。
    It is advisable always to wear a safety belt when you're driving.
  • 釋放犯偷自行時被警察當場抓住。
    The police caught the released prisoner stealing a bicycle.
  • 這是一個驚人的故事——這個1962年始創於阿肯色州鄉村地區的沃爾瑪百貨公司在今年一躍登上了《財富》500強的榜首。公司創始人薩姆·沃爾頓一面千方百計提高銷售額,一面以先進的信息技術降低成本。他以嚴格的“10英尺規則”(嚮在這距離之內的顧客致意)鼓勵員工提高銷售質量。換句話說,他是當今經濟戒律——服務規則——的第一位傳道者。事實上,沃爾瑪百貨公司是第一個躍居《財富》500強榜首的服務業公司。1955年,當《財富》雜志第一次公佈美國最大公司的排名時,沃爾瑪甚至尚未問世。那一年,通用汽公司是美國最大的公司,此後不是通用汽公司就是另一個大公司——埃剋森公司獨占鰲頭。
    It’s a stunning tale -- one that propelled Wal-Mart from rural Arkansas,where it was founded in 1962,to the top of the Fortune 500 this year.Sam Walton,Wal-Mart’s founder,pushed sales growth relentlessly while squeezing costs with sophisticated information technology.He exhorted employees to sell better with the“ten-foot rule”(greet customers if they are that close).He was,in other words,an early evangelist for the first commandment of today’s economy:Service rules.Wal-Mart,in fact,is the first service company to rise to the top of the Fortune 500.When Fortune first published its list of the largest companies in America in 1995,Wal-Mart didn’t even exist.That year General Motors was America’s biggest company,and in every year that followed,either GM or another mighty industrial,Exxon,was NO.1.
  • 戴:另外,自行必須堅固。
    Besides, reliability is very important too.
  • 的可靠性比其機械性能更重要。
    Performance is less important than reliability in a car.
  • 我們正試圖在公共汽上做廣告來宣傳我們的産品。
    We are trying to publicize our products by advertisement on buses.
  • 靠得住的汽就是無價之寶。
    A reliable car is worth its weight in gold.
  • 二手汽廣告是個大騙局。
    The used car advertisement is a big rip - off.
  • 二手汽廣告是個大騙局。
    The used car advertisement is a big rip-off.
  • 我看着火廂內的廣告。
    I see the advertisement hanging in the train.
  • 我看着火廂內的廣告。
    I saw the advertisement hung in the train.
  • 婦女們喜歡那些表現婦女在辦公室工作、乘飛機旅行、駕駛着汽等情形的廣告。
    They like advertisements which show women in office, planes, and cars.
  • 苔絲和安吉爾坐進一輛大馬時代笨重的老古董(老德伯傢族罪孽傳說的象徵)裏,來到了教堂。在他們最後離去時,一隻白公雞啼了三次。
    In a lumbering old relic of coach days (symbolic of an ancient D'Urberville legend of crime) Tess and Angel are carried to church, and upon their final departure a white cock crows thrice.
  • 這種新型汽已在全國性報紙上登了廣告。
    The new car have is advertised in the national press.
  • 這種新型汽已在全國性報紙上登了廣告。
    The new car has been advertised in the national press.
  • 他們做廣告說有一輛舊汽要賣。
    They advertised a used car for sale.
  • 千萬不要照牌價購買汽,總得講講價纔是.
    Never pay the advertised price for a car; always try to bargain.
  • 幾年來,自從引進了駕駛考試,就使得駕駛領域的情形如同一塊容易發財的寶地,任何擁有一輛並有執照會駕駛的人都能當起駕駛指導教師並做廣告招學生。
    For several years after the introduction of a Driving Test the situation was that of a Tom Tiddler's Ground, where anyone who owned a car and held a licence to drive himself could set himself up as a driving instructor and advertise for pupils.
  • 這些樂隊通常都不用鋼琴,因為它們的業務種類很多:有在夜晚為跳舞伴奏的,有在白天為行軍奏樂的,有為出殯舉哀的,也有坐在馬上四處為商品作廣告的。
    Usually there was no piano because these bands served many purposes: playing for dances at night, marching in daytime parades, playing for funerals or riding around the city on wagons to advertise products.
  • 黎明前就起床趕那班火,她是不會喜歡的。
    She will not relish having to get up before dawn to catch that train.
  • 搬運工再一次裝卡
    The movers reloaded the truck.
  • 我們上班的地方離傢不過5分鐘的程,埃裏卡心中想着,就勉強上班去了。
    We're just five minutes away,Erica told herself now as she reluctantly left for work.
  • 委員會是吳作棟總理的建議,目的是要國人把目光放遠,不要局限於所謂的5c,即金錢、共管公寓、俱樂部會員證、信用卡和子,齊心合力為國傢的未來做好準備。
    The Remaking Singapore Committee is a brainchild of PM Goh Chok Tong, formed to make Singaporeans look beyond the 5 Cs : cash, condos, clubs, credit cards and cars, to help prepare the nation for the future.