约中英慣用例句:
  • 約翰和彼得是兄弟。
    John and Peter are brothers.
  • 約翰和彼得換書。
    John exchanged books with Peter.
  • 約有120名美國富有的人聯名上書反對廢除遺産稅。
    About 120 wealthy Americans had signed or supported a petition to oppose phasing out the tax.
  • 房委會於一九九八年三月公佈了另外三期計劃。這三期計劃將分別在一九九九至二零零一年推出，每期均有六個屋約共27000個單位出售。
    Three more phases of this scheme, one each for the years 1999 to 2001, were announced in March 1998. Each phase consists of six estates, or about 27 000 flats.
  • 茶葉中另一酚類組分是3-鄰-沒食子酰奎尼酸，它約占茶葉幹重的1%。同屬酚類化合物的緑原酸在茶葉中是次要成分。
    Another phenolic constituent is tea, theogallin, accounts for approximately 1 percent of the dry weight of the leaf. Chlorogenic acid, also a phenolic compound, is a minor constituent in tea.
  • 史密斯先生通勤於紐約和費城之間。
    Mr. Smith commutes between New York and Philadelphia.
  • 安曼約旦首都和全國最大城市，位於該國的中北部。這個地方史前時代就有人居住，羅馬和拜占庭統治時期稱為費拉德爾菲亞（費城），人口777，500
    The capital and largest city of Jordan, in the north-central part of the country. Occupying a site inhabited since prehistoric times, the city was known as Philadelphia while the Romans and Byzantines controlled it. Population,777, 500.
  • 幾年前，紐約愛樂樂團的一位音樂傢曾經說過：“我們敬仰托斯卡尼尼，但我們熱愛倫尼。”
    A New York Philharmonic musician said it years ago: We worshiped Toscanini, but we love Lenny.
  • 1958年他成為紐約愛樂樂團的音樂指揮——是第一位出生在美國的執掌頂尖交響樂團的指揮。
    In 1958, he became music director of the New York Philharmonic - the first American-born conductor to head a top symphony orchestra.
  • 《菲美共同防禦條約》
    Mutual Defence Treaty Between the Republic of Philippines and the United States of America
  • 這些外籍家庭傭工當中，來自菲律賓的約占74%。
    About 74 per cent of the foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong were from the Philippines.
  • 摩洛神在舊約中亞們人和腓尼基人所信奉的神靈，用兒童嚮他獻祭
    In the Old Testament, the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom children were sacrificed.
  • 約翰攻讀物理學。
    John reads up on physics.
  • 約翰自稱是物理學家。
    John describes himself as a physicist.
  • 圓周率大約的數值是22／7。
    The value of pi to a firstapproximation is 22/7.
  • 繩索大約1米粗，它們是由每根不足1/80英寸的單綫組成在一起，形成了一個巨大直徑的繩索，連接起一個個橋墩。
    The cables are about one meter thick and they're made up of little wires that are no more than an eighth of an inch thick all bound together and stretched together to form a very, very large diameter cable which is strung from pier to pier.
  • 瑪麗扭傷了足踝，約翰馱她去看醫生。
    When Mary sprained her ankles, John carried her piggyback to the doctors.
  • 《新科學家》雜志11月20日刊登文章說：約99%的小豬喜歡水床勝過其他選擇。它們每天有一大半時間懶在床上，衹有吃東西或玩耍時纔肯起來。
    "Around 99 percent of the piglets preferred warm waterbeds to any of the alternatives, spending well over half the day lounging about on them and only getting up to feed or play," New Scientist said Wednesday.
  • 64.珍珠的色澤受到作為其母體牡蠣種類及牡蠣生活水域的深度，溫度和含????度的製約。
    64. The pigmentation of a pearl is influenced by the type of oyster in which it develops and by the depth, temperature, and the salt content of the water in which the oyster lives.
  • 1987年中國穆斯林參加朝覲的約有1500餘人，1988年為1100餘人，1989年為2400餘人，1990年為1480餘人，1991年為1517人。
    In recent years the annual number of pilgrims has surpassed 1,000 -- 1,500 in 1987, 1,100 in 1988, 2,400 in 1989, 1,480 in 1990, and 1,517 in 1991.
  • 要約翰管理這個係，又要他上滿工作量的課程，這是強人所難。
    Asking John to run the department and teach a full load of courses is piling Pelion upon Ossa.
  • 約翰是一位深受尊敬的飛行員。
    John is a pilot held in high regard.
  • 約翰很嫻熟地將船引進了那個小港灣。
    With great skill, John piloted the boat into the little harbour.
  • 約翰被派上場代傑剋打球。
    John was sent in to pinch-hit for Jack.
  • 約翰决定整掉植物的花蕾。
    John decided to pinch back the buds on the plant.
  • 約翰和其他許多小氣鬼一樣是個吝嗇的傢夥。
    Like so many other men of means, John was a penny pincher.
  • 約翰斯，賈斯珀生於1930美國藝術傢，流行藝術的先驅，其作品將日常物品置於藝術背景中
    American artist and pioneer of pop art whose works place everyday objects within artistic contexts.
  • 寶潔公司在人力資源管理方面一直居於領先的地位，而約翰·斯梅爾則延續了這一傳統。
    P&G has always been a pioneer in human resources management, and John Smale is continuing the tradition.
  • 我從紐約回來後心裏一直不痛快。
    I've had the pip since I came back from New York.
  • 我原以為約翰尼會同意把房子賣給我，不料到就要成交的最後一刻，有人出了更高的價錢，使我快買到手的房子落空了。
    I thought Johnny would agree to sell us the house but I was pipped at the post by a more generous offer from someone else.
  • 當約翰遜服役期滿最後離船時，汽笛長鳴歡送他上岸。
    When Johnson left his ship for the last time at the end of his period of service, he was piped ashore.
  • 約翰叫我走開，不然就要揍我。
    John told me to piss off, or he'd clobber me.