中英慣用例句:
  • 拉姆語一種閃族語,包括幾種方言,源於古拉姆語,但被非拉姆民族廣泛使用,遍及西南亞自公元前7世紀至公元7世紀
    A Semitic language, comprising several dialects, originally of the ancient Arameans but widely used by non-Aramean peoples throughout southwest Asia from the seventh century b.c. to the seventh century a.d.
  • 諾德·勳伯格引進的一種序列音樂;使用半音音階中的十二個半音形成的音調序列(以及這一序列的反嚮版本)。
    a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row).
  • 有一個帝國元老院的元老,他從前當過五百人院的元老,曾經贊助霧月十八日政變,住在迪涅城附近一座富麗堂皇的元老宅第裏,為這件事,他寫了一封怨氣衝天的密函給宗教大臣皮戈·德·普雷麥內先生。我們現在把它的原文節錄下來:“轎車津貼?
    and a senator of the Empire, a former member of the Council of the Five Hundred which favored the 18 Brumaire, and who was provided with a magnificent senatorial office in the vicinity of the town of D----, wrote to M. Bigot de Preameneu, the minister of public worship, a very angry and confidential note on the subject, from which we extract these authentic lines:-- "Expenses of carriage?
  • 她放棄了前途光明的法律職業而陪丈夫比爾來到肯色州,當他作為總統被彈劾時,她也站在他這一邊而如今她已成為一支獨立的,不可忽視的力量,在參議院中的影響力也彌補了她服務期限短的劣勢。
    The woman who gave up a promising law career to accompany husband Bill to Arkansas and stood at his side during his impeachment as president has become an independent superpower, with a clout in the Senate that belies her lack of seniority.
  • 信用卡剋薩斯卡(在美國與萬事達卡相連,在歐洲與歐洲卡相連)和巴剋萊卡(與威世卡相連)都已被將近500萬傢商號接受,雖然它們被接受的程度不同。例如:巴剋萊卡在法國、西班牙和意大利流通性較強,而剋薩斯卡則在德國和美國很有用。
    Credit cards Access ( linked to Mastercard in the VS and Eurocard in Europe) and Barclaycard ( linked to Visa ) are accepted in nearly 5 million outlets each though they vary in their acceptability Barclay-card, for example, is stronger in France, Spain and Italy, whereas Access is most useful in Germany and the US.
  • 沒有行動的情感是對靈魂的破壞。--愛德華·
    Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul -- Edward Abbey
  • 爾法瞥了女孩一眼,立刻就被她吸引住了:一頭金色的披肩長發,深藍色的眼睛猶如寧靜的大海,一條猩紅色的連衣裙,把她的身材襯托得魅力四射。
    α glanced the girl and was immediately attracted: She had long straight blonde hair,which reached her shoulders; her eyes were deep blue,just like the serene sea; she wore a scarlet dress,which showed her figure to most advantage.
  • 站在靜靜的天空下,眺望廣袤的田野——這些即將從逝去的歲月的勞作中得到休息的田野,看到隱隱約約聳立在我們面前的雄偉的勒格尼山脈,註視我們腳下同胞們的墳墓——這一切使我猶豫不决,不知該不該提高我那微不足道的嗓音,去打破上帝與自然界雄辯的沉默。
    Standing beneath this serene sky, overlooking these broad fields now reposing from the labors of the waning year, the mighty Alleghenies dimly towering before us, the graves of our brethren beneath our feet, it is with hesitation that I raise my poor voice to break the eloquent silence of God and nature.
  • 20世紀初,在米切爾·福基內,謝爾蓋·季基廖夫的合作下,出現了十分必要的改革,他們擺脫了傳統的芭蕾舞設計,使舞蹈本身敘述劇情,並使其風格和服飾與主題相協調。
    The much-needed revolution came at the beginning of the twentieth century, with the partnership of Michel Fokine and Serge Diaghilev. They freed classical choreography to make the dance itself tell the story and to suit the style of dance and dress to the subject.
  • 我們還在今年五月間,就對於這個問題大聲疾呼地警告過當權的國民黨,指出了沒有民衆起來抗戰,就會蹈襲比西尼亞的覆轍。
    Early in May this year we warned the ruling Kuomintang in all seriousness that unless the masses of the people were aroused to resist, China would follow the same path to disaster as Abyssinia.
  • 羽蛇神托爾特剋人和茲特剋人信奉的一種神,被象徵為長有羽毛的蛇
    A god of the Toltecs and Aztecs, represented as a plumed serpent.
  • 皮同特爾斐保護神喻祭禮的竜或蟒蛇,被波羅殺死並剝奪了權力
    A dragon or serpent that was the tutelary demon of the oracular cult at Delphi until killed and expropriated by Apollo.
  • 但因為卡德摩斯殺死的那條蛇是馬爾斯的聖物,因此他的傢族在劫難逃。他的女兒塞墨勒和伊諾,他的孫兒剋特翁和彭透斯都死於非命。
    But a fatality hung over the family of Cadmus in consequence of his killing the serpent sacred to Mars. Semele and Ino, his daughters, and Actaeon and Pentheus, his grandchildren, all perished unhappily.
  • 司復仇的三女神之一三位長有翅膀和蛇發的可怕的女神:勒剋圖、墨紀拉和底西福涅,她們追捕和懲罰那些犯下未被雪恥的罪行的人
    The three terrible, winged goddesses with serpentine hair, Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone, who pursue and punish doers of unavenged crimes.
  • 卑躬屈膝;阿諛奉承
    To behave in a servile way; fawn.
  • 低聲下氣,卑從表現出卑躬麯膝或自甘下賤的態度;諛奉承
    To behave in a servile or demeaning manner; cringe.
  • 傑剋不衹是抽大麻煙,他還抽“卡魯爾科金大麻”這種品質特別高的大麻。
    Jack doesn't just smoke pot, he smokes Acapulco gold.
  • 路易斯安納州人中新斯科捨的卡迪亞移民的後裔(‘卡郡’源於‘卡迪亞’)。
    a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian').
  • 加拿大沿海的省,包括新斯科捨半島和布雷頓角島;法國殖民者於世紀年代被英國人放逐到路易斯安娜的後裔就叫作卡迪亞人。
    the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns.
  • 卡迪亞人美國路易斯安那州南部的幾個民族之一,是18世紀從卡迪亞放逐的法國殖民者的後裔
    A member of a group of people in southern Louisiana descended from French colonists exiled from Acadia in the18th century.
  • 卡迪亞的卡迪亞的、卡迪亞人的、卡迪亞語言的或卡迪亞文化的,與其有關的
    Of or relating to Acadia or its people, language, or culture.
  • 卡迪亞卡迪亞的法國早期移民中一員
    One of the early French settlers of Acadia.
  • 美國隊教練·塞林格指出:美國隊的頂尖選手正受傷病睏擾,5英尺8的主攻兼攔網手麗塔·剋羅蓋,幾周前纔做了膝部手術:全隊最好的二傳手戴碧·格林腳腕脫落,正在恢復;朱莉·瓦勒斯坦也做了膝部手術。
    U.S. coach, Arie Selinger, pointed out that top line American players were injured, including Rita Crockett, a 5′8″hitter/blocker who only weeks earlier had undergone knee surgery; Debbie Green, the team's best setter who was recovering from a dislocated ankle; and Julie Vollersten, who has also undergone knee surgery.
  • 拉伯樹膠一樣長扁豆的熱帶長青喬木或灌木的小的屬。
    small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.
  • 在那不勒斯他支持落後的意大利南部地區去對抗富裕的北部(以ac米蘭為中心的球隊)。當根廷在1990年世界杯半决賽中與意大利隊在那不勒斯比賽時,馬拉多那甚至呼籲那不勒斯人去支持他所在的球隊,因為‘意大利又為你做過什麽呢?
    In Naples he made himself the champion of the backward south of Italy against the rich north (centred in football terms on AC Milan) When Argentina played the Italians in Naples in the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup, Maradona even appealed to Neapolitans to support his team because"What has Italy ever done for you?"
  • 殖民者或探勘者(尤其在美國西部或加拿大西北部和拉斯加州)。
    a settler or prospector (especially in western US or northwest Canada and Alaska).
  • 卡迪亞人這些移民的後代,尤指卡迪亞人
    A descendant of these settlers, especially a Cajun.
  • 所謂抗日戰爭是進步的,不是說普通一般的進步,不是說比西尼亞抗意戰爭的那種進步,也不是說太平天國或辛亥革命的那種進步,而是說今天中國的進步。
    When we say that the War of Resistance Against Japan is progressive, we do not mean progressive in the ordinary or general sense, nor do we mean progressive in the sense that the Abyssinian war against Italy, or the Taiping Revolution or the Revolution of 1911 were progressive, we mean progressive in the sense that China is progressive today.
  • 到那時,斯特拉號已經在太空飛行了十七小時,並已繞地球好多圈了。
    By that time, The Astra will have been flying through space for seventeen hours and will have circled the earth a great many times.
  • 英格蘭西南部的布裏斯托爾大學的流行病學家沙·易卜拉欣博士說:"老年婦女需要進行更多的體育鍛煉,做傢務也許真的可以起到一定作用。"
    "Older women need to be doing more physical activity. Housework probably does cut the mustard," said Dr. Shah Ebrahim, an epidemiologist and expert on aging at the University of Bristol, in southwestern England.
  • 格拉印度中北部城市,位於新德裏東南方向的朱木拿河沿岸。它曾是16世紀和17世紀蒙兀兒王朝的首都,且是國王沙·加汗在1629年其愛妻死後所建的泰姬·瑪哈爾陵墓所在地。人口694,191
    A city of north-central India on the Jumna River southeast of New Delhi. It was a Mogul capital in the16th and17th centuries and is the site of the Taj Mahal, built by the emperor Shah Jahan after the death of his favorite wife in1629. Population,694, 191.
  • 裏爾莎士比亞戲劇中的一個淘氣的精靈(出自)暴風雨
    A mischievous spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest.