说中英惯用例句:
  • 总的说来，他们的计划跟我们的计划是一致的。
    On the whole their plans chime in with ours.
  • 你刚才说的跟我们的见解不很一致。
    What you have just said does not quite chime in with our views.
  • 这座中心、始祖教堂，在巴黎所有古老教堂中，可说是神话中一种怪兽，头部是这一教堂的，四肢又是那一教堂的，臀部又是另一座的；总之，每座教堂都吸取点什么东西。
    This central mother church is, among the ancient churches of Paris, a sort of chimera; it has the head of one, the limbs of another, the haunches of another, something of all.
  • “中国城”(chinatown)意思是中国移民居住的地区，它是个很适当的英语单词，但是若说chinaman，意思是中国人，那在美国二十世纪上半叶可就得罪中国人了，尽管该词是“中国人”一词的直接译法。
    "Chinatown", meaning a neighborhoodswheresChinese immigrants live, is proper English. But "Chinaman", meaning a Chinese person, became offensive in America during the first half of the 20th century, even though it is a direct translation of Zhongguoren.
  • 演说角落将于八月底前，在牛车水芳林公园内辟设。
    By the end of August, an area of Hong Lim Park in Chinatown will be designated as the Speakers' Corner.
  • 大约20名唐人街制衣工人——他们说老板突然关闭工厂，令他们在圣诞节一筹莫展——昨天要求付给他们40000元欠薪。
    About 20 Chinatown garment workers — who said their boss abruptly closed up shop, leaving them high and dry at Christmas — yesterday demanded $40,000 in back pay.
  • 丈夫不忘泼冷水说：“早告诉你，只有你们这种外国‘山龟’才会到总统府、牛车水挤热闹，正宗新加坡人是不会来的。”
    To dampen my enthusiasm, my husband said jokingly: "Didn't I tell you that only foreign 'suakus' (country bumpkins) will be attracted to the Istana and Chinatown. Singaporeans will not be caught dead at these places!"
  • 演说角落将于八月底前，在牛车水芳林公园内辟设，让新加坡公民毋须申请公共娱乐准证，便可以公开演说，使这个五十年代曾见证最激烈政治斗争、最精彩的政治演讲的芳林公园，再次肩负一个新时代的使命。
    By the end of August, an area of Hong Lim Park in Chinatown will be designated as the Speakers' Corner. Citizens of Singapore will be able to make speeches there without having to apply for a permit from the Public Entertainment Licensing Unit.This will give a new lease of life to Hong Lim Park, which witnessed the most heart-stirring political strife and brilliant orations during the 1950s.
  • 贪杯是丹的弱点。把他灌醉了，他肯定会说出来的。
    Dan's love of drink is the chink in his armour. Get him drunk and I'm sure he'll talk.
  • 荣誉对他来说是无足轻重的。
    Honors are but chips to him.
  • 她那小儿子插话说,该回家了。
    Her little son chipped in that it was time to go home.
  • 她插进一些话，说得很有趣。
    She chipped in with some interesting remarks.
  • 他插嘴说了些有趣的话。
    He chipped in with some interesting remarks.
  • 约翰插话说，该回家了。
    John chipped in that it was time to go home.
  • 约翰很少说话，但也偶尔插几句。
    John didn't say much but chipped in a few words.
  • 微软公司（Microsoft）一位主管Excel的产品经理希金斯说："我们正逐渐地削弱一个首要的竞争者。在这一行业里市场占有率颇为重要。"
    "We're chipping away at a very dominant competitor where market share means a lot, " said Peter Higgins, a Microsoft product manager in charge of Excel.
  • 微软公司（microsoft）一位主管excel的产品经理希金斯说：“我们正逐渐地削弱一个首要的竞争者。在这一行业里市场占有率颇为重要。”
    "We're chipping away at a very dominant competitor where market share means a lot," said Peter Higgins, a Microsoft product manager in charge of Excel.
  • “如果生活给你柠檬，就做柠檬汁”。当他们检查自己那被撞坏的汽车或者地震破坏的房屋时，会叽叽喳喳不停地说:“我一直就讨厌那个厨房。”
    "If life hands you lemons, make lemonade", they'll chirp as they examine the smashed wreck of their car or the earthquake~ravaged ruin of their house; "I always hated that kitchen.'
  • 圣杯，圣盘据中世纪传说为基督在最后的晚餐上用过的那个杯或盘子，后来成为许多骑士追求的目标
    A cup or plate that, according to medieval legend, was used by Jesus at the Last Supper and that later became the object of many chivalrous quests.
  • 弗雷泽博士还介绍说，即便在控制使用氟里昂后，大气中的氯含量还是在不断攀升，并在2000年达到了顶峰。
    Dr Fraser said that after the ban was adopted, the atmospheric level of chlorine continued to rise, peaking in 2000.
  • 到教堂去、或者是在火车上用幼儿的口吻说话之时，可别忘记带着一大堆曲奇饼和哥罗仿。
    When you talk baby to church or on the train, be sure to have plenty of cookies and chloroform.
  • 很喜欢巧克力、侦探小说、网球
    A passion for chocolate, detective stories, tennis
  • 她激动得说不出话来。
    She choked with emotion.
  • 他威胁说要把那人掐死。
    He threatened to choke the life out of the man.
  • 我想说再见,却喉头哽咽我想转身离开,却步履艰难我想要掩饰,然而我无法否认没有你我的世界全然崩溃
    I try to say goodbye and I choke Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide, it's clear My world crumbles when you are not near— Maria Karey “I Try”
  • 她激动得说不出话来.
    She was choking with emotion.
  • 他气得说不出话来。
    He was choking with anger.
  • 用沙哑的声音说话
    Spoke in a choking voice.
  • 我们感到你学历很高，在这儿是浪费，詹金斯先生。你想过换个地方吗？如果你的意思是说我教书不行，但还没有差到辞退的地步，我可以提醒你杀猫不必非用奶油噎，办法多的是嘛。
    We feel your high academic qualifications are being wasted here, Mr.Jenkins. Have you ever thought of making a change?If you mean I'm a rotten teacher but not quite had enough to sack, I'll remind you there are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with cream.
  • "父母们所了不解的是，脂肪提供非常宝贵的热量，并且每个细胞都需要脂肪和胆固醇才能生长，"她说。"胆固醇的名声太坏，我们从来看不到它好的一面，但是它对孩童，尤其两岁以下的，极为重要。"
    "What parents don't understand is that fat provides very valuable calories and that every cell needs fat and cholesterol to grow, " she said. "Cholesterol has gotten such bad press that we never see it in a good light, but it is essential for children, especially those under2."
  • “父母们所了不解的是，脂肪提供非常宝贵的热量，并且每个细胞都需要脂肪和胆固醇才能生长，”她说。“胆固醇的名声太坏，我们从来看不到它好的一面，但是它对孩童，尤其两岁以下的，极为重要。”
    "What parents don't understand is that fat provides very valuable calories and that every cell needs fat and cholesterol to grow," she said. "Cholesterol has gotten such bad press that we never see it in a good light, but it is essential for children, especially those under 2."
  • 在一项关于什么吸引蚊子叮人的研究中，布特勒说他得出这样一条结论：蚊子爱找那些能提供丰富胆固醇和b族维生素的人，因为这些讨厌的昆虫需要这些物质而自己却不能生成。
    In a study of what attracted mosquitoes to people, Butler said he work off a theory that they go for humans who provide the richest source of cholesterol and B vitamins, which the pesky insects need to live but do not produce themselves.