而中英慣用例句:
  • 蒸餾的而不是發酵的酒。
    distilled rather than fermented.
  • 理性的理性的而不是感性的
    Rational rather than emotional.
  • 口頭的口說的而不是書寫的
    Spoken rather than written.
  • 抗生素和抗真菌藥物混合而成的藥物。
    an antibiotic and antifungal agent.
  • 而新加坡在本區域最大的競爭對手香港則退到第三位。
    By contrast, Hong Kong, the chief competitor for Singapore in the region, has dropped to the third place in the rating.
  • 後來，莫尼卡事件發生了，到了1月底對政府底支持率反而上升到69％，達到剋林頓任職以來的最高點。
    Then Monica came along, and by the end of January the president's rating had jumped to 69%, the highest score of his presidency.
  • 布什的努力全然無益。事實上，反而有害。他九月份奮力競選，民意測驗贊許率降低5點，目前是百分之三十七，仍在下降。
    Nothing Bush tries works. In fact, everything hurts. His strenuous September campaigning sliced five points off his approval rating, which is at 37 percent and heading south.
  • 整體而言，市民對警隊的服務質素甚為滿意，有73%的被訪者認為警隊的整體表現值得贊賞，與一九九五年的調查結果比較下降5%。
    In general, the respondents were more than satisfied with the quality of police services with 73 per cent rating overall performance as worthy of praise, down from the 1995 opinion survey result by 5 per cent.
  • 這份祖國傳統文化之珍藏應是一個整體，而尤與紫禁城建築不可分離，人們相信，終有一日，其終將得以完璧。
    Yet the rationale for keeping the collection together, representative as it is of the motherland's traditional culture, seems so incontestable that most people believe the treasures will be re-united one day.
  • 下至於養衹雌雞，也是要它生蛋，這些道理，她完全明白，然而眼淚衹是要流，她自己也沒法製止，這纔明白眼淚是不同人傢講道理的。
    even a hen is expected to lay eggs. She understood all the rationale, but the tears continued to flow. She couldn't stop them.And till then she realized tears couldn't be used to appeal to reason with others.
  • 雇主要為生意減少和盈利下降而籌謀，雇員更要面對減薪和裁員的威脅，雙方都各有很大的難處。
    Thinner margins and lower returns will put a strain on employers, while workers will face pay adjustments and rationalisation of staff numbers.
  • 神學的唯理主義形式,在理智而非啓示基礎上信仰上帝。
    the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation.
  • 哲學上的“唯理論”和“經驗論”都不懂得認識的歷史性或辯證性，雖然各有片面的真理（對於唯物的唯理論和經驗論而言，非指唯心的唯理論和經驗論），但在認識論的全體上則都是錯誤的。
    In philosophy, neither "rationalism" nor "empiricism" understands the historical or the dialectical nature of knowledge, and although each of these schools contains one aspect of the truth (here I am referring to materialist, not to idealist, rationalism and empiricism), both are wrong on the theory of knowledge as a whole.
  • 哲學史上有所謂“唯理論”一派，就是衹承認理性的實在性，不承認經驗的實在性，以為衹有理性靠得住，而感覺的經驗是靠不住的，這一派的錯誤在於顛倒了事實。
    In the history of philosophy there is the "rationalist" school that admits the reality only of reason and not of experience, believing that reason alone is reliable while perceptual experience is not; this school errs by turning things upside down.
  • 我們應該訴諸於理性而不是情感。
    his rationality may have been impaired; he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions.
  • 一般而論這傢新聞社的工作是讓人感激的。
    By and large the work of the news agency is appreciative.
  • 菖蒲類熱帶亞洲棕櫚葉的一種，；輕而堅硬的莖幹是藤條杖的來源。
    any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes.
  • 細長有節的莖細長而堅硬但通常可彎麯的莖幹，如某些竹子、蘆葦或藤的
    A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
  • 我們要應付香港人口膨脹和日漸老化所帶來的各種挑戰；設法滿足市民對優質房屋日益殷切的需求；處理香港經濟轉型而導致勞工市場出現的混亂情況，以及嚮貧睏的人施以援手。
    We have to meet the challenges arising from a growing and ageing population, satisfy the demand for more and better housing, and deal with employment dislocation due to restructuring of the economy and address the needs of the poor.
  • 急促而不假思索地說或重述某事
    Rattle sth off say or repeat sth quickly and meaninglessly
  • 休息一陣後，他設法很快地完成了工作而不覺得纍。
    After a rest, he was able to rattle through his work without feeling tired.
  • 這時安全出口處一陣響動，隨後跳進來了為愛而瘋狂、癡迷的約翰·德萊尼，他企求愛倫與他一同離開，奔嚮東部海岸或布朗剋斯或者任何一個有着意大利式天空的地方。
    Then there was a rattle of the fire-escape, and into her room jumps the mad and infatuated John Delaney, entreating her to flee or fly with him to the Riviera, or the Bronx, or any old place where there are Italian skies.
  • 實際上,每個老化過程都與我們身體對污染、紫外綫輻射、壓力、吸煙、酒精和農藥作出反應而産生的氧化化合物或自由基相關。
    Virtually every ageing process is related to the oxidative compounds or free radicals produced by our body as a reaction to pollution, ultraviolet light, stress,smoking, alcohol and pesticides.
  • 他快活地喋喋而言。
    He rattled away gaily.
  • 衰老無情地來臨，接踵而至的是各種各樣的疼痛疾病。
    The aches and pains begin as the ageing process inexorably sets in.
  • 用冷漠而機械的聲調一口氣說完事實
    Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.
  • 我們商議出了辦法,他們建議我們買一頭貓鼬,並把它自由放養,還有人建議我們讓一頭豬和響尾蛇搏鬥,因為豬有一層保護性的脂肪而不會受毒蛇感染。
    And we got suggestions. We were advised to buy a mongoose and turn it loose. Someone else said to get a pig, that it could combat rattlers with immunity because of its protective fat.
  • 他因出演《亞瑟王》而獲奬，去年謝世，享年96歲。
    He was honoured for Arthur and died last year aged 96.
  • 他已年老，然而記憶力還好。
    He is aged, but his memory is still good.
  • 呼嚕聲由於呼吸受阻而在喉中發出的短促尖利的聲音，尤指人臨死前發出的聲音
    A rattling sound in the throat caused by obstructed breathing, especially near the time of death.
  • 總而言之，這是一個妙極了的激動人心的凱爾特故事，中間穿插着一些閃爍着智慧與機智的片斷。
    All in all then, it is a rattling good Celtic yearn with a few fragments of wit-and-wisdom thrown in.
  • 羅瑞先生已經悠閑了許久，剛帶着心滿意足的神情斟上最後一杯。這位因喝完了足足一瓶酒而容光煥發的老年紳士露出了完全滿足的神態。此時那狹窄的街道上卻響起了轔轔的車輪聲，然後隆隆的車聲便響進了院子。
    Mr. Lorry had been idle a lo and had just poured out his last glassful of wine complete an appearance of satisfaction as is ever to be found in an elderly gentleman of a fresh complexion who has got to the end of a bottle, when a rattling of wheels came up the narrow street, and rumbled into the inn-yard.