一中英惯用例句:
  • 这一阵子你一直在做什么?
    What have you been doing all this while?
  • 可是,不久前他当了一名公共汽车驾驶员,而且他不后悔。
    A short while ago, however, he became a busdriver and he has not regretted it.
  • 停留下会儿；一直都在唱歌
    Stay for a while; sang all the while.
  • 过了一会儿，他回来了。
    After a while, he returns.
  • 他思考了一会儿。
    He thought for a while.
  • 我一会儿就来。
    I will come after while.
  • 就一会工夫。
    Just for a little while.
  • 列车员:请等一会儿。
    Please wait for a while.
  • 他这样做时，指头微微颤动了一下。
    His fingers trembled while doing so.
  • 再稍等一会儿。
    And wait for a little while.
  • “在他当兵打仗的时候，他的妻子抛下他的家和另一个男人私奔了。”
    "Whilst he was at the war his wife abandoned his home and ran off with another man."
  • 虽然商业学位需要包含一些经济学课程，但你必须在二者之间找出平衡点。
    Whilst business degrees need to have some economics input into their programmes，you have to strike the right balance．
  • 一到“大苹果城”，桑德拉就马不停蹄地参加表演强化训练班，同时还在一个酒吧打工。
    Once she arrived in the Big Apple, Sandra didn't waste any time and enrolled in intensive acting classes whilst simultaneously holding a bartending job.
  • “那我们就到这条路上去吧，我们可以在瑞瑟夫酒家那儿等着，一面喝拉玛尔格酒，一面听听消息。”
    "Let us go the same way; we will stop at La Rèserve, and we can drink a glass of La Malgue, whilst we wait for news."
  • 在北半球，飓风季节是从8月份到10月份。在南半球，飓风被称作台风，其季节是从12月份到第二年的5月份。给各个飓风起名字，是一个名叫克莱门特·雷格的澳大利亚人的主意。
    The hurricane season in the northern hemisphere is from August until October whilst in the south, where they are called typhoons, it runs from December to May, Giving names to individual hurricanes is an idea that was introduced by an Australian called Clement Wragge.
  • 虽然他可能已经递上辞呈，但碍于第145节，辞职被视为无效。有鉴于此，读者在接受委任常驻董事一职时应三思，并考虑该公司及其股东的背景、商誉和业绩。
    The 'reluctant' resident director would then be obliged to continue to discharge his statutory duties whilst remaining a director on record, notwithstanding that he may have tendered his resignation as a director, as such resignation would be deemed invalid by virtue of Section 145. In the light of this, one should accept the appointment of a director only after careful consideration, taking into account the background, reputation and track record of the relevant company and its shareholders.
  • 这只不过是一闪之念。
    It's only a passing whim, ie one that will soon be forgotten.
  • 根据偶然性、冲动或者一时的兴致来决定而不是根据必要性和理智。
    determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.
  • 做任何事情不是从理性和判断出发，而是出于一时的念头。
    the trait of acting more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
  • 如果你无法控制自己情绪，你的一生将会因为不时的情绪冲动而受害。
    If you do not take this control,you are condemning yourself to an entire life buffeted by the winds of emotional whim.
  • 这是国家现代化建设事业客观存在的迫切需要，并不是一些老同志心血来潮提出的问题。
    This is not just the whim of a few veteran comrades: it is an objective and pressing need of our modernization drive.
  • 病人的自杀决定必须是自愿的、经过深思熟虑的，而且要在几个月里反复向医生申明，以确保那不是一时之念，或是在暂时的精神压抑下做出的选择。
    The decision has to be voluntary, well-considered and repeated to the doctor over months to ensure that the patients are not acting on a whim or are in the grip of a temporary depression.
  • “这只船是象你我的身体一样，毫无毛病，莫雷尔先生，那一天半的时间完全是浪费——只是因为他要到岸上玩玩，别无他事。”
    "The vessel was in as good condition as I am, and as, I hope you are, M. Morrel, and this day and a half was lost from pure whim, for the pleasure of going ashore, and nothing else."
  • 这就是世界完结的方式/不是砰的一声垮掉，而是轻轻地啜泣着消亡。
    This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper.
  • 星期天的夜晚平平淡淡地过去了，但大家还是认为它够得上一个休息日。
    Sunday night goes out with a whimper rather than a bang. Still, it's supposed to be a day of rest.
  • 这不过是一个希奇古怪的儿童故事。
    It's only a whimsical story for children.
  • 任性的拒绝；独裁统治者是反复无常的；一时兴起的迫害的受害者。
    a capricious refusal; authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious; the victim of whimsical persecutions.
  • 狗低声哀叫，意思是想和我们一起出去。
    The dog whined to go out with us.
  • “像锯齿一样地粗，像岩石一样地硬！
    `Rough as a saw edge, and hard as whinstone!
  • 那个明星迅速上了一辆汽车疾驶而去。
    The star was whipped into a fast car and driven off.
  • 给（某人）一顿打；鞭打
    To give a beating to; whip.
  • 回旋轮在游乐场中乘坐的，一串沿着一椭圆形轨迹运动的快速、突转的小车
    A ride in an amusement park, consisting of small cars that move in a rapid, whipping motion along an oval track.