一中英惯用例句:
| - 她倾倒众生, 他是其中之一.
He is one of her many conquests. - 那一击打得他失去了知觉.
The blow caused him to lose consciousness. - 对这一问题举国上下(舆论)普遍一致.
in the country on this issue. - 他们终於同意了和我们一块走.
to go with us. - 她是经一致同意而当选为领导人的.
She was chosen as leader by common consent, ie Everyone agreed to the choice. - 按照保守的估计, 那里一定有一千人.
There must have been a thousand people there, at a conservative estimate, ie a low one. - 他一直与那些臭名昭著的罪犯有交往.
He'd been consorting with known criminals. - 琼斯先生在钢铁工人中自有一批人拥护.
Mr Jones has a natural constituency among steel workers. - 他认为自己是艺术家, 不必像一般人那样要受社会行为准则的束缚.
by the same rules of social conduct as other people. - 由於我们的收入减少了这麽多, 我们的生活方式受到一定限制.
now that our income is so reduced. - 这标签一接触即可贴上.
The label sticks on contact, ie when it touches a surface. - 我们跟总部超过一定距离通讯就会中断.
Beyond a certain distance we are out of contact with our headquarters. - 要准备应付一切可能发生的事件.
Be prepared for all possible contingencies, ie for whatever may happen. - 我们这样的报酬还要再维持一年.
the payments for another year. - 这个故事在该杂志的下一期里继续刊载.
is continued in the next issue of the magazine. - 我们是不著陆的连续飞行呢, 还是要在中途的什麽地方停一停?
Is this a continuous flight, or do we stop off anywhere? - 再往里走, 坑道缩小成了一条窄窄的通道. Cf 参看 expand.
The tunnel contracts to a narrow passageway as you go deeper. - 我将於星期一前来, 除非你写信叫我别来.
I will come on Monday unless you write to the contrary, ie telling me not to come. - 我仍然相信这一点, 除非能证明它与此相反.
I will continue to believe it until I get proof to the contrary, ie that it is not true. - 签订这样一项条约, 是对世界和平的重大贡献.
world peace. - 她发了一顿脾气之後一早上追悔莫及.
She was contrite the morning after her angry outburst. - 他装设了一种贮存雨水的器具.
He erected some contrivance for storing rain-water. - 对一组使用新药, 对另一组则使用旧药以资对照.
One group was treated with the new drug, and a second group was treated with the old one as a control. - 别担心, 一切都在控制之下.
Don't worry; everything's under control, ie all difficulties are being dealt with. - 那是一门贪图财利的亲事.
It was a marriage of convenience, ie They married for material advantage, not for love. - 热心的观众从世界各地涌到勒芒市观看一年一度的汽车比赛.
Le Mans for the annual car race. - 他一向赞同货币经济理论, 然而当他看到这种理论加重了失业现象之後, 他彻底改变了看法.
when he saw how it increased unemployment. - 她的一番话使我认识到我错了.
What she said convinced me that I was mistaken. - 我原来真以为看见你在那里, 一定是看错了人.
I saw you there, but it must have been someone else. - 每个人都鬼鬼祟祟, 一定出了什麽事情.
there's something cooking. - 我知道他们一心想帮忙, 可惜人多反而坏了事.
I know they only meant to help, but it was a case of too many `cooks, I'm afraid. - 让他等一会儿吧, 好教训教训他别那麽没礼貌.
that'll teach him to be impolite.
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