中英惯用例句

说中英惯用例句:

民间有"猫有九条命"的说法，这次buddy猫用自己的一条命救了主人的一条命。1月31日位于多伦多市郊buddy和它主人居住的寓所突然起火，这只长有深色条纹的花猫跳到主人身上，大声地"喵喵"叫，直到把主人从睡梦中叫醒。
The dark tabby transferred some of his own nine lives to his owner when a fire erupted in their shared apartment in a Toronto suburb on Thursday. The cat responded by jumping on the man and meowing loud enough to wake him up.
当人们开始(尽管是以不完善的方式)探究事物的本质，开始从基本事实而不是从日常谈话的方式和语句来探究事物的前提时，他们便会看出重商学说的真正性质。
and the Mercantile Theory could not fail to be seen in its true character when men began, even in an imperfect manner,to explore into the foundations of things, and seek their premises from elementary facts, and not from the forms and phrases of common discourse.
提出索赔显然不是一件愉快的事，所以如果能将话说得中听一些，使事情易于被对方接受时，则不要错过这样的机会。当然，出发点是为了钱财，但也不可忽视友谊。
The making of complaints is obviously an unpleasant business, and if the pill can be sugar-coated, the opportunity must not be missed, as much mercenary as from friendly motives.
如果新加坡人这种短视的、功利主义的态度不改，全社会仍缺少一个重视历史学习的大气候，史盲们就可以毫无愧色地大声说“吾道不孤”！
We cannot create an overall climate that encourages the learning of history if such a myopic and mercenary attitude persists. And people who could not care less about history will have a perfect excuse: "So what? I'm not the only one who is ignorant!"
mercer公司的高级研究员斯莱金·帕拉卡特迪尔说："尽管世界各个城市的生活水平较去年稍有提高，但是名列前茅的城市和排名最后的那些城市之间的差距还是很大。"
"Though the world's living standards have risen slightly since last year, the gap between cities at the top and the bottom of the table is still large," said Slagin Parakatil, senior researcher at Mercer.
“每次你脑子里只能有一个想法，”默瑟强调说。“快乐而乐观的人专注于令他们高兴的想法，他们的希望，他们的追求，并且沉醉在自己的成功中。
" You can only keep one thought in your mind at a time," Mercer argues, "Happy, optimistic people obsess on cheerful thoughts of what they want, their aspirations, and indulge in dwelling on their successes.
我瞧着所有这些东西，每一件都使我联想到那个可怜的姑娘的一次肉体买卖。我心想，天主对她尚算仁慈，没有让她遭受通常的那种惩罚，而是让她在晚年之前，带着她那花容月貌，死在穷奢极侈的豪华生活之中。对这些妓女来说，衰老就是她们的第一次死亡。
As I contemplated all these things, each to my mind standing for a separate prostitution of the poor girl, I reflected that God had been merciful to her since He had not suffered her to live long enough to undergo the usual punishment but had allowed her to die at the height of her wealth and beauty, long before the coming of old age, that first death of courtesans.
在学校里他们不留情面地嘲笑那男孩的说话方式，故意惹他生气。
At school they baited the boy mercilessly because of the way he talked.
演说者遭到诘问者无情的侮辱与折磨。
Hecklers baited the speaker mercilessly.
管理风格：在apple公司，乔伯斯是一位机智善变的微软经理--也有人说他是非线性方面的经理。
Management Style: At Apple, Jobs is a mercurial micromanager--some say nanomanager. Virtually every decision goes by him.
听说他病了，其实只是在偷。
His supposed illness was mere laziness.
交流，沟通交换思想、消息或信息，如经由说话、信号、书写或行为
The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.
使者喘着气说出那消息。
The messenger panted out the news.
送信人坐下来休息,气喘吁吁地说出了令人伤心的消息
The messenger sat down to rest and panted out the sad news
送信人坐下来休息，气喘吁吁地说出了令人伤心的消息。
The messenger sit down to rest and pant out the sad news.
他先去找到了他哥哥西门，对他说：“我们找到弥赛亚（希伯来语，意为“基督”）了。”
The first thing he did was to find his brother Simon. He said to him,"We have found the messiah"(which is the Hebrew for‘Christ').
“长官先生和各位先生，”主教说，“我知道什么事使你们感到丢人，你们一定认为一个贫苦的牧师跨着耶稣基督的坐骑未免妄自尊大。
"Monsieur the Mayor," said the Bishop, "and Messieurs Citizens, I perceive that I shock you. You think it very arrogant in a poor priest to ride an animal which was used by Jesus Christ.
“这是怎么发生的呢，先生？”我说。
"How did this happen, monsieur?" said I.
“先生，”他说，“您以为，就拿这个厅来说，可以容纳多少床位？”
"Monsieur," said he, "how many beds do you think this hall alone would hold?"
“但是，”迪瓦尔先生不好意思地说，“那么至少我也得把您付掉的书款还给您。”
'But, ' continued Monsieur Duval with embarrassment, 'the least I can do is to give you what you paid for it.'
“院长先生，”他说，“您现在有多少病人？”
"Monsieur the director of the hospital," said he to him, "how many sick people have you at the present moment?"
主教说:“本堂神甫说得对。那不属于他的范围，而是属于我的。”
This reply was reported to the Bishop, who said, "Monsieur le Cure is right: it is not his place; it is mine."
迪瓦尔先生非常激动，他也不想掩饰他的情绪，就这么眼泪汪汪地用颤抖的声音对我说:
Monsieur Duval, deeply agitated, made no attempt to hide his feelings, and it was with tears in his eyes and a trembling in his voice that he said:
只是府尹大人有令，圣迹剧必须从正午演到下午四点钟，所以总得说点什么。
On the other hand, by the arrangements of Monsieur the Provost, the Mystery was to last from noon till four o’clock, and they were obliged to say something.
她向我望了一眼。女人们在给一个男人作评价感到用语言不足以表达时，常用这种眼光来补充。随后她转身向n伯爵说:“伯爵，换了您就不会这样做了吧。”
You, Count, would never have done that, ' she added, turning to Monsieur de N but not before giving me one of those looks with which women let you know what they think of a man.
母亲说：“说实话，汤姆，我想你是世界是最邋遢的男孩。”
"Honest to goodness, Tom, I think you are the messiest boy in the world," said Mother.
因此她是天使，他是雄狮都是比喻说法。
Thus, She's an angel and He's a lion in battle are metaphors.
当然，巴黎已成为我人生中挑战自我并战胜自我的一个象征，现在只要我遇到困难，我就对自己说：如果我能够去巴黎，我就能去世界的任何地方。
Certainly Paris became my metaphor for addressing life's challenges on my own. Now when I meet an obstacle I just say to myself: If I can go to Paris, I can go anywhere.
第三类效用，即只在享用时才存在的快乐和只在执行时才存在的服务，除了可比喻为财富外，不能称为财富。对于财富这一概念来说，最重要的是可以被积累。
Utilities of the third class, consisting in pleasures which only exist while being enjoyed, and services which only exist while being performed, cannot be spoken of as wealth, except by an acknowledged metaphor.
那时,表示不合某人胃口的比喻说法多半源于食物或饮料，比如可能是‘notmypotofbeer’(不是我想喝的那罐啤酒),或富人阶层可能说‘notmyglassofwine’(不是我喜欢喝的那杯葡萄酒)。
A more likely metaphor then, derived from food or drink for something not to one’s taste, would have been, say, ‘not my pot of beer’, or among the well-to-do classes ‘not my glass of wine’.
博格斯，若热·路易斯1899－1986阿根廷作家，以其深奥和富于想象力的短篇小说而尤为著名
Argentinian writer particularly known for his short stories, which have a metaphysical, fantastic quality.
现在这样一大批犯罪分子不严肃处理，那还说什么法制？
When we fail to mete out stern punishment to so many criminals, can we even speak of having a legal system?