中英慣用例句:
  • 然他嚴格,卻富有同情心。
    Stern as he is, he is full of sympathy.
  • 這種織法雖然特別。
    This stitch did take special skill.
  • 然該檢討以股票經紀業務為中心,新機製的設計會切合日後把賠償基金保障範圍擴展至證券及期貨市場其他界別的需要。
    While the review focuses on the stockbroking industry, the new mechanism would be designed in such a way that it would be capable of extending to other sectors of the securities and futures markets in due course.
  • 撒謊是我的天才,我不會這末傻,一下子就告訴他實數,我衹說是屬牛的,牛然笨,在十二生肖中,他是和其他的一樣活動,可以說是四十六,也可以說是三十四,再嫌多的話,還可減到二十二,讓聰明的主考自己去猜罷了。
    Well, telling lies is a natural talent of mine. I was not so stupid as to tell him my exact age straightaway. So I just told him I was born in the year of the ox. An ox may be a stupid animal, but it is one of the 12 animals in the cycle and it is as flexible as any of the rest. I might be 46 or 34. And if he thought that's too old, I could reduce it to 22. I would let this clever examiner make his own guess.
  • 這個小資産階級內的各階層然同處在小資産階級經濟地位,但有三個不同的部分。
    Although all strata of this class have the same petty-bourgeois economic status, they fall into three different sections.
  • 說工作既單調又繁重,但他們依然兢兢業業。
    Though the work was dull and strew, they plodded away at it in earnest.
  • 然工作賺錢的是我,管錢包的卻是我太太。
    Although I earn the pay, it's my wife who holds the purse string.
  • 然他很固執,難對付,可他老婆卻能把他管得服服帖帖的。
    Although he was stubborn and unmanageable, his wife could have him on a hook.
  • 然地方狹窄,這棵樹依然長得茁壯。
    The tree have grow sturdy even in this confined space.
  • 然奧斯卡的組織者曾承諾舉辦一屆低調的奧斯卡頒奬典禮,但事實卻並非如此。
    Even though organizers of the Oscars had promised more subdued Academy Awards,you couldn' t tell by watching.
  • 其後有國會議員提出决議案反對總統的决定,但决議案於七月二十七日在衆議院遭否决。
    A resolution disapproving his decision was subsequently introduced but was voted down in the House of Representatives on July 27.
  • 然erp能帶來顯著的好處,但今天的erp解决方案不是萬能的。
    While ERP can deliver substantial benefits, ERP solutions today are not a panacea.
  • 然城市改革比農村復雜,但是有了農村改革的成功經驗,我們對城市改革很有信心。
    Although urban reform will be more complex than rural reform, since we have succeeded in the one, we are confident that we can succeed in the other.
  • 然在一九八一年前被診斷患上肺塵埃沉着病的人士不受該條例保障,但他們可以根據肺塵埃沉着病特惠金計劃,獲得由政府發放的特惠款項。
    Pneumoconiosis sufferers diagnosed before 1981 are not covered by the ordinance. They receive ex gratia benefits from the Government under the Pneumoconiosis Ex Gratia Scheme.
  • 我必須一提的是,當時大傢都興高采烈。女人中間有很多人是死者生前的熟人,但這會兒似乎對死者毫無懷念之情。
    Suffice it to say that everyone was in the highest spirits and that, of all the women there, many had known the dead girl and gave no sign that they remembered her.
  • 然博士比她大20多歲,但還是熱烈地愛上了她。
    Andrews, though twenty years her senior, had fallen sufficiently in love with her to agree.
  • 然它應該很容易地適應已有的網絡、容易使用和管理,但這個鉚足了勁的以太網技術需要很多更紮實的産品工程設計。
    Although it should readily fit into existing networks and be easy to use and manage, this supercharged Ethernet technology entails much more robust product engineering.
  • 因為無産階級首先必須取得政治統治,上升為民族的階級,把自身組織成為民族,所以它本身還是民族的,然完全不是資産階級所理解的那種意思。
    Since the proletariat must first of all acquire political supremacy, must rise to be the leading class of the nation, must constitute itself the nation, it is, so far, itself national, though not in the bourgeois sense of the word.
  • 他表面上然顯得粗暴,可是心眼兒卻不錯。
    Though he looks surly, he has his heart in the right place.
  • 然條件艱苦,安特衛普奧運會上仍出現了一係列成為後來奧運傳統的創新,如帶有五色環的奧運五環旗,以及奧林匹剋格言——更快、更高、更強。
    Austere as its conditions were, Antwerp was rich in giving birth to a number of innovations that would be come Olympic traditions. Among them, Olympic flag with its five colored rings and the Olympic motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger).
  • 瑞士國傢小,卻有四種不同的官方語言。
    Though small in size, Switzerland has four official languages.
  • 說課業內容減輕了,實際上功課更多、更深了。
    While the syllabus has been reduced, students are getting more and tougher homework.
  • 然在1881年初,他回到北布拉薩市班省傢人身邊,他最初被認可的作品卻是以波裏納日為背景,所反映的是他長期生活在其中的鄉村文化以及對社會與藝術秩序和對稱的理念。
    Although he returned to Noord Brabant and his family early in 1881,his first recognized works were set in Borinage and reflected the rural culture in which he was living and his belief in order and symmetry in both society and art.
  • 然他裝作同情,但我知道他心裏暗暗地高興。
    Although he pretended to sympathise, I knew he was laughing up his sleeve.
  • 然我同情你的觀點,但我不能接受它。
    While I sympathize your point of view I cannot accept it.
  • 然馬華辯護說收購行動是商業性的“黃金機會”、是“長期的策略性投資”,不過,沒有人不相信,收購行動涉及政治動機。
    The MCA has defended its takeover as a “golden business opportunity” and “long-term strategic investment” - but few, if any, are convinced that the decision is not politically-motivated.
  • 他個子小但卻頑強,沒有人敢跟他較量。
    He is small yet tough, and no one dares to tangle with him.
  • 中即舉杯大笑,至茶傾覆懷中,反不得飲而起。甘心老是鄉矣!故外憂患睏窮而志不屈。於是幾案羅列,枕席枕藉,意會心謀,目往神授,樂在聲、色、狗、馬之上。
    When a guess wasi correct,we would lift the cup high-and break out 'into a loud laughter, so much so that'sometimes; her tea-was spilled on our dress and we were not able to drink.We were then-content to live,and row old in such a world! Therefore we held our heads,high, although we were living in poverty, arid sorrow.In time our collection grew bigger and bigger and the books arid art objects were piled up on tables and desks and beds, and we i enjoyed them with-our eyes and our minds and: planned and discussed over ithem," tasting a happiaess above those enjoying dogs and-horses and'music'and dance.
  • 然不想坐計程車,但因為太遲了所以非坐不可。
    I didn't mean to take a taxi but I had to, as I was late.
  • 經高科技打造“飛火流星”難受青睞
    High-tech ball leaves some players flat
  • 然改革我們的刑法制度並非徹底解决辦法,可是這是任何解决辦法不可缺少的一部分。這個制度充滿技術問題,使得懲罰既不迅速也有漏洞。
    While reform of our criminal justice system does not offer a complete solution, it is an essential part of any solution. The system is riddled with loopholes and technicalities that render punishment neither swift nor certain.
  • 然這兩個協議的技術差異極大,但實際上它們應給用戶提供相似的好處。
    Although the two proposals are very different technically, in practice they should deliver similar benefits to users.