说中英惯用例句:
| - 让我随口说说,我想有一百人出席了宴会。
Offhand, I will say that there are one hundred people present at the dinner party. - 我尽量装得毫不介意似地说,“我再也不要见到这个女人了,如果说在我认识她以前我对她有好感;现在认识她以后,情况却大不相同了。”
'I said, trying to sound offhand. 'I shan't ever see that woman again, and even if I liked her before I got to know her, everything is very different now that I have met her.' - 批评要采取民主的说理的态度,这是必要的,但是决不能把批评看成打棍子,这个问题一定要弄清楚,这关系到培养下一代人的问题。
In criticizing, we must be democratic and reason things out, but criticism should never be dismissed offhand as using the "big stick". We must get clear on this whole question of criticism and self-criticism, for it is important in bringing along the next generation. - 我一下子说不上来我挣多少钱.
I can't say offhand how much money I earn. - 我是通过办公室的小道消息才听说你找到了新工作。
I heard about your new job on / through the office grapevine. - 新措施可以说已经正式实施了。
The new procedures have been officially christened, so to speak. - 据官方说,他在度假。
Officially, he's on holiday. - 在回到他一惯戏称为“他的宫殿”的那所破屋子里时,他对他的妹子说:“我刚刚进行了一场隆重的大典。”
On his return to the humble dwelling, which he designated, with a smile, as his palace, he said to his sister, "I have just officiated pontifically." - 如果老板对客户鲁莽无礼或说三道四,那么雇员也会如此。
If the bosses are rude or officious with customers,then employees will be,too. - 大家都在传说即将发生什么重大的事情。
Word went round that something important was in the offing. - 对于诺斯和他太太贝齐以及四个孩子来说,似乎未来好日子尚多。明天开始出庭,如果他能胜诉,这位前陆战队员的政治前程将露曙光。
But there seems to be plenty left over for the good life for North and his loyal wife, Betsy, and four children. And if he beats the rap in the trial that begins tomorrow, a political career may be in the offing for the former Marine. - 你居然可以借助罢工做件正当的事情;她竟然说拉丁语;他们认为他们制定了那些章程而事实上他们仅仅是傀儡而已;其实那些似乎冷漠地站着的人常常只是紧张而已。
you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out; she actually spoke Latin; they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets; people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous. - 他们说他们增加的工资将被上涨的价格抵消。
They said that their wage increase would be offset by higher price. - 听说中国最近为开发渤海石油是进行招标。
I have heard that China is preparing to call for a bid for offshore oil exploration in the Bohai Sea. - 我听说贵公司准备就开发渤海石油进行投诉。
I heard that your company is prepared to call for a bid for offshore oil exploration in the Bohai Sea. - 哦,谢谢你这么说。
Oh, it's nice of you to say so. - 她使用花言巧语使话有说服力。
She oiled her words in order to sound persuasive. - 我看大庆讲“三老”,做老实人,说老实话,干老实事,就是实事求是。
It seems to me that the call for the "three honests" -- the Daqing Oilfield workers' exhortation to be an honest person, honest in word and honest in deed -- is identical with seeking truth from facts. - 她很会说奉承话。
She has an oily tongue. - 医生说我不能吃油腻的东西。
The doctor says that I should not eat anything oily. - "一束阳光突然刺入眼中,"他说,"刚开始的时候,我无法看见任何东西,因为我的眼睛上敷着一层药膏,但是,当医生把我眼睛上的药膏擦去后,我最先看见了他的领带,然后是他的手。
"This sudden whoosh of light penetrated," he says. "At first I couldn' t see through the film of ointment covering my eyes, but as the surgeon cleaned it off I started to focus on his tie, then his hands. - 这诗人乃是现身说法。
The poet is speaking in his own person. - 好!那我想就这么说定了!
Okay, I think you have yourself a deal. - ok!我跟他说,你等一下!
Okay, hold on a second. I'll talk to him. - 对我来说,老年是总比我大上十五岁的。
To me, old age is always fifteen year older than I am. - 上了年纪的人抱怨说,在这个自由社会里,老的价值观念正在逐渐消失。
Older people are complaining that the old values are withering away in this free society. - 这屋里要防小孩捣乱,"我的大儿子马克一边爬楼梯一边说道,后面是他的妻子金和15个月大的汉娜。
Baby proof this house," stated our oldest son Mark as he lumbered up the stairs followed by his wife, Kim, and fifteen-month-old Hannah. - 如果诺思真有罪,并且必坐牢,布什么总统将是俗语说的进退维谷。
If Oliver North is found guilty and has to go to prison, President Bush is going to find himself stuck between the proverbial rock and the hard place. - "跟我来,"他说。他用坚实的臂膀抱起她,一起飞向众神之家--奥林匹斯山顶,去见众神之王--宙斯。
"Come with me,"he said,and he lifted her in his strong arms and off they flew up the very top of Mount Olympus,home of the gods. And they went to see Zeus,king of all the gods. - 苏族语奥马哈人所说的苏族语
The Siouan language of the Omaha. - 研究人员在从阿曼海湾的深海沉积物中钻取的岩芯中发现了同样能说明问题的旱灾的迹象。
Researchers found the same telltale signature of drought in a deep-sea sediment core drilled from the Gulf of Oman. - 阿曼外交部长本泰姆说,“现时每一个国家都在为这个地区呼吁和平裁军,看到伊朗大事扩充武力,实在令人不安。”
"It's disturbing that we see Iran arming to the teeth at a time when everyone is calling for peace and disarmament in the area," said Sayyid Haitham bin Taimur, undersecretary of Oman's Foreign Ministry.
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