说中英惯用例句:
  • 他跑去向上帝诉苦说，这个地球给他住起来还不够舒服，他说他要住在一个有珍珠门的天堂。
    He came to God and complained that this planet was not good enough for him, and said he wanted a Heaven of Pearly Gates.
  • 当他真的死后，他会发现圣·彼得站在天国之门口，看着表说：“噢，比尔，你很准时。”
    When he did die he would find St Peter at the Pearly Gate looking at his watch and saying: "Oh, Bill, you're just in time."
  • 设在香港的kpmg皮特·马威克(peatmarwick)人才咨询服务中心中国分部的经理波利·伊普(pollyyip)说：“在中国，对于许多中高级经理职位，人事变动的平均时间间隔是8到12个月。
    "The average turnover in China for many midlevel to senior-level executive posts is eight to 12 months," says Polly Yip, China division manager for KPMG Peat Marwick's human-resources consulting service in Hong Kong.
  • 它在两山之间的一个山谷里:一个高出地面的山谷靠近一片沼泽，据说那儿泥炭的湿气对存放在那儿的几具死尸足以产生防腐作用。
    it lies in a hollow, between two hills; an elevated hollow, near a swamp, whose peaty moisture is said to answer all the purposes of embalming on the few corpses deposited there.
  • 我们走进，走出，问好，微笑。对于他们来说，我们只不过是成千上万的人中间的一个，并不是稀客，可是他们总是很殷勤地执行我们。
    We go in, come out, say hello, smile. Just one of the hundreds and thousands, just one little pebble on the beach to them, but they always do us well.
  • ＂他的行为有一种怪癖，就是说话总爱高声嚷。＂
    One of the peculiarities of his behaviour is that he shouts instead of talking.
  • 她在行为方面有一种怪癖，就是说话总爱高声嚷。
    One of the peculiarities of her behaviour is that she shouts instead of talking.
  • 曼丽既没有天才，格调也不高，虽说虚荣心促使她刻苦用功，但是同样也造成了她一脸的女才子气派和自高自大的态度。有了这种气派和态度，即使她的修养再好些也无补于事，何况她不过如此而已。
    Mary had neither genius nor taste; and though vanity had given her application, it had given her likewise a pedantic air and conceited manner, which would have injured a higher degree of excellence than she had reached.
  • 她喜欢在村里到处说闲话。
    She loves to peddle gossip round the village.
  • 那位政客因他女儿所说关于他私人生活的事不再被崇拜了。
    The politician was knocked off his pedestal by his daughter's.
  • 科恩说，我们展示了两款车型：型号、速度和运载能力较大的工业用车；行人密集区域使用小型车轮的小号车。
    " We're showing off two types of Segways: an industrial model that has greater range and speed and the ability to carry cargo, and a trimmer one with smaller wheels for the densest pedestrian environments," Cohen said.
  • “现在男孩在成长中背负着巨大的期望值，但是他们缺少足够的心理动力或所需要的工具以使他们在学校取得成功或与家庭维持亲近关系。”波士顿儿童医院的一位儿科医师伊力·纽博格说。
    "Boys today are growing up with tremendous expectations but without adequate emotional fuel or the tools they need to succeed in school or sustain deep relation - ships," says Eli Newberger, a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital.
  • 他说，儿科学家和其他倡导公共健康的人士，应该教导家长们注意与孩子建立较为温和融洽的关系。
    Pediatricians and other public health advocates,he argues,should teach parents to concentrate on nurturing more gentle relationships with children.
  • 范德比尔特大学儿科学教授马克·沃尔雷奇(3个孩子的父亲)说："现实是，我们都是人。
    “ The reality is we're all human,” says Mark Wolraich,professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University and the father of three kids.
  • 我们说桔子皮，苹果皮，土豆皮。
    One speaks of orange peel, and apple peel, and tomato skin.
  • 我解释说："蛇喜欢它的皮的时侯，就不会蜕皮。
    "Snakes don' t peel off their skin when they feel like it." I explained.
  • 我从未听过他说一句牢骚话。
    I haven't heard a peep out of him.
  • 我不想听你吞吞吐吐地说话
    I don't want to hear a peep out of you.
  • 透过此孔，你可以窥视某物（比如说门上或烤箱等上边的孔）。
    a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep.
  • 我知道密信上说些什么，因为我在无人注意时瞧了一眼。
    I know what's in the secret letter, for I took a peep while no one was looking.
  • 对他来说，同辈人的意见比他父母的看法更重要。
    The opinion of his peer is more important to him than those of his parents.
  • 当另一个演说者赢得了满座喝彩声时，保罗心里又嫉妒又气恼。
    Paul looked through his green glasses peevishly when the other speaker brought down the house with applause.
  • 他正是谚语中所说的那种方枘圆凿不得其所的人。
    He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.
  • “佩吉，坐下来放松一下吧。”“我不，别忘了答应的话就要算数，你说了‘喝杯茶就径直回家’。”
    "Sit down and relax for a while, Peggy." "I will not, A promise is a promise, remember. You said 'a cup of tea and the straight home'."
  • 你听说约翰先生在想办法训练他的狮子狗听他话吗？
    Have you heard that Mr. John has been trying to train his Pekinese to obey him?
  • 徐:顺便说一下，6点钟我将开车来接你去看京剧。
    By the way, I will pick you up at six for the Peking Opera.
  • 您说对了，到北京不吃烤鸭是遗憾的。
    you are right there. It would be a shame to leave Beijing without trying Peking roast duck.
  • 教练zagallo说：“注意这小子，他会成为下一个贝利”。
    Coach Zagallo said: 'Pay attention to this kid. He's going to be the next Pele.
  • "可不是，佩尔特博士，但你说的情况却是两码事--"。
    “ So it would,Dr.Pelt,but the situation you describe is very different.
  • "跟你说实话，我们也非常怀疑这是一次救援行动，"佩尔特说。
    “ To tell you the truth,we rather suspected this was a rescue operation,” Pelt said.
  • 美国总统说这种话，似乎需要有个像佩尔特这样的行家在身边圆圆场。
    Arbatov did not permit himself to be surprised by the vulgarity.The American president seemed to need a professional like Pelt around to smooth the edges.
  • 佩尔特接着总统的话说："大使先生，多年来一直是东西方合作典范的一项协议，贵国认为已经可以抛之一边了，那你们怎么能期望我们不把这一行动看成是挑衅呢？
    Pelt went on for him.“Mr Ambassador,your country has seen fit to cast aside an agreement which for years has been a model of East West cooperation.How can you expect us to regard this as anything other than a provocation?