说中英惯用例句:
  • 达摩克利斯希腊传说中的叙拉古国王狄奥尼西奥斯的朝臣,据传说其被迫坐在上悬宝剑的餐桌旁,宝剑由一根头发系住,以此来暗示君王命运的多危
    Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who according to legend was forced to sit at a banquet table under a sword suspended by a single hair to demonstrate the precariousness of a king's fortunes.
  • 他在演讲之前先说了几句对特邀来宾表示欢迎的话。
    He preceded his speech with a few words of welcome the special guests.
  • 所以说,人为什么一定要怀胎十月生?
    Therefore, who is to say that pregnancy must precede the birth of a child?
  •  发明或者实用新型专利申请人应当按照前款规定的方式和顺序撰写说明书,并在说明书每一部分前面写明标题,除非其发明或者实用新型的性质用其他方式或者顺序撰写能节约说明书的篇幅并使他人能够准确理解其发明或者实用新型。
    The manner and order referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be followed by the applicant for a patent for invention or for utility model, and each of the parts shall be preceded by a heading, unless, because of the nature of the invention or utility model, a different manner or order would result in a better understanding and a more economical presentation.
  • 有些人说莎士比亚超过其他所有的作家。
    Some say Shakespeare takes precedence over all other writers.
  • 提出年轻化、知识化、专业化这三个条件,当然首先是要革命化,所以说要以坚持社会主义道路为前提。
    Of course, cadres must be revolutionary. This requirement takes precedence over considerations of age, education and professional competence. That is why we say adherence to the socialist road is the primary qualification for a cadre.
  • 洛杉矶学校董事会成员以全票通过这项决议,在2004年1月之前禁止在自动售货机和自助餐厅里出售碳酸饮料。尽管有异议说郡内677所学校需要销售饮料所带来的利润补贴,董事会还是认为学生的健康比筹措资金更重要。
    In voting unanimously to end the sale of soda in vending machines and cafeterias by January of 2004, the Los Angeles School Board rejected arguments that its 677 campuses need the money they make from the drinks, saying that students' health should take precedence over fund-raising.
  • 说出你所认为的法律或先例的意思。
    To say what you think a law or precedent means.
  • 中国的抗日游击战争,就其特殊的广大性和长期性说来,不但在东方是空前的,在整个人类历史上也可能是空前的。
    In its extraordinary breadth and protractedness, China's anti-Japanese guerrilla war is without precedent, not only in the East but perhaps in the whole history of mankind.
  • 警长门肯昨天在112分局举行的记者招待会上说:星期五下午8点45分,第112分局的两位均有四年年资的警员海因斯与克拉姆利,拦住了希可曼先生,因为他与所描绘的嫌疑犯一丝不差。
    "On Friday at 8:45 p.m., Officers Steven Haynes and Eric Crumbley of the 112th Precinct, who have been police officers for four years each, stopped Mr. Hickman because he fit the suspect's description to a T", Chief Menken said at a news conference yesterday in the 112th Precinct station house.
  • 滴定终点滴定中再也不滴加滴定剂的那一点,例如说,它是由指示剂的颜色变化或沉淀物的形成而决定
    The point in a titration at which no more titrant should be added. It is determined, for example, by a color change in an indicator or by the appearance of a precipitate.
  • 他知道什么时候该不说话的那心理上精确的一息间。
    He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.
  • 我说不准这个字在这段文章里的确切意义是什么。
    I am not clear about the precise bearing of the word in this passage.
  • 用以提出更确切的说法
    Or rather (used to introduce a more precise expression)
  • 意为对需采取的行动有准确说明。
    InstructbandBdirectbsuggest the giving of a precise description of necessary action.
  • 确切地说,火车十一点零九分开
    To be precise, the train leaves at nine past eleven
  • 直言直截地、精确地且直率地说
    To speak directly, precisely, and forthrightly.
  • 这两种说法如出一辙。
    The two accounts are precisely the same.
  •  "极限运动是为那些理性的、追求精确的人所设计的,"他说。
    "Extreme sports are for those who are looking for precision and reason," Zhang said.
  • 此外,检察官必须依据明确的国际标准说明其决定的理由,不得提出带有政治动机的指控。
    Moreover, prosecutors must justify their decisions on the basis of well-defined international standards, which preclude politically motivated charges.
  • 我们的组织原则中有一条,就是下级服从上级,说的是对于上级的决定、指示,下级必须执行,但是不能因此否定党内同志之间的平等关系。
    One of our organizational principles is subordination of the lower Party organizations to the higher, which means that a lower organization must implement the decisions and instructions from the higher one. This does not, however, preclude relations of equality among Party comrades.
  • 说到三五年内就要胜利的条件是不犯错误,在哪些问题上不要犯错误呢?
    The precondition for winning victory in three to five years is not making mistakes. What are the mistakes we should try to avoid?
  • 我们说充分调动人们的积极性来实现四个现代化,也有个条件,就是要实现安定团结这样一种社会政治局面。
    We shall try to fully arouse the initiative of the people in order to accomplish the four modernizations, but we have a precondition, that is, we need to create a political situation characterized by social stability and unity.
  • “那么,”我接着说,“我以前的房主人姓林惇啦?”
    `Then,' I continued, `my predecessor's name was Linton?'
  • 换句话说,如果没有及时发现基因的数量以证明基因并不足以控制我们的行为,某些人便会利用基因决定论来洗刷他们谋杀和抢劫的罪名。
    In other words, genetic predestination could soon have been used to excuse murder or robbery if it had not been for this discovery that we lack the genes to thus dispose us!
  • 一些算命者说他们能够预言将来发生的事情。
    Some fortune - tellers say that they can predict future events.
  • 我早就知道你会这样说--果不其然!
    I knew you'd say that you're so predictable!
  • 作出或说出预言
    To make or utter a prediction.
  • 利亚姆·唐纳森教授说:"生命的全部时间中,体重是一项特别重要的健康预测指标。
    Professor Liam Donaldson said:“ Weight at all times of life is a particularly important predictor of health.
  • 我没有听到任何能使我讨厌她的说法。
    I have heard nothing that predisposes me to dislike her.
  • 就拿结肠癌来说吧,人们认为遗传基因是导致发病的原因。
    Take the example of colon cancer. People say there is a gene that predisposes us to the disease.
  • 绝大多数亚美尼亚人说的印-欧语。
    the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia.