说中英惯用例句:
| - 凡人皆有得意之日”,是一个谚语,意思是说每个人都能有他做得好的机会。
‘Every dog has his day’ is a saying, meaning that everyone gets his chance of doing well. “ - "有句谚语说,每个成功的男人背后都有一个女人。"
There is a saying that behind every successful man there's a woman. - 她说她只有45岁,但如果她不到50岁,我就不是人。
She says she's only45, but if she's a day under50 then I'm a Dutchman. - 她的小说淫秽不堪, 公众十分震惊.
Her scabrous novels shocked the public. - 他几乎连一个英文单词都不会说。
He spoke scarcely a word of English. - 那个发言人说的话简直没有一句值得听.
The speaker said almost nothing (ie scarcely anything) worth listening to. - 与其说他是作家倒不如说他是学者。
He is not so much a writer as a scholar. - 只因为我的新书包和他的一模一样,他就说我学他的样。
He called me a copycat just because my schoolbag looks like his. - 校长说了些什么?
What did the schoolmaster say? - 他说他不回答我的问题,以表示对我的蔑视。
He showed his scorn for my question by saying he would not answer it. - "他轻蔑地看了她一眼,告诉她说,那件衣服卖出去了。"
"Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress was sold." - 他抵达首都一事止住了说他已死的传言.
His arrival in the capital scotched reports that he was dead. - 刚刚收到的消息说,苏格兰发生火车撞车重大事故。
News is coming in of a serious train crash in Scotland. - 说得不客气一点,他是个彻头彻尾的无赖。
He is not to put too fine a point on it, a thorough scoundrel. - 他说的话没有半点是真的。
There is not a scrap of truth in what he says. - 将那部小说改编成电影剧本
make a screen version of the novel - "有人在海岸附近的一个山洞里用过这台机器,据说海盗过去惯常把黄金藏在那儿。"
The machine was used in a cave near the sea-shore where - it is said - pirates used to hide gold. - 她用锐利的目光看著我,问我是否说谎了。
She gave me a searching look and asked if I was lying. - 我坐在位子上转过身来跟她说话。
I twisted round in my seat to speak to her. - 讲英语对他来说是第二天性。
Speaking English is second nature to him. - 部长说减少英军在印度支那的空中作战计划是有坚实基础的,并在进展中。
The secretary said that the programme to phase down British air operations in Indo China is solidly based and progressing. - 我好象听到远处有说话声。
I seemed to hear a voice in the distance. - 她可说是我见过的最漂亮的姑娘。
She is, as it were, the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. - 对於他的说法, 她(气得)火冒三丈.
She was seething (with rage) at his remarks. - 玛丽不停地跟在她哥哥后面跑,抓他头上戴的帽子。当她笑着跑开时,哥哥说:“哟,你别瞎胡闹好不好!”
Mary kept running up behind her brother and seizing his cap from his head. As she ran away laughing, he said,"Oh, can't you stop playing silly buggers! " - 我不敢说我的书是畅销书, 但可以说很受欢迎.
I can't call my book a best seller as such but it's very popular. - 史密斯参议员说服其他委员投票赞成该法案。
Senator Smith worked on the other committee members to vote for the bill. - 对你所坚持的说法,有几点我甚为怀疑。
I seriously question a number of your assertions. - 餐厅里端出来的食物对许多人来说量是太多了。
Servings in restaurants are too large for many people. - 我说的笑话使全桌人大笑起来。
My jokes set the whole table laughing. - 等到兴奋的情绪镇静下来再说。
Wait until the excitement has settled down. - 据说第一批到达这个国家的移民是囚犯。
It is said that the first settlers of this country are prisoners.
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