中英慣用例句:
  • 利用核磁共振成像等技術對腦部掃描來查明人為什麽無法把自己逗得哈哈大笑,馬裏蘭大學神經學家羅伯特·普羅文,他們正在解决“人類行為中最後一批尚未解决的重大難題之一”。羅伯特的新著《笑的科學研究》剛剛出版。
    With techniques like MRI brain scans to probe why people cannot tickle themselves into paroxysms of laughter, they are tackling “one of the last great unsolved problems is human behavior,” says neuroscientist Rober Provine of the University of Maryland, whose book, "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation,"was just published.
  • 當你氣憤地出什麽話時,它們就會留下這樣一塊疤。
    When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.
  • 對於青少年來,治療條件尤其不足。
    Resources are especially scarce for Juveniles.
  • 真理是罕有的,惟一直以來供過於求。
    As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
  • 他一定不會這麽說。
    He can scarcely have said so.
  • 他决不會這樣說的。
    He can scarcely have say so.
  • 他决不會這樣說的。
    He could scarcely have said so.
  • 他不可能那樣的話。
    He can scarcely have said that.
  • 他很少做這樣的事情。
    He said he scarcely ever did so.
  • 對了,上一批圍巾,在我們接貨之後,聽有位同業購自同一廠商類似的圍巾,進價每打纔三十美元呢!
    Well, the last lot of scarves, after we took the delivery, we heard of a competitor getting similar scarves from the same maker only at thirty dollars per dozen.
  • 奧特西,埃姆斯卡1865-1947生於匈牙利的英國女小傢,尤以其探險小深紅色的紫蘩蔞(1905年)聞名
    Hungarian-born English writer known especially for her adventure novel The Scarlet Pimpernel(1905).
  • 他希望預付的食物在收回時會有所增加,用商業術語來,就是希望得到利潤。
    and the hope of this profit will generally have been a part of the inducement which made him accumulate a stock, by economizing in his own consumption;
  • 霍伯森,調查顯示54%的女人衹在乎自己是否擁有30雙風格各異的鞋子,而並不在乎是否已經攢足了3萬美元的退休金。
    "The study found that 54 percent of women said they expect to accumulate 30 pairs of shoes before they save $30,000 for retirement," said Hobson.
  • 讓我想想:這就是已經掉了大約四千英裏了,我想……”(你瞧,愛麗絲在學校裏已經學到了一點這類東西,雖然現在不是顯示知識的時機,因為沒一個人在聽她話,但是這仍然是個很好的練習。)“……是的,大概就是這個距離。那麽,我現在究竟到了什麽經度和緯度了呢?”
    Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--' (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) `--yes, that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?'
  • 當威廉談論他在伊頓公學的經歷及他今後將面對更多的媒體關註時,他道,"我特別欣賞在伊頓公學時能不受外界打擾,這樣我可以更專註於我的功課,盡情享受與朋友在一起的快樂,不被攝影鏡頭追蹤。
    When William talked about his experiences at Eton and the ever more intense media attention he anticipates in the future,he said,“ I have particularly appreciated being left alone at Eton,which has allowed me to concentrate on my schoolwork and enjoy being with my friends without being followed by cameras.
  • “對亞歷剋斯耐心點,別過於責駡他。”格林太太嚮格林先生交代
    "Take it easy on Alex and don't scold him too much," said Mrs Green to Mr Green.
  • 為什麽,如果你們不交流,如果每次你的孩子告訴你他心裏的真實信念和心底深處的想法,你就立刻責駡他們,那他們當然就不再和你談了,也就不會跟你實話了。
    Why,if you don't communicate,if every time your children tell you something they truly believe and their innermost truthful thoughts,you immediately scold them,then of course they stop talking to you and won't tell you the truth.
  • 我偶然聽到瓊斯太太對女傭人厲聲話,實際上,是在斥責她。
    I overheard Mrs Jones talking vigorously to her servant: in plain terms, scolding her.
  • 那孩子的惡作劇與其讓他責駡,倒不如讓他啼笑皆非,然而,他還是起來進行了必要的懲戒。
    He felt more like laughing at the child's escapade than scolding him, but, solemn as an owl, he got through the necessary reprimand.
  • 蒂姆對我他一下子贏了50美元。
    Tim told me he won $ 50 at one scoop.
  • 實話,此次運動沒帶來一點實惠。
    No practical benefit has, I must confess, ever accrued from this compaign.
  • 對那些在一個連最自發的繩球比賽都要精確記分的體育時代裏長大的人來,不記分的比賽顯得完全是激進的。
    For those who grew up in a PE era when even the most spontaneous match of tetherball was scrupulously tallied, scoreless play seems downright radical.
  • 我聽他是巴西隊的一個得分物。
    I hear he's one of key scorers of the Brazilian Team.
  • 別着急,你會在場上看到他的。我聽他是巴西隊的一個得分手。
    Don't worry,you'll find out him in the game,I hear he' one of key scorers of the Brazillian Team.
  • 他恥於說謊。
    He thinks it scorn to lie.
  • 他用輕衊的口吻了這番話。
    He spat out the words with scorn.
  • 多讀和多英語,英語能力就會培養起來。
    English skills will accrue to you from speaking and reading a lot.
  • 失敗者對奬品的輕視純粹是吃不到葡萄葡萄酸。
    The loser's scorn for the award is pure sour grape.
  • 當他那些話時,他們都嘲笑他。
    When he said those words they laughed him to scorn.
  • 她對他可能永遠不回來的法大加非議。
    She poured scorn on the suggestion that he might never return.
  • 失敗者對奬品的輕視純粹是吃不到葡萄葡萄酸
    The loser 's scorn for the award is pure sour grapes
  • 以會計術語來,損益表是根據“權責基礎”編製的,以現金收入及支出為準的“現金基礎”早就被淘汰了。
    In accounting terminology, the income statement is prepared using the "accrual basis", not the outdated "cash basis".