EXAMPLE: Last night on a narrow mountain road the drivers of two large trucks died in a terrible head-on collision.昨晚在一条狭窄的山路上,两辆大卡车发生了猛烈的正面相撞,两车司机死亡。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: We arrived at the restaurant just before it closed, and our waiters brusque manner indicated that he wanted to go home as soon as possible.我们在这家餐厅马上要关门的时候来了,服务员的无礼态度显示,他想尽快回家。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: When asked about the missing cookies, the boy told his mother a dubious story about seeing ghosts who live in the house.在被问到饼干怎么没有了时,这位男孩给了妈妈一个不靠谱的说法,他说这屋里住着几个鬼。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: Despite all the publicity promoting the new movie I saw last night, I was quite underwhelmed, and left the theater disappointed.尽管我昨晚看的那部新片做了很多宣传,但我还是感觉索然无味,失望地离开了电影院。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My normally silent and serious relatives often become talkative and quite jocular at family birthday parties.在家庭的生日聚会上,我的那些一般不爱说话、很严肃的亲戚们经常变得健谈,很爱开玩笑。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: This morning I couldnt find my house keys or my cell phone, and I missed my bus...I felt like such a dimwit.今天早上,我找不到房门钥匙,也找不到手机,还错过了公交车……我感觉自己真是个蠢货。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: We call my neighbor Uncle Crankypants because he always shouts angry complaints about the children in our neighborhood, despite the fact that there are very few children here.我们管邻居叫瞎咋呼叔叔,因为他总是愤怒地大声埋怨我们街区里的孩子,可事实上,我们这儿就没几个小孩。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: While it may be icy cold and rainy in the morning, our regions weather is so mutable that it can be quite warm in the afternoon.我们这一地区的天气变化极大,早上也许冰冷而且下雨,可是到了下午就会很热。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The story of my grandfathers adventuresome life had a curious lacuna between his graduation from college and the establishment of his first successful business.我祖父的一生充满了冒险故事,不过,在他大学毕业到创办第一家成功企业之间有一段空白,令人好奇。[阅读全文]