EXAMPLE: The ambitious, handsome, and talented young singer had all the earmarks of success as a popular musician in the future.这位天才青年歌手雄心勃勃、相貌英俊,有成为未来成功流行音乐人的一切特征。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: A terrible earthquake damaged many buildings, and then the city was destroyed by the conflagration that followed it.可怕的地震损坏了很多建筑,接着整个城市被随之而来的大火毁灭了。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: When we take a long walk in the park we often carry a container of hot tea and a set of pannikins for everyone.在公园里长时间散步时,我们经常带上一壶热茶和一套金属小酒杯,供所有人享用。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: An old wooden noria revolved slowly beside the river, lifting water to the poor farmers nearby fields.河边,一台老式的木制多斗汲水车在缓慢旋转,将水提到附近这些贫穷农民的田里。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: Because her father was a famous diplomat, my mother spent much of her maidenhood living in foreign countries.由于姥爷是一位知名外交官,我母亲的大部分少女时期是在外国度过的。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: As I opened the window of our train, a brisk, halatinous breeze reminded me that we would soon arrive at the seaport.当我打开火车的车窗,一股清凉的咸风提醒我,我们将很快抵达海港了。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: The ecliptic is marked on many globes as being a circle inclined at an angle of 23 degrees from the equator.在很多地球仪上,黄道被标成一个圆形,与赤道形成23度夹角。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My rich but greedy brother only gives a few trifling gifts to members of our family during the holidays.我的兄弟富有但是贪婪,在假日期间,只会给我们家人几样微不足道的礼物。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My belligerent brother seldom gets invited to parties because he always makes quite maladroit comments about the music, the food, and the party hosts.我的咄咄逼人的兄弟很少被邀请参加聚会,因为他总是对音乐、食物和聚会的主办人发表非常拙劣的评论。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: We hired two gutsy young sales representatives who weren抰 afraid of talking with anyone, so they both became quite successful.我们雇用了两位胆大的销售代表,他们俩不害怕和任何人说话,所以都非常成功。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: My imaginative young son gave me a farfetched excuse for failing his arithmetic test in school today.今天,我的富有想象力的小儿子没有通过学校的算术测验,他给了我一个非常牵强的借口。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE: We overdo at large family parties, often hiring famous musicians, and so our extravagant parties usually cost more than we can afford.我们家庭的大聚会做过了头,经常聘请著名音乐家,所以我们家的盛大聚会通常超过了我们的财力。[阅读全文]
EXAMPLE 1: At dawn the ancient city was struck by an onslaught of the enemys soldiers.黎明时分,敌军士兵对这座古城发动了一轮猛攻。EXAMPLE 2: The young executive struggled to complete the onslaught of paperwork that appeared on his desk every morning.每天早上,这位年轻高管都要吃力地处理完出现在他办公桌上的大量文件。[阅读全文]