I'm leaving a week from today.
我下周的今天动身。

today's young people
当代青年

How are you feeling today?...
你今天感觉怎么样？

I wanted him to come with us today, but he couldn't.
我想让他今天和我们一起来，但他来不了。

The United States is in a serious recession today…
当今美国正处于严重的衰退时期。

He thinks pop music today is as exciting as it's ever been.
他认为现今的流行音乐与以往一样令人兴奋。

Pull the boat ashore!
把船拉上岸!

I will run you in if the bus isn't going into the town because of the snow today.
如果今天公共汽车因为下雪不送你进城的话,我会开车送你去的.

today I really swam to my heart's content . I did 3,000 metres at a stretch.
今天我一口气游了三千米,真过瘾.

You'd better finish it today.
你最好今天把它搞完.

I'm feeling some better today, thanks.
我今天觉得稍微好些, 谢谢.

This is how things stack up today.
这就是当今的状况.

The President paid today a surprise visit to two Medicare patients.
总统今天突然去看望了两位享受医疗保险的病人.

I won't go out today; I'll stay in and work.
今天我不出去了, 我留在家里工作.

If the matter is urgent, I'll see if I can crowd you into Mr. Black's timetable today.
如果事情紧急, 我看能不能把你安排在布莱克先生的时间表中.

Let's see what is on the menu today.
让我们看看今天菜单上有什么菜.

I'm so sick today that I couldn't walk as far as the kitchen, let alone go to the zoo with you.
我今天病得连厨房那么远都走不动, 更不用说陪你逛动物园了.

In China today each couple is required to carry out a eugenic plan strictly.
在今天的中国要求每对夫妇都要严格执行优生计划.

He came back to earth when the teacher told him to pay more attention.
当老师告诉他要认真的时候,他回到了现实中来.

The boy's manner of speech jarred on the teacher, who came from a different part of the country.
那孩子说话的神态令那位来自外地的老师感到不舒服.

His native musical ability impressed his teacher.
他天生的音乐才能给老师留下了深刻印象.

A good teacher should implant high ideals in children.
好教师应该把高尚理想灌输给孩子们.

He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.
尽管他经验最少,但教得最好.

The children flocked round their teacher.
孩子们会聚在他们老师的周围.

A good teacher imparts wisdom to his pupils.
一个好的教师把智慧赋予学生.

She apologized to her teacher for coming to school late.
她因迟到而向老师道歉.

As Mr. Sinclair was ill, Mr. Cook substituted as our teacher of chemistry.
由于辛克莱先生病了, 库克先生代任我们的化学老师.

Neither of my parents is a teacher.
我父母都不是教师.

The new teacher soon won the respect of his students.
这位新来的老师很快就赢得了学生们的尊重.

She is a strict teacher.
她是个严格的教师.

The teacher is practicing a pupil in English.
老师在训练一个学生说英语.

Our history teacher is always generalizing; he never deals with anything in detail.
我们的历史教师总爱概括地讲, 从不详述任何史实.

The teacher called out his students.
老师把学生们召集到一起.

The teacher favoured her.
老师偏爱她.

The teacher showed us how to cut out part of the surface of the wood and let a pattern in.
老师让我们看如何把木头的表面部分挖掉一块,然后把图案镶进去.

He was very angry at the remarks made by his teacher.
他对老师的批语很生气.

Please pass this parcel on to teacher Li.
请把这个包裹转交给李老师.

The teacher hoped to land some good students.
老师希望得到好学生.

He recognised that he was not qualified for a teacher.
他认识到自己没有资格担任教师.

The teacher asked the students to bound Asia.
老师要学生划出亚洲的边界.

The teacher grounded students in English.
教员给学生打英语基础.

The teacher signed his approval.
老师做了手势表示同意.

He hasn't a dog's chance of passing the exam.
他根本不可能通过这次考试。

He had been dogged by bad health all his life.
他一生多病，备受折磨。

She had the impression that someone was dogging her steps.
她感觉到有人在尾随她。

Her last movie was an absolute dog.
她的最后一部影片彻底砸锅了。

a dog and her puppies
母狗和它的狗崽儿

dog food
狗食

guard dogs
看家狗

I could hear a dog barking.
我听到犬吠声。

I took the dog for a walk.
我遛狗去了。

Why can't she let sleeping dogs lie?
为什么她就不能不多事？

They sit in impotent opposition while the country goes to the dogs.
国家败落之际，他们加入了软弱无力的反对党。

The TV business today is a dog-eat-dog business.
当前电视业的竞争残酷无情。

It is very much dog eat dog out there...
那儿的竞争异常残酷。

Our own Board are going to make a dog's breakfast out of it if we aren't careful.
如果我们不小心行事，我们的董事会就会乱成一团。

The whole place was a bit of a dog's dinner, really...
整个地方乌烟瘴气的，真的。

The problems that have dogged him all year are just a temporary setback...
一时的挫折竟困扰了他一整年。

His career has been dogged by bad luck.
他在事业上一直不走运。

It's a real dog.
这实在是蹩脚货。

How can you go out with her? She's a real dog.
你怎么能和她谈恋爱呢？她简直就是个恐龙。

...a dog fox.
公狐狸

Is this a dog or a bitch?
这是公狗还是母狗?

The dog growled again...
狗又在狂吠。

Outside, a dog was barking...
外面，一只狗在叫。

I think it's time you had a word with him...
我觉得你该跟他谈谈了。

James, could I have a quiet word?...
詹姆斯，我能和你私下说几句吗？

A word of warning. Don't stick too precisely to what it says in the book...
提醒一句：不要过于迷信书上的话。

May I also say a word of thanks to all the people who sent letters.
请允许我也向所有来信的人表示感谢。

I can't understand a word she says...
她说的我一点儿也不懂。

I bet he doesn't remember a single word...
我敢说他一个字都不记得。

There is no word from the authorities on the reported attack...
所报道的袭击事件没有得到当局的证实。

word has been spreading fast of the incidents on the streets...
有关街头骚乱的消息迅速传播开来。

...an adult who gave his word the boy would be supervised...
一位承诺监护这个男孩的成年男子

He simply cannot be trusted to keep his word.
根本不能相信他会信守诺言。

I want nothing said about this until I give the word.
没有我的命令，不准议论这件事。

If I had written the letter, I might have worded it differently.
如果换作我写这封信，我或许会用不同的措辞。

So many people think feminism is a dirty word.
这么多人都认为女权主义是个龌龊的字眼。

He has had to eat his words about the company being recession-proof.
他不得不收回他说过的公司能免受经济衰退影响的话。

He's a man of few words, very polite and unassuming.
他是个沉默寡言的人，彬彬有礼，待人谦和。

It's essential you make the right decisions from the word go.
关键是从一开始就作出正确的决定。

Melina was hanging on his every word, fascinated.
梅利娜凝神细听着他的每句话，被深深吸引住了。

The press never has a good word to say about them...
新闻界从来没说过他们的好话。

She doesn't have a kind word for anyone.
她对谁都是冷言冷语。

We had words and she stormed out...
我们争执了起来，她夺门而出。

I shall have words with these stupid friends of mine!
我真应该跟我这些愚蠢的朋友理论理论！

Even the Assistant Secretary of State had to admit that previous policy did not, in his words, produce results.
就连助理国务卿也不得不承认之前的政策并没有，用他的话说，收到成效。

Victor, in a word, got increasingly fed up...
总而言之，维克多越来越厌倦了。

'Shouldn't he be given the leading role?' — 'In a word — No.'
“难道不该让他当主角吗？”——“一句话——不行。”

She does like to have the last word in any discussion...
她确实喜欢商量什么事都最终自己说了算。

A nurse began to try to save his life...
一名护士开始试图挽救他的生命。

He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement...
他一生中最后的14年是在退休中度过的。

For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.
有生以来第一次他为自己没有信仰而后悔。

Interior designers spend their working lives keeping up to date with the latest trends...
室内设计师的整个职业生涯都是紧跟时尚潮流的。

That was the beginning of my life in the television business.
这是我投身电视业的初始阶段。

My personal life has had to take second place to my career...
我的私人生活不得不为事业让路。

Most diabetics have a normal sex life.
绝大多数糖尿病患者有着正常的性生活。

life won't be dull!...
生活绝不会沉闷！

It's the people with insecurities who make life difficult.
就是那些没有安全感的人让生活变得问题不断。

I was 19 and too young to know much about life...
我当时才19岁，太年轻了，不谙世事。

I needed some time off from education to experience life.
我需要从学校教育中抽身一段时间去体验人生。

How did you adjust to college life?
你是如何适应大学生活的？

...the culture and life of north Africa...
北非的文化与生活

The town itself was full of life and character...
这个城市本身充满活力，个性十足。

The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life...
抛弃了犹太主题就等于完全抛弃了这个剧本的激情与活力之源。

A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.
他很久以来一直都想创作一部关于约翰·保罗·琼斯的传记作品。

He could get life in prison, if convicted.
如果罪名成立，他可能会被判终身监禁。

The repairs did not increase the value or the life of the equipment.
维修既没有使设备增值，也没有延长其使用寿命。

...learning to draw from life...
学习写生

She had once posed for life classes when she was an art student.
她在艺校上学时曾为人体写生课当过模特儿。

The Church is my life.
教会就是我生命的全部。

The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story...
这个真实的故事把两个年轻人的冷酷残忍刻画得入木三分。

Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life.
原本显得沉闷枯燥的诗歌突然有了生气。

The volcano came to life a week ago.
一个星期前，火山开始变得活跃。

I believe in life after death.
我相信人死后生命会以某种形式存在。

She was tired of hearing about their trip to India.
她听腻了他们的印度之行。

He always comes out with the same tired old jokes.
他总是讲些千篇一律老掉牙的笑话。

He shook his head tiredly.
他厌倦地摇了摇头。

Michael is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.
迈克尔累了，他在长途旅行以后必须休息。

Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes…
黄瓜有助于舒缓眼部疲劳。

My arms are tired, and my back is tense.
我的胳膊很累，背部肌肉紧绷得难受。

I am tired of all the speculation...
我厌烦了所有的推测。

I was tired of being a bookkeeper.
我厌倦了当簿记员。

I didn't want to hear another one of his tired excuses...
我不想听他的又一个老掉牙的借口。

What we see at Westminster is a tired old ritual.
我们在威斯敏斯特教堂看到的是一种经年不变的古旧仪式。

I was a tired man when the long race was over.
我跑完长跑后疲乏极了.

The tired old man shambles.
那个疲倦的老人蹒跚而行.

Tell me if you get tired of driving and we'll change over.
如果你开车累了,请告诉我,我们可以换一下位置.

He dragged his tired feet slowly along.
他拖着疲倦的步子慢慢地走着.

The horse was tired, but the rider spurred him on and reached the post first.
那匹马累了, 但骑手仍策马疾驰,终于第一个跑到终点.

We were in a sorry plight, tired, lost and hungry.
我们疲乏不堪, 迷了路又饿着肚子,处境很是窘迫.

He is tired, he sleeps like a log.
他累了, 睡觉很沉.

When I'm tired, I like to relax into a deep armchair.
我疲倦时, 喜欢舒舒服服地靠在一把高扶手椅子上休息一下.

I have been on the road since five o'clock this morning and I'm really tired.
我今早五点就坐汽车上路了,现在实在累.

She was so tired, she could scarcely move her dragging limbs.
她是那么累, 疲惫的双腿简直都挪动不了啦.

I am tired of listening to his continual namedropping.
我讨厌听他的不断谈到要人的姓名以抬高身价.

You must be tired taking us around.
你们陪我们参观,辛苦了.

The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card.
我们在法国结识的人给我们寄来了一张贺卡。

Mrs Smith, who has a lot of teaching experience at junior level, will be joining the school in September.
史密斯太太将在九月份加盟这所学校，她在初级教育方面颇有经验。

And then Mary, who we had been talking about earlier, walked in.
随后玛丽走了进来，我们刚才还在谈论她呢。

who are you to tell me I can't park here?
你凭什么不让我在这儿停车？

You'll soon find out who's who in the office.
你很快就会了解办公室里每个人的情况。

who's there?...
谁在哪儿？

who is the least popular man around here?...
这里谁最不受欢迎？

Police have not been able to find out who was responsible for the forgeries...
警方还未能查明谁是这些造假案的元凶。

I went over to start up a conversation, asking her who she knew at the party...
我凑过去搭讪，问她这个聚会上都认识谁。

There are those who eat out for a special occasion, or treat themselves...
有些人会在特殊的日子或犒劳自己时出去吃饭。

The woman, who needs constant attention, is cared for by relatives...
那个需要长期照料的女人由亲戚们照看着。

A piece of peat that is burned for use as fuel.
泥炭作为燃料燃烧的一块泥炭.

a science of international politics
国际政治学

The best discoveries in science are very simple.
最伟大的科学发现都非常简单。

...science and technology.
科学技术

Physics is the best example of a science which has developed strong, abstract theories.
物理学是自然科学中发展出了强有力的抽象理论的最好例子。

...the science of microbiology.
微生物学

...the modern science of psychology.
现代心理学

As for science, we should do our best to catch up with the world's highest level.
至于科学, 我们应当努力赶上世界最高水平.

She specializes in computer science.
她专攻计算机科学.

He is adorable for his devotion to science.
他献身科学的精神令人敬佩.

This is the late development of science.
这是科学的新发展.

science and technology are part of the productive forces.
科学技术是生产力.

A part of the money was set off for the building of a science boardinghouse.
一部分钱被拨出来用作修建科学寄宿宿舍之用.

science fiction stories often mention robots that can talk.
科幻小说常提到会说话的机器人.

I saw the child reading a science fiction comic.
我看见那孩子在看一本科幻连环漫画杂志.

Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.
红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学.

Some practice in the deft use of words may well be ancillaryto the study of natural science.
熟练使用文字的练习对于自然科学的研究也是有帮助的.

science means honest , solid knowledge.
科学是老老实实的学问.

More and more people turn to computer science.
愈来愈多的人从事计算机科学研究.

In cities people talked about science and democracy, but feudalism flourished on the land.
在城里,人们高谈科学和民主, 可是在农村,封建主义仍然在泛滥.

Mathematics is the science of pure quantity.
数学是研究纯数量的科学.

My dad spent $ 500 on a new coat and my mom had a cow.
我爸爸花了500美元买了一件外套,妈妈顿时气不打一处来.

dad took a pin and pinned the flower to her coat.
爸爸取出一枚别针,将花别在她的外衣上.

dad uses a spade to dig the garden.
爸爸用铁锹翻花园里的土.

dad, nominally a Methodist, entered Churches only for weddings and funerals.
爸名义上是卫理公会教徒, 可只去教堂参加婚礼和葬礼.

dad is always in a good humour for gardening.
爸爸干园艺活时,心情总是很好.

That's my dad over there.
那边那位是我爸爸。

dad is retired now.
爸爸现在已经退休了。

My dad had to buy CDs of all the albums he already owned on vinyl.
我爸爸就是要买他已有的所有黑胶唱片的CD版。

For once, dad is not complaining.
爸爸这次破天荒地没有抱怨。

My dad took us there when I was about four and I remembered it fondly.
在我4岁左右爸爸带我去过那里。记忆中那是一次愉快的经历。

We think maybe he took off because he had a big fight with his dad the night before.
我们觉得他突然走掉也许是因为头天晚上和爸爸大吵了一架。

"Be careful!" — "Sure thing, dad. So long."
“要多加小心!”——“一定会的，爸爸。再见。”

dad does the garden.
爸爸收拾花园。

How do you feel, dad?
爸爸，你感觉怎么样？

My dad influenced me to do electronics.
我学电子是受爸爸的影响。

Mum and dad live apart.
妈妈和爸爸分居。

Oh, please, dad, just this once don't be cheap.
哦，求求你，爸爸，就这一回，别抠门儿了。

I can't ever recall dad hugging me. Neither did I sit on his knee.
我不记得爸爸曾经抱过我，我也没在他膝盖上坐过。

He's a bit of a wag, his dad.
他爸爸这个人说话相当风趣。

He is a hothead and a bully just like his dad.
他和他爸爸一样都是个恃强凌弱的莽夫。

Ted's always been difficult, Mr Kemp — he takes after his dad.
肯普先生，特德一直很难相处——像他爸。

My dad had a couple of Bob Dylan and Beatles songbooks lying around the house.
我爸爸有几本鲍勃·迪伦和披头士乐队的歌集不知道扔家里什么地方了。

dad, I'm a grown woman. I know what I'm doing.
爸爸，我不再是个小女孩了，知道自己在做什么。

How did we get onto the subject of marriage?
我们怎么谈到婚姻问题上了？

We seem to have got off the subject we're meant to be discussing.
我们似乎偏离了应当讨论的题目。

Nelson Mandela is the subject of a new biography.
纳尔逊·曼德拉是一本新传记的传主。

Climate change is still very much a subject for debate .
气候变化很大程度上仍是一个争论的话题。

It was I who first raised the subject of plastic surgery.
是我第一个提到整形手术这个话题的。

...the president's own views on the subject.
总统在此问题上的个人观点

Over the past few years, some of the positions Mr. Meredith has adopted have made him the subject of criticism...
在过去的几年里，梅雷迪思先生所采取的某些立场使他成为了批评的对象。

He's now the subject of an official inquiry.
他现在是官方调查的对象。

Surprisingly, mathematics was voted their favourite subject.
令人惊讶的是，数学课被选为他们最喜欢的科目。

...a tutor in maths and science subjects.
辅导数学和理科课程的家教

'White noise' was played into the subject's ears through headphones...
让受试者通过耳机听“白噪声”。

subjects in the study were asked to follow a modified diet.
要求研究对象按改进的食谱进食。

Her favourite subjects are shells spotted on beach walks.
她最喜爱的题材是那些在海边散步时发现的贝壳。

Prices may be subject to alteration...
价格可能会有所变动。

In addition, interest on Treasury issues isn't subject to state and local income taxes.
另外，国债利息不需缴纳政府和地方所得税。

The tribunal is unique because Mr Jones is not subject to the normal police discipline code.
因为琼斯先生不受一般的治安条例法规约束，所以专门设立了特别法庭。

...arguing that as a sovereign state it could not be subject to another country's laws.
争论说作为一个主权国家其不受其他国家法律的约束

...the man who had subjected her to four years of beatings and abuse...
使她遭受了 4 年毒打和辱骂的男人

Innocent civilians are being arrested and subjected to inhumane treatment.
无辜的平民正被逮捕并遭受非人的虐待。

...his subjects regarded him as a great and wise monarch...
他的臣民把他视为伟大而英明的君主

Roughly half of them are British subjects.
他们中大约有一半是英国国民。

The subject peoples of her empire were anxious for their own independence.
她的帝国中被迫向她臣服的民族迫切渴望自身的独立。

...colonies and other subject territories.
殖民地和其他臣服的属地

He tried to change the subject, but she wasn't to be put off.
他努力想换个话题，但她却兴趣正浓。

They denied a report that Egypt had agreed to a summit, subject to certain conditions.
他们否认了宣称埃及已同意在特定条件下参加峰会的报道。

Just as John has changed, so has his wife...
约翰变了，他的妻子也变了。

Gold has been a poor investment over the past 20 years, and will continue to be so...
最近 20 年来投资黄金的收益很差，今后仍会如此。

In those days English dances as well as songs were taught at school, but that seems no longer to be so...
那时学校里教授英国舞蹈和英语歌曲，可是现在的情形似乎不再是这样了。

Clasp the chain like so.
像这样扣上链子。

...holding the champagne glass with long red nails positioned just so.
手指指甲又长又红，就这样握着香槟酒杯

I am not an emotional type and so cannot bring myself to tell him I love him...
我不是一个感情外露的人，因此不会主动告诉他我爱他。

People are living longer than ever before, so even people who are 65 or 70 have a surprising amount of time left...
人们的寿命比以前任何时候都长了，所以即便到了 65 岁或 70 岁，余下的光阴也还很长。

Come to my suite so I can tell you all about this wonderful play I saw in Boston...
到我的套房来吧，这样我就可以跟你好好讲讲我在波士顿看的这部非常棒的戏了。

He took her arm and hurried her upstairs so that they wouldn't be overheard...
他挽起她的手臂，带她匆匆上了楼，这样别人就听不见他们说的话了。

The woman asked if he could perhaps mend her fences, and so he stayed...
女人问他能否给她修一修篱笆，于是他留了下来。

She was free for five whole days, from Christmas Eve. And so she would be going to Charles, to join her family...
她从圣诞夜开始有整整 5 天的自由时间，于是她准备去查尔斯跟家人呆在一起。

so how was your day?...
那么，你今天过得怎么样？

so you're a runner, huh?...
这么说，你是个跑步爱好者喽？

'It makes me feel, well, important.' — 'And so you are.'...
“这使我觉得自己，嗯，很重要。”——“的确如此。”

'You can't possibly use this word.' — 'so I won't.'...
“你绝不会使用这样的字眼。”——“我的确不会。”

'My name's Bruno.' — 'so?'...
“我是布鲁诺。”——“那又怎样?”

'You take a chance on the weather if you holiday in the UK.' — 'so what?'...
“如果到英国度假，天气好不好得要碰运气。”——“那又如何？”

'I am so afraid,' Francis thought...
弗朗西斯心想：“我害怕极了。”

He was surprised they had married — they had seemed so different...
他俩居然结婚了——这让他非常惊讶，因为他们实在是太不一样了。

The tears were streaming so fast she could not see...
眼泪哗哗地流下来，她的视线一下子就模糊了。

The deal seems so attractive it would be ridiculous to say no...
这笔交易看上去太诱人了，要是拒绝它简直是笑话。

...the Government's policies on such important issues as health, education, tax and so on...
政府在卫生、教育、税收等等重大问题上的政策

The patient can have apples, apple juice, apple sauce, and so forth.
病人可以食用苹果、苹果汁、苹果酱等。

There is only so much time in the day for answering letters...
白天回复信件的时间只有这么多。

There is only so much fuel in the tank and if you burn it up too quickly you are in trouble...
油箱里面的油只有这么多了，你要是太快把油耗光可就麻烦了。

I fainted and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital.
我昏迷了，醒来时只知道自己在医院里。

(informal)Round here, you leave school at sixteen and next thing you know , you're married with three kids.
这一带的人十六岁中学毕业，接着就结婚，生三个孩子。

next Thursday is 12 April.
下个星期四是4月12日。

I got up early the next morning.
第二天早晨我早早地起床了。

...the next available flight...
下一趟可搭乘的航班

Let's plan a big night next week...
我们下周组织一次盛大的晚会吧。

He retires next January...
他明年一月退休。

Grace sighed so heavily that Trish could hear it in the next room...
格雷斯重重的叹息声连隔壁房间的特里斯都能听见。

The man in the next chair was asleep...
邻座的男士睡着了。

next, close your eyes then screw them up tight...
接着，合上双眼，然后再用力闭紧。

I don't know what to do next...
我不知道接着该干什么了。

I next saw him at his house in Berkshire...
我在伯克郡他的家中再次见到了他。

When we next met, he was much more jovial.
我们再次见面时，他愉快多了。

The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing...
他唯一缺的就是个儿子，我想他觉得有个外孙也不错。

At least three times more daffodils are grown than in Holland, the next largest grower.
水仙花的栽培量至少是第二种植大国荷兰的3倍。

...the party's annual conference, to be held in Bournemouth the week after next.
下下周在伯恩茅斯举行的该党年会

I enjoy pleasure as much as the next person...
我和别人一样愉快。

I'm as ambitious as the next man. I'd like to manage at the very highest level.
我和别人一样雄心勃勃，想进入最高管理层。

I had leaned over to pick up some change, and the next thing I knew I felt this terrible pain in my ankle.
我俯身去拿那些零钱，接下来就突然感到脚踝剧痛。

She sat down next to him on the sofa.
她紧挨着他在沙发上坐下了。

...at the southern end of the Gaza Strip next to the Egyptian border...
在紧靠埃及边境的加沙地带南端

Her children were the number two priority in her life next to her career...
对她而言，孩子们的重要性仅次于她的事业。

next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。

Johnson still knew next to nothing about tobacco...
约翰逊仍然对烟草几乎一无所知。

Most pre-prepared weight loss products are next to useless.
大多数预制减肥产品几乎都没有什么功效。

a personal pain that goes beyond description (= is too great to express in words)
难以言表的个人痛苦

to give a detailed/full description of the procedure
对程序作详细的 / 详尽的说明

a brief/general description of the software
软件的简要 / 概括性说明

Police have issued a description of the gunman.
警方发布通告，描述了持枪歹徒的特征。

‘Scared stiff ’ is an apt description of how I felt at that moment.
“吓得呆若木鸡”是对我当时感受的贴切描述。

Police have issued a description of the man who was aged between fifty and sixty...
警方已经发布了那名年龄在 50 到 60 岁之间的男子的相貌特征通告。

...a detailed description of the movements and battle plans of Italy's fleet...
有关意大利舰队的行动和作战计划的详细说明

...the oldest Catholic church of any description in England...
英国所有天主教堂中最古老的一座

Events of this description occurred daily.
这类事件天天发生。

His face is weary beyond description...
他一脸难以形容的疲惫。

We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。

The book gave a graphic description of the war.
这本书生动地描述了战争的情况.

They bristled at his denigrating description of their activities.
听到他在污蔑他们的活动,他们都怒发冲冠.

The show featured dogs of every description.
展览会中展示了各式各样的狗.

The beauty of the scenery beggars description.
风景之美非笔墨所能形容.

My description of it needed reassessment.
需要重新估计我对此事的说法.

The beauty of the scenery defied all description.
景色之美难以形容.

The description of the fire is very effective.
对大火的描述极其生动.

He is not very good at description.
他不善于描写.

Goods of every description are available.
货色齐全.

He gave a description of what he had seen.
他描述了他所见到的一切.

It's not exactly fun city here is it?
这里并不是好玩的地方，对吧？

a major city
大城市

the country's capital city
这个国家的首都

the city centre
市中心

one of the world's most beautiful cities
世界上最美的城市之一

...the city of Bologna.
博洛尼亚市

...a busy city centre.
繁忙的市中心

He traded a job in New York city for the life of a cowboy.
他放弃了在纽约的工作,去过牛仔生活.

The city is justly famous for its nightclubs.
这座城市因其夜总会而闻名,的确不无道理.

The little town mushroomed into a city.
那座小镇迅速发展成一座城市.

The historic mansion was presented by the owner to the city, and is now kept up by the local authority.
这幢有历史意义的宅邸是房主送给城市的, 现在由地方当局保养维修.

This company employs more people than any other outfit in the city.
这家公司雇用的人员多于市里任何机构.

They succeeded in the conquest of that city.
他们夺取了那城市.

A detailed street plan of the city is inserted in a corner of the area map.
城市的街道详图印在该区地图的一个角上.

I live in the city, and he lives in the country.
我住在城市, 他住在农村.

She landed up in a strange city without any money or friends.
她到达一个陌生的城市,没有钱和朋友.

The traffic in the city was chaotic.
这城市的交通糟透了.

We live too far from the city to get a strong television signal.
我们住的地方离城里太远,不能收到清晰的电视图像.

You have to balance the advantages of living in a big city against the disadvantages.
你必须权衡住在大城市的利与弊.

This bank has ten branches in the city.
这家银行在城里有10家分行.

The enemy is closing in on the city.
敌军正逼近这座城市.

Our troops joined with enemy forces just outside the city.
我们的部队就在城外与敌人交火.

She's very strict about things like homework.
她对作业之类的事要求非常严格。

They were always very strict with their children.
他们对子女一向十分严格。

a strict Muslim
恪守教规的穆斯林

a strict vegetarian
纯粹的素食者

It wasn't illegal in the strict sense (of the word) .
严格说来，这不算违法。

The officials had issued strict instructions that we were not to get out of the jeep...
有关官员严令禁止我们下吉普车。

French privacy laws are very strict...
法国的隐私法非常严苛。

My parents were very strict.
父母对我要求非常严格。

...a few schools selected for their high standards and their strict discipline.
因教学水平高、纪律严而入选的几所学校

It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.
严格说来，这并不是真正的和平，只是没有战争罢了。

Four million Britons are now strict vegetarians...
目前有400万英国人是严格的素食者。

He was a strict, old-school Freudian.
他是个不折不扣、传统守旧的弗洛伊德学说信奉者。

When convening the assembly , however , you shall blow without sounding an alarm.
民10:7但招聚会众的时候、们要吹号 、 不要吹出大声.

The church demands strict loyalty.
教会要求绝对的忠诚.

The police kept the criminal under strict surveillance.
警察严密监视那个罪犯.

Grandfather was an austere man, very strict with his children.
祖父是个严厉的人, 对子女要求非常严格.

In running a company, strict financial management means everything.
经营一家公司, 严格的财务管理是至关重要的.

She is a strict teacher.
她是个严格的教师.

The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods.
政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段.

Most of them persist in setting strict demands on themselves.
他们大多数人坚持严格要求自己.

We should increase production and practise strict economy.
我们应当增加生产,厉行节约.

a trading partner
贸易伙伴

Gerry offered to partner me at tennis.
格里提出和我搭档打网球。

Wanting other friends doesn't mean you don't love your partner.
想交其他朋友并不意味着你不爱你的伴侣。

...his choice of marriage partner.
他对婚姻伴侣的选择

...to dance with a partner...
和舞伴跳舞

My partner for the event was the marvellous American player.
那场比赛我的搭档是那位了不起的美国选手。

He's a partner in a Chicago law firm.
他是芝加哥一家律师事务所的合伙人。

...her business partner Max Hampshire.
她生意上的合伙人马克斯·汉普希尔

Spain has been one of Cuba's major trading partners.
西班牙一直是古巴的主要贸易伙伴之一。

...the main coalition partner in the Slovak government.
斯洛伐克联合政府中的主要盟友

He had partnered the famous Russian ballerina...
他已经和那位著名的俄罗斯芭蕾舞女演员做了搭档。

He will be partnered by Ian Baker, the defending champion...
他将和卫冕冠军伊恩·贝克搭档。

What do you like to do in your spare time?
空闲时你喜欢干什么?

Jim's father has been looking about for a new partner , one with some capital to put into the business.
吉姆的父亲一直在寻找一个有些资本投资的新伙伴.

Brooks was roughly awoken from his dream of making a fortune when his partner decamped with $ 100,000.
当他的合伙人卷走了10万美元,布鲁克斯才从发财梦中猛然惊醒.

He cast a sly glance at his bridge partner.
他向桥牌搭档使了个会意的眼色.

Set to your partner.
转向你的舞伴.

He has sued his partner.
他对他的同伙提出了控告.

partner joins the company.
合伙人入伙合营

In choosing a partner we are subconsciously assessing their evolutionary fitness to be a mother of children or father provider and protector.
在选择伴侣的时候,我们会在潜意识里衡量对方将来是否会是称职的母亲或者父亲,是否会是合格的一家之主.

One of them was hopping around on a hobby horse.
他们中的一个在爱马上蹦来蹦去.

Their latest hobby is traveling, and they've been almost everywhere in Canton.
他们近来喜欢旅行, 而且几乎已经到过广东每个地方.

Ases man should taboo bad hobby, Cultivates good sociality ability.
作为男人应该避讳不良嗜好, 培养良好的社交能力.

He never let up on this main hobby of planting trees.
他的主要嗜好是种树,这一兴趣从未中断.

After all, no one ever said your hobby had to stay separate from your occupation.
毕竟, 没人说过你的兴趣和工作应该绝对分隔.

When art becomes part of daily life. relief or a hobby. life is full of happiness.
当艺术成为日常生活的一部分. 一种调剂或者爱好. 生活将是幸福的.

A No time for anything, for any interest or hobby?
A没有时间做任何事情, 任何兴趣爱好?

He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.
他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业.

His hobby employs much of his time.
他的业余爱好占用他许多时间?

He struggled to find a hobby, having burned out on reading.
他读书读烦了, 于是想方设法地寻找业余爱好.

He pursued his hobby of collecting old almanacs for so many years.
多年来他一直保持着收集旧历书的嗜好.

His hobby is building replicas of cars.
他的爱好是制作汽车的复制品.

He entered into politics as a hobby.
他参加政治活动是作为一种业余爱好.

This is not a hobby you should go in for unless you have plenty of money.
这不是非有不可的爱好,除非你有大量的钱.

Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.
许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好.

Alexander's main hobby was poker.
亚历山大的主要嗜好是打扑克.

Keeping carrier pigeons is his hobby.
养信鸽是他的业余爱好.

She dabbles in painting as a hobby.
她学点绘画作为业余爱好.

Growing flowers is his hobby.
种花是他的癖好.

His secret hobby: performing magic tricks.
他私底下有变戏法的嗜好。

It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle.
这只是一项爱好，不需要拼死拼活地努力。

Find a hobby or interest which enthuses you.
培养一个自己喜欢的爱好或兴趣。