She found a pretty yellow jug smashed to bits.
她发现一个漂亮的黄色小罐被摔得粉碎。

'Are you disappointed?'—'Not a bit.'
“你失望了吗？”——“一点儿也不。”

Not one single bit of work has been started towards the repair of this road.
这条路的修缮工作一丁点儿都还没开始。

bit by bit I began to understand what they were trying to do.
我逐渐明白了他们想要干什么。

I expect you're champing at the bit, so we'll get things going as soon as we can.
我希望你努力打开局面，这样我们就能尽快把事情做起来。

My dinner jacket is every bit as good as his.
我的晚礼服和他的一样好。

It's a bit much expecting me to dump your boyfriend for you.
指望我替你甩掉你的男朋友，有点儿过分了吧？

I'm really not a bit surprised...
我真的一点儿也不觉得惊讶。

They're worth quite a bit of money...
它们值不少钱。

Things have changed quite a bit...
情况发生了相当大的变化。

I still think I have a bit more to offer...
我还是认为我能再稍微多付出一点儿。

Maybe we'll hear a little bit less noise.
也许我们听到的噪音会稍微少一点儿。

Let's wait a bit...
我们等一会儿吧。

I hope there will be time to talk a bit...
我希望能有时间谈一谈。

That's the bit of the meeting that I missed...
那就是会议上我错过的那一小段。

Now comes the really important bit...
下面是非常重要的部分。

Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
仅仅是靠缠在门柱钉子上的一小段细绳把门关紧。

...crumpled bits of paper.
皱皱巴巴的小纸片

There was one bit of vital evidence which helped win the case...
一个关键的证据帮助打赢了这场官司。

This girl was a bit strange...
这个女孩有点儿古怪。

I think people feel a bit more confident...
我想人们应该觉得稍微自信了一点儿。

It's all a bit of a mess...
有点儿乱七八糟。

Students have always been portrayed as a bit of a joke...
学生们总是被描述为有点儿可笑的人。

All it required was a bit of work...
这事儿只需稍费工夫就可以了。

I got paid a little bit of money.
我只领到了一点点钱。

the correct answer
正确答案

Please check that these details are correct.
请检查这些细节是否准确无误。

‘Are you in charge here? ’ ‘That's correct. ’
“你是这里的负责人吗？”“是的。”

Am I correct in saying that you know a lot about wine?
你对酒了解颇深，我说得对吧？

Do you know the correct way to shut the machine down?
你知道这台机器该怎么关吗？

I think you've made the correct decision.
我认为你的决定是正确的。

a correct young lady
举止得体的年轻女士

He is always very correct in his speech.
他说话总是很有分寸。

Have you spelled it correctly?
你把它拼写对了吗？

The correct answers can be found at the bottom of page 8...
正确答案在第8页末尾。

The following information was correct at time of going to press...
下列信息在付印时准确无误。

You are absolutely correct. The leaves are from a bay tree...
你说得很对，这是月桂树的叶子。

If Casey is correct, the total cost of the cleanup would come to $110 billion.
如果凯西是对的，清理的总花费将达1,100亿美元。

The use of the correct materials was crucial...
使用恰当的材料至关重要。

White was in no doubt the referee made the correct decision.
怀特确信裁判作出了公正的判罚。

You are perfectly correct in trying to steer your mother towards increased independence...
你试图让自己的母亲变得越来越独立，这样做很正确。

I think the president was correct to reject the offer.
我认为总统拒绝这一提议是正确的。

He may need surgery to correct the problem...
要解决这个问题，他可能需要做外科手术。

He has criticised the government for inefficiency and delays in correcting past mistakes.
他批评政府在纠正过去的错误问题上效率低下，并且拖拖拉拉。

'Actually, that isn't what happened,' George corrects me...
“实际上，并不是那样，”乔治纠正我。

I must correct him on a minor point.
我必须纠正他的一处小错误。

It took an extraordinary effort to focus on preparing his classes or correcting his students' work.
备课和批改学生的作业花费了他很多精力。

I think English men are very polite and very correct...
我认为英国人很有礼貌，举止非常得体。

We were rather surprised by their sporting and correct behaviour.
他们富有体育精神而且举止得体，让我们感到相当惊讶。

As I recall, but correct me if I'm wrong, it was in a car park in Carmarthen.
如果我没记错的话，那是在卡马森的一个停车场内。

an evil smell
难闻的气味

the eternal struggle between good and evil
善与恶永不休止的斗争

the forces of evil
邪恶势力

You cannot pretend there's no evil in the world.
你不能睁着眼睛瞎说世界上没有罪恶。

the evils of drugs/alcohol
毒品 / 酒的害处

social evils
社会弊端

...those who see television as the root of all evil.
那些将电视视为万恶之源的人

Apartheid is even a greater evil...
种族隔离是更大的祸害。

Higher taxes may be a necessary evil.
提高税收可能会很不受欢迎，但却是必要的。

...the country's most evil terrorists...
该国最邪恶的恐怖分子

She's an evil woman.
她是个邪恶的女人。

After 1760 few Americans refrained from condemning slavery as evil...
1760年后，很多美国人都在谴责奴隶制的社会危害。

They are setting an evil example for their children.
他们正给孩子们树立道德败坏的反面形象。

I think this is an evil spirit at work...
我认为这是恶魔在作祟。

According to local folklore it is an evil place.
据当地民间传说，那是个不祥的地方。

Both men were smoking evil-smelling pipes.
两个男人都在抽着难闻的烟斗。

You can simply go on putting off the evil day and eventually find yourself smoking as much as ever.
你当然可以想方设法摆脱，但最后你会发现自己还是像以前一样拼命抽烟。

People voted for him as the lesser of two evils...
人们投票支持他只不过是两害相权取其轻罢了。

One suspects that hydro power is still the lesser evil.
有人认为水力发电仍旧是两害相较取其轻。

He could not, after all, stop all the evil in the world.
毕竟他无法阻止世界上的所有恶行。

There's always a conflict between good and evil in his plays.
他的戏剧中总是有善恶之间的斗争。

We are still being attacked by the forces of evil...
我们仍在遭受邪恶力量的攻击。

The male bird has a differently shaped head.
雄鸟的头形有点特别。

She offered us five different kinds of cake.
她给我们提供了五种不同的蛋糕。

American English is significantly different from British English.
美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。

(British English)It's very different to what I'm used to.
这与我所习惯的大不相同。

(North Amercian English)He saw he was no different than anybody else.
他认为他与其他人没什么两样。

It's different now than it was a year ago.
现在同一年前不一样了。

People often give very different accounts of the same event.
人们常常对同一件事的叙述大为不同。

My son's terribly untidy; my daughter's no different .
我儿子邋遢极了，女儿也不比他强。

London was different from most European capitals...
伦敦同大多数欧洲国家的首都都有所不同。

If he'd attended music school, how might things have been different?...
如果他上过音乐学校，事情会有怎样的不同呢？

different countries specialised in different products...
不同国家专门生产不同的产品。

The number of calories in different brands of drinks varies enormously.
不同牌子的饮料所含的卡路里数大不相同。

This recipe is certainly interesting and different.
这种烹饪法的确很有意思而且与众不同。

The bicycle is a recent purchase.
这辆自行车是最近才买的.

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.

We grow many different vegetables: potatoes, eggplant, etc.
我们种了许多不同的蔬菜,如土豆 、 茄子等.

This policy stretches across several different departments.
这项政策影响着几个不同的部门.

Most schools cater for children of different abilities.
大多数学校能够满足具有不同天资的儿童的需要.

I am in a rather unique position, as my job is different from anyone else's.
我的情况很特殊, 因为我的工作与众不同.

" Is badminton anything like tennis? "" No, as different as chalk from cheese. ”
“ 羽毛球有点像网球 吗 ? ” “不, 根本不同. ”

He wants to push himself forward and be different from the others.
他就爱出风头,搞个人突出.

A doctor and a street cleaner are in different walks of life.
医生和街道清洁工是不同行业的人.

an active member of the local church
当地教会的一名积极分子

the Hon. member for Brent North
布伦特北区议员阁下

He refused to name the members of staff involved...
他拒绝说出所涉及员工的姓名。

Their lack of training could put members of the public at risk.
他们缺乏训练，这有可能会使民众面临风险。

The support of our members is of great importance to the Association...
会员的支持对于我们协会来说非常重要。

Britain is a full member of NATO.
英国是北大西洋公约组织的正式成员国。

...the member countries of the European Free Trade Association.
欧洲自由贸易联盟的成员国

...a co-ordinated approach, with each member state doing what it could.
各成员国尽其所能的协作方式

He was elected to Parliament as the member for Leeds.
他当选为利兹市议员而进入了议会。

...the Conservative member for Billericay.
代表比勒里基的保守党议员

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

The cello is a member of the violin family.
大提琴是提琴家族的一员.

He is a member of the upper house of legislature.
他是上议院的成员之一.

She was admitted as a member of the trade union.
她被接纳为工会会员.

I think you're the only member of your household that's got an imagination.
我认为你是你家里唯一有想象力的人.

At the moment it is being presided over by each member in turn.
那时,每个成员轮流主持.

They enroll him as a member of the club.
他们吸收他为俱乐部会员.

Late duty for each member of the staff comes around every ten days.
工作人员值晚班每十天轮流一次.

He's a useful member of the team.
他是该队的一名强手.

Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed.
一些成员国想要一个紧密的联盟而不是松散发展的联合.

Every member of the organization should be constant to its regulations.
这组织的成员都得遵守规则.

Alexander is a member of the medical fraternity.
亚历山大在医务界工作.

He prided himself on being a member of Parliament.
他以身为国会议员而自豪.

Every member must bring one other person.
每个会员必须带一个人来.

rub the surface smooth.
将表面擦光。

She rubbed her hands in delight.
她高兴得直搓手。

It sounded like two pieces of wood rubbing together.
听起来就像是两块木头在一起摩擦。

The back of my shoe is rubbing.
我的鞋后跟磨脚。

The wheel is rubbing on the mudguard.
车轮蹭着挡泥板了。

The horse's neck was rubbed raw (= until the skin came off) where the rope had been.
马脖子上套过缰绳的地方皮都给磨掉了。

She rubbed the lotion into her skin.
她把润肤液揉搓进皮肤里。

I know I was stupid; you don't have to rub it in .
我知道我当时很愚蠢；你不必老提这件事。

Her sense of fun has rubbed off on her children.
她的幽默感已经传给了她的孩子。

He rubbed his arms and stiff legs...
他按摩着自己的胳膊和僵硬的双腿。

'I fell in a ditch', he said, rubbing at a scrape on his hand.
“我掉进沟里了”，他一边说着，一边揉着手上的擦伤。

A cat was rubbing against my leg...
一只猫在我腿上蹭来蹭去。

He kept rubbing his leg against mine.
他不停地用腿蹭我的腿。

She took off her glasses and rubbed them hard...
她摘下眼镜使劲擦着。

He rubbed and rubbed but couldn't seem to get clean.
他擦了又擦，可就是擦不干净。

He rubbed oil into my back...
他往我的背上抹油

I pretended to rub a fleck of grit from one eye.
我假装拭去一只眼睛里的沙粒。

He rubbed his hands together a few times.
他搓了几下手。

...the 650-mile rift that separates the Pacific and North American geological plates as they rub together.
太平洋和北美洲地质板块相互摩擦时产生的一条长达650英里的裂缝

Smear cream on to your baby's skin at the edges of the plaster to prevent it from rubbing.
在宝宝贴膏药的皮肤边缘涂上护肤霜，以防止膏药擦伤皮肤。

'What do you want to write about?'. And there was the rub, because I didn't yet know.
“你想写什么？”难就难在这儿，因为我还不知道写什么。

She sometimes asks if I want a back rub.
她有时会问我想不想做个背部按摩。

...a fresh cucumber rub for your whole face.
用新鲜黄瓜给整张脸做的面膜

He regularly rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Kylie Minogue.
他经常与伊丽莎白·泰勒和凯莉·米洛这样的人接触。

What are you going to get out of him if you rub him up the wrong way?
你要是不小心把他惹毛了，你有什么好处？

These methods prevent pregnancy...
这些方法能防止怀孕。

Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing...
进一步的治疗将阻止癌症恶化。

He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs...
他说这将使公司无法创造新的工作机会。

Its nationals may be prevented from leaving the country...
其国民可能会被禁止出境。

The risk factors, he added, " are correctable and need to be corrected before treatment or concurrently. "
他补充: “ 危险因子是确切的,应该在治疗前或者同时被处理. ”

The fence is strategically sited to prevent anyone getting onto the beach.
这个围栏的地点选择得很有策略,可以阻止任何人到海滩上.

How can we prevent such distress?
我们怎样才能避免这种贫困?

We should prevent others cashing in before we've time to market the product.
我们应该防止别人在我们没有来得及在市场上销售这产品之前大捞一笔.

She tried to prevent her work from encroaching too far on her private life.
她尽力避免工作过多地影响她的私生活.

We must prevent the trouble from spreading.
我们必须防止这个乱子扩大.

I'm trying to prevent the reversion of my garden to nature.
我正在试图防止我的花园返回一片荒芜的自然状态.

The windows are boarded up to prevent the thieves from breaking in.
用木板封好窗户,防止盗贼进入.

The policy is designed to prevent the predominance of one group over another.
该政策旨在防止一些人压制另一些人.

That will prevent the wings of the aircraft from icing up.
这样可防止机翼结冰.

Nobody can prevent our getting married.
谁也阻止不了我们结婚.

The police tried to prevent infiltration by drug traffickers.
警方尽力阻止毒品走私分子的潜入.

The test questions are kept secret so as to prevent cheating.
考试题保密以防作弊.

More care in the future will prevent recurrence of the mistake.
将来的小心可防止错误的重现.

The gas pipe has been blocked off to prevent escapes.
煤气管道已被关闭,以防漏气.

The best way is to prevent disease.
预防疾病才是上策.

Be sure to wear the correct footwear to prevent injuries to your feet.
一定要穿合适的鞋，以免脚受伤。

attempts to prevent cancer cell proliferation
防止癌细胞扩散的努力

attempts to prevent a recurrence of the problem
防止问题再次发生的努力

The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.
设立了安全区以防止游击队员的渗入。

to seek expert advice/an expert opinion
征求专家意见

an expert driver
技术高超的驾驶员

We need some expert help.
我们需要一些内行的帮助。

She's expert at making cheap but stylish clothes.
她擅长做便宜但雅致的服装。

They are all expert in this field.
他们都是这个领域的行家。

The roads were icy but she stopped the car expertly.
道路结了冰，可她却非常熟练地把车停了下来。

The music was expertly performed.
乐曲演奏得非常娴熟。

Our team of experts will be on hand to offer help and advice between 12 noon and 7pm daily.
每天中午12点到下午7点，我们的专家小组将随时提供帮助和建议。

...a yoga expert.
瑜伽大师

The Japanese are expert at lowering manufacturing costs...
日本人在降低制造成本方面很在行。

There is a great deal to learn from Hal's expert approach.
从哈尔熟练的方法中可以学到很多。

When the horse suffered a back injury Harvey cured it with his own expert hands...
那匹马背部受伤后，哈维用他内行的双手把它治好了。

The symptoms are very mild and it takes an expert eye to see them.
症状非常轻，要靠专家的眼睛才能看出来。

You'll also get expert advice on keeping your hair in good condition...
你还会获得有关如何保持良好发质的专家建议。

We'll need an expert opinion...
我们需要听听专家的意见。

The concept of atmospheric retrievable index ( ARI ) is introduced to provide the criterion for channel selection.
提出一个能对反演效果进行定量评估的指标,此指标定义为大气可反演指标.

He is very expert at repairing TV sets.
他修理电视机很内行.

My father was an expert marksman.
我父亲曾是个神枪手.

Roy is the expert so they gave him a free hand to sort out the problem.
罗伊是专家,因此他们让他可以自主地处理那个问题.

After asking many experts for advice , you can become an expert yourself.
问遍千家成行家.

The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.
指纹专家应邀出庭作证.

She is an expert in finance.
她是一名财政专家.

An expert came to appraise the value of my antiques.
一位专家来对我的古玩作了估价.

I'm not expert at that.
这方面我不在行.

The handwriting expert attested to the genuineness of the signature.
笔迹专家作证该签名无讹.

...Mike Morley, the producer of Central Television's Dennis Nilsen documentary.
迈克·摩利，中央电视台播出的丹尼斯·尼尔森纪录片的制片人

The estate is generally a producer of high quality wines.
这片土地盛产优质葡萄酒。

...Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer.
沙特阿拉伯，世界主要的石油生产国

Vestas is the world's leading producer of high - tech wind power systems.
维斯塔斯是全球领先的高科技风力发电系统生产商.

Data on producer prices, factory output and retail sales were also robust.
工业品生产价格指数(PPI) 、 工厂产出及零售额等方面的数据同样表现强劲.

An agreement between producer nations to regulate the output and price of a particular commodity.
主要生产国与消费国就调节某种原料商品的产量及价格而达成的协定.

From conveyer belt producer type produces pattern to unit.
从传送带生产方式到单元生产模式.

The technology method for raising production capacity of gas producer in the plateau area was discussed.
讨论了在高原地区提高煤气发生炉生产能力所应采取的技术改造方法.

Because the producer is no longer existent.
因为制造商已经不存在了.

At Bay TV, my manager promoted me to producer in charge of the entire newscast.
在海湾电视台, 经理晋升我为整个新闻台的制片人.

The company, the latter is the building material producer who one continual nine quarters money.
公司, 后者是一家连续九个季度亏损的建筑材料生产商.

That's a condemnation in a country which is a food producer.
对于一个食物生产国来说,这 就是 一个谴责.

He enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a radio producer.
他作为电台节目制作人的生涯漫长而辉煌.

Grenada is the world largest nutmeg producer and accounts for 23 percent of world nutmeg production.
格林纳达是世界第二大肉豆蔻生产国,占全世界肉豆蔻产量的23%.

She is a producer of sporting events.
她是一名体育节目的制片人.

That company is a producer of television sets.
那家公司生产电视机.

Walt Disney was a producer of cartoons as well as liveaction motion pictures.
活尔特·迪斯尼是动画片制作人,他也以大自然为题材或用真人演出而摄制影片.

Libya is a major oil producer.
利比亚是主要石油生产国之一。

They may headhunt her for the vacant position of Executive producer.
他们可能会挖她去填补执行制片人这一空缺职位。

In June, producer prices slipped 0.1% from May.
6月的生产价格比5月下降了0.1%。

Vanya Kewley is a freelance film producer.
万尼亚·丘利是自由电影制片人。

It is really great for a radio producer to create a show like this.
电台监制能够制作出这样的节目真是不简单。

The television producer today has to be part news person, part educator.
今天的电视制片人必须既是新闻人，又是教育者。

Her marriage to film producer Michael Greenburg fell apart.
她和电影制片人迈克尔·格林伯格的婚姻破裂了。

I lost the thread of the argument (= I could no longer follow it) .
我再跟不上这论证的思路了。

A thread of light emerged from the keyhole.
从锁眼里透出一丝光亮。

to thread a needle (with cotton)
（用棉线）纫针

to thread cotton through a needle
用棉线纫针

A tiny wire is threaded through a vein to the heart.
一根细金属丝从静脉里穿到心脏。

The waiters threaded between the crowded tables.
服务员穿行在拥挤的餐桌之间。

It took me a long time to thread my way through the crowd.
我花了很长时间才从人群中挤过去。

to thread beads (onto a string)
（在绳子上）把珠子串起来

a robe threaded with gold and silver
用金银线缝的长袍

This time I'll do it properly with a needle and thread.
这次，我要用针线将它缝好。

...a tiny Nepalese hat embroidered with golden threads.
带有金丝线刺绣的尼泊尔小帽

The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity...
贯穿这许多提案的主线是个人权力和机遇这一主题。

All religions are united by the common threads of fighting evil and helping others...
所有宗教都因为惩恶助人这一共同主题而联合起来。

A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
在粗糙不平的水泥窗台上有一条细细的发光水印。

...Venetian glass decorated with embedded threads of white.
镶嵌有白色线条的彩色装饰玻璃

...a cheap place to pick up natty threads.
能买到既整洁时髦而又便宜的衣服的去处

The screw threads will be able to get a good grip.
螺纹能牢牢地咬合卡紧。

Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies...
她从人流中慢慢地挤了回来。

...threading our way past little boats...
我们在小船中间蜿蜒穿行

...threading the laces through the eyelets of his shoes...
把鞋带穿进他的鞋眼

Air ducts and electrical cables were threaded through the complex structure...
通风管和电缆在这幢结构复杂的建筑物中穿过。

Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.
把这些蘑菇擦干净，然后用线穿起来。

I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
我坐下来，穿好针，剪下一枚旧纽扣。

The fragile peace was hanging by a thread as thousands of hardliners took to the streets.
成千上万的强硬派分子走上街头示威，脆弱的和平局势危在旦夕。

Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.
许多女性得以重操旧业。

The pressure for change continued to mount.
改革的呼声持续高涨。

There is a great deal of pressure on young people to conform.
年轻人被大力要求守规矩。

The government eventually bowed to popular pressure (= they agreed to do what people were trying to get them to do) .
政府最终向群众的压力低头。

Teenagers may find it difficult to resist peer pressure .
青少年可能觉得很难抗拒同龄人的压力。

She was unable to attend because of the pressure of work.
由于工作紧张她不能出席。

You need to be able to handle pressure in this job.
你要能应付这一工作的压力。

How can anyone enjoy the pressures of city life?
怎么会有人喜欢都市生活的压力呢？

The director is under increasing pressure to resign.
主任面对被迫请辞的压力越来越大。

The team performs well under pressure.
这个队在压力下表现良好。

Don't let yourself be pressured into making a hasty decision.
不要勉强自己仓促作出决定。

She kicked at the door with her foot, and the pressure was enough to open it...
她用脚踢门，力气之大足以把门踹开。

The pressure of his fingers had relaxed...
他手指按压的力道减轻了。

The window in the cockpit had blown in and the pressure dropped dramatically...
驾驶舱的窗户突然向内破裂，气压急剧降低。

Warm air is now being drawn in from another high pressure area over the North Sea.
暖气流正从北海上空的另一个高气压带移动过来。

He may have put pressure on her to agree...
他可能向她施加了压力，迫使她同意。

Its government is under pressure from the European Commission...
其政府承受着来自欧盟委员会的压力。

Can you work under pressure?...
你能在压力下工作吗？

Even if I had the talent to play tennis I couldn't stand the pressure...
即使我有打网球的天赋，我也无法承受这种压力。

He will never pressure you to get married...
他永远不会强迫你结婚。

The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions...
政府不应该迫于压力仓促作出决定。

Meteorologist believe this pressure jump is the mechanism responsible for storm and tornado.
气象学家认为这一气压的突然升高是暴风雨和飓风形成的物理机制.

He changed his mind under the pressure from others.
他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意.

Wood blocks may compress a great deal under pressure.
木块受压时可缩小很多.

The government is under pressure to relax censorship regulations.
政府受到压力,被要求放宽审查制度.

...a bar of chocolate...
一块巧克力

Do you want some chocolate?
你要巧克力吗？

...a small cafeteria where the visitors can buy tea, coffee and chocolate...
为游客提供茶、咖啡和巧克力热饮的小餐馆

I sipped the hot chocolate she had made.
我小口喝着她调制的巧克力热饮。

...a box of chocolates...
一盒巧克力糖

Here, have a chocolate.
来，吃块巧克力糖。

The curtains and the coverlet of the bed were chocolate velvet...
窗帘和床罩是深棕色天鹅绒的。

She placed the chocolate-colored coat beside the case.
她将深棕色大衣放在手提箱旁。

She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.
她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水.

I was stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake.
我嘴里塞满了巧克力蛋糕.

Mary broke the chocolate into pieces, one for each person.
玛丽将巧克力分成小块, 每人一块.

chocolate upset his stomach.
他吃巧克力后感到胃不舒服.

chocolate and vanilla have different flavours.
巧克力与香草精味道不同.

He cupped his cold hands round the cup of hot chocolate.
他用冰凉的手捧起一杯滚热的巧克力饮料.

My dog is unusually fond of chocolate.
我的狗极爱吃巧克力.

a packet of chocolate biscuits
一包巧克力饼干

Two coffees and a hot chocolate, please.
请来两杯咖啡和一杯热巧克力。

Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.
同时，把碗置于微沸的水上，将白巧克力放入碗中使其熔化。

I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.
我只有在觉得自己胖得很难看的时候才能拒绝巧克力这类东西的诱惑。

He clerked for the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
他为最高法院的大法官做书记员。

...a hotel clerk.
宾馆接待员

Gene clerked at the auction...
吉恩在拍卖会上作文书工作。

She was offered a job as an accounts clerk with a travel firm.
她得到一份在旅行社当记账员的工作。

Without your love I can do nothing, with your love there is nothing I cannot do.
没有你的爱,我什么都做不成; 有了你的爱,我没有什么做不成.

The court clerk will notify the witness when and where to appear.
法院办事员将通知证人出庭的时间及地点.

A clerk booked down details of every article handed in.
一个职员把交进来的每一件东西详细地登记下来.

clerk wanted, able to cost.
招聘职员, 须能计算成本者.

He let off steam by yelling at a clerk.
他对一个职员大喊大叫,借以发泄怒气.

He serves as a clerk in a bank.
他在一家银行当办事员.

The clerk bonged the call bell.
那位职员当当地打钟叫人.

The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.
那个职员升了级,加了薪.

The clerk was elevated to a managerial position.
那个职员被提升到经理职位.

I've never seen such a polite clerk.
我从未见过这样有礼貌的店员.

The petty clerk was afraid of offending his boss.
这个小职员不敢得罪他的老板.

Their attempt to bribe the clerk had failed.
他们贿赂那位办事员的企图没有成功.

The police suspected that the bank clerk was in league with the robbers.
警察怀疑银行职员与强盗有勾结.

The sales clerk parceled his purchase.
售货员把他买的东西打成包裹.

The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked.
那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑.

John was promoted [ advanced ] from a clerk to a manager.
约翰由职员 晋升 为经理.

It was clear that the clerk had gone beyond his duty in doing so without authority.
很显然,这位工作人员未经许可就这样做是超越他的职责范围的.

He was promoted from a clerk to a manager.
他由职员升为经理.

the clerk of the Court
法院书记员

Police are investigating the disappearance of a young woman.
警方正在调查一位年轻女子的失踪案。

Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.
她一走上台紧张情绪便迅速消失了。

The plane disappeared behind a cloud.
飞机消失在云层里。

Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view .
莉萨一直看着火车从视线中消失。

The black car drove away from them and disappeared...
那辆黑色轿车驶离了他们的视线。

Clive disappeared into a room by himself...
克莱夫独自一人进了屋。

...a Japanese woman who disappeared thirteen years ago...
一个 13 年前失踪的日本女人

Janet's husband and sister noticed that small kitchen objects were disappearing with increasing regularity.
珍妮特的丈夫和她的姐姐发现厨房里的小物件经常不翼而飞，而且次数愈发频繁。

The immediate security threat has disappeared.
直接的安全威胁已不复存在了。

Someone who might help find the right words to make my little girl's problems disappear.
一个可以说出正确道理、帮我的小女儿解决难题的人.

The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes.
天气变暖时,雪很快就会融化.

There is a tendency for unstressed vowels to disappear.
弱母音有消失的趋势.

Did l send you here to disappear and play around with women?
送你来日本就是为了让你和女人胡搞 吗 ?

The magician made the rabbit disappear into the hat.
魔术师把帽子里的兔子变没了.

You will be fading to disappear, letters I had writed will be calculated.
文字可以数清楚的时候, 你就一天天的褪色消失.

Hitman Logo on Main Menu could disappear at 1280 x 720 resolution.
对在1280X720分辨率下,光头4的logo会消失做出修正.

Without radio play, a record can disappear without a trace.
没有广播剧的话, 唱片会消失得无影无踪.

These red squigglies disappear asas the marked code is corrected in the Code Editor.
更正代码编辑器中带标记的代码后,这些红色标记就会消失.

Bookmarks will no longer disappear when moved or copied into a corp hangar.
把标签移动或者拷贝到军团机库后将不再消失.

When the flow are dependent files are deleted, the flow will disappear.
当流所依附的文件被删除, 流也随之消失.

His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough.
如果我们付足了钱,他露出的那副不乐意的神情就会消失.

Some competition has been eliminated, and other rivals will disappear in due course.
一些竞争已经消除, 其它竞争对手将会适时消失.

Try the seafood plate.
请尝尝这道海鲜。

The tanks were mainly constructed of steel plates.
这些坦克车主要是用钢板制造的。

She had a metal plate inserted in her arm.
她的胳膊里嵌着一块接骨板。

A brass plate beside the door said ‘Dr Alan Tate ’.
门旁的铜牌上写着“艾伦·泰特医生”。

The cutlery is plate, not solid silver.
这套餐具是镀银的，不是纯银的。

the armadillo's protective shell of bony plates
犰狳的一层防护性鳞甲

the Pacific plate
太平洋板块

Earthquakes are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other.
地震是由两块地壳构造板块互相碰撞造成的。

The book includes 55 colour plates.
本书有55幅彩色插图。

See plate 4.
见彩图4。

a printing plate
印版

a silver ring plated with gold
一枚镀金的银戒指

The walls of the vault were plated with steel.
保险库的墙壁都装了钢板。

Anita pushed her plate away; she had eaten virtually nothing.
安妮塔把自己的盘子推开;她几乎什么都没吃。

...dusty-looking cars with New Jersey plates.
落满灰尘、挂着新泽西州牌照的汽车

...gold and silver plate, jewellery, and roomfuls of antique furniture.
金银餐具、珠宝，还有整屋整屋的古董家具

Fermor's book has 55 colour plates.
弗莫尔的书里有55页整版彩色插图。

The United States Geological Survey has revealed that the earthquake was not caused by a simple horizontal movement of one plate past another.
美国地质调查局揭示了此次地震并非由大陆板块间简单的水平交错运动所引起。

We have enough on our plate. There is plenty of work to be done on what we have.
我们有很多工作要做。仅是手头现有的事情就已经有的忙了。

Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate.
他甚至连总统之位都是得来全不费工夫。

They just handed the game to the other team on a plate.
他们让另一支球队轻易地赢得了这场比赛.

He quickly ate everything on his plate and asked for seconds.
他很快地把他盘里的东西吃光,然后又要第二份.

Many people choose not to marry.
许多人情愿不结婚。

There are plenty of restaurants to choose from.
有许多餐馆可供选择。

She had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a nanny.
她不得不在放弃工作和雇用保姆之间作出选择。

Sarah chose her words carefully.
萨拉措辞谨慎。

We have to choose a new manager from a shortlist of five candidates.
我们得从最终人选名单上的五位候选人中选出一个新经理。

This site has been chosen for the new school.
这块场地已被选作新学校的校址。

He chose banking as a career.
他选中银行业为职业。

You choose, I can't decide.
你来选吧，我拿不定主意。

They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it...
他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在，但是宁愿装聋作哑。

You can just take out the interest each year, if you choose.
你要是愿意，每年可以仅支取利息。

There is very little to choose between the world's top tennis players.
世界顶级网球运动员之间往往难分伯仲。

Learning should no longer be an elitist pastime for the chosen few.
学习不应再是少数人的高级消遣。

This week he has chosen Peter Mandelson to replace Mo Mowlam...
本周他选择了彼得·曼德尔森来代替莫·摩兰姆。

They will be able to choose their own leaders in democratic elections...
他们将能够通过民主选举选择自己的领导人。

We have many patterns in stock for you to choose from.
我们有多种现存的式样供你选择.

choose the good apples and reject the bad ones.
把好的苹果挑出来,把坏的剔出去.

We choose her a nice birthday present.
我们给她挑选了一件精致的生日礼物.

Why do you choose to ask him questions at a time when he is unhappy?
你怎么单在他不高兴的时候问他问题?

I've roughed out the direction that we should take, but I'll leave it to you to choose the details and the exact roads.
我已大概拟定了我们的行动方向, 不过我要让你选择细节和具体路线.

Just take any one of the cakes — you haven't got time to pick and choose.
就随便拿一块蛋糕吧,你没有时间挑选了.

British casualties remained remarkably low...
英国的伤亡人数始终很低。

They are still having to live on very low incomes...
他们现在还得靠微薄的收入过日子。

She refused to promote Colin above the low rank of 'legal adviser'.
她拒绝把科林由“法律顾问”这一低级别往上提。

Eventually my weight stabilised at seven and a half stone after dropping to a low of five and a half stone...
我的体重在降到5.5英石的最低点后，最终稳定在7.5英石。

The dollar fell to a new low.
美元跌至新低。

She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.
她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。

A school would not accept low-quality work from any student...
学校不会接受任何学生质量不合格的作业。

The inquiry team criticises staff at the psychiatric hospital for the low standard of care.
调查小组批评该精神病院的员工护理水平低劣。

They look for foods that are low in calories.
他们要找低卡路里的食物。

low achievers in schools will receive priority.
重点将放在学校里的后进生身上。

...if there are strikes by unrewarded low performers.
如果业绩落后、得不到报偿的工人罢工的话

The majority of sex offenders have a low opinion of themselves...
大多数性犯罪者都瞧不起自己。

I have an extremely low opinion of the British tabloid newspapers.
我对英国小报完全没有好感。

We are all very tired and morale is low...
我们大家都非常疲惫，士气低落。

People had very low expectations.
人们几乎不抱什么期望。

Then suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently...
她突然发出一声低沉、憋闷的呻吟，身体开始剧烈地颤抖。

My voice has got so low now I was mistaken for a man the other day on the phone.
我的声音变得很低沉，以至于前几天在电话里被人误以为是男人。

Her voice was so low he had to strain to catch it.
她的声音很低，他很费力才听得到。

Their eyesight is poor in low light.
光线很暗时他们视力不佳。

She turned her little kitchen radio on low...
她把厨房用小收音机的音量调低。

Buy a dimmer switch and keep the light on low, or switch it off altogether...
买一个调光开关，把灯光调暗，或者干脆把灯关掉。

We're a bit low on bed linen...
我们的被单枕套有点不够了。

World stocks of wheat were getting very low.
全球小麦储备严重不足。

'I didn't ask for this job, you know,' he tells friends when he is low.
“你知道，我可没主动要求要干这份工作，”他情绪低落时会这样跟朋友说。

...an undiagnosed medical condition that laid him low for months.
使他病倒了好几个月的未确诊疾病

I couldn't give the programme my undivided attention .
我不能一心一意地关注这个方案。

(formal)It has come to my attention (= I have been informed) that…
我已获悉…

(formal)He called (their) attention to the fact that many files were missing.
他提请（他们）注意许多档案已经遗失这一事实。

(formal) Can I have your attention please?
请注意听我讲话好吗？

Films with big stars always attract great attention .
有大明星演出的电影总是引起很大的兴趣。

As the youngest child, she was always the centre of attention .
身为幼女，她一直是大家关注的中心。

Small children have a very short attention span .
幼儿的注意力持续时间很短。

He turned his attention back to the road again.
他把注意力转回到道路上。

the report's attention to detail
报告对细节的关注

The waiters stood to attention with napkins folded over their arms.
服务员笔直站立着，餐巾折叠着放在他们的手臂上。

Soldiers in full combat gear stood at attention...
全副武装的士兵们立正站着。

Other people walk along the beach at night, so I didn't pay any attention at first...
入夜后还有人在沙滩上散步，起先我并没注意到。

More than ever before, the food industry is paying attention to young consumers...
食品工业比以往任何时候都更加关注年轻消费者。

He sat at one of the round tables and tried to attract her attention.
他坐在其中一张圆桌旁边，想引起她的注意。

A faint aroma of coffee attracted his attention...
淡淡的咖啡香味一下子吸引了他。

We conclude by drawing attention to the issues around which the debate should focus.
我们作总结时着重提到了辩论应该关注的一些问题。

If we don't keep bringing this to the attention of the people, nothing will be done...
如果我们无法让群众一直关注此事，那将一事无成。

...a demanding baby who seems to want attention 24 hours a day.
好像一天24小时都要人照看的难缠的宝宝

The only way to escape the unwanted attentions of the local men was not to go out...
避免被当地人指指点点的唯一办法就是闭门不出。

The meeting was held away from the attentions of the media...
会议的举行避开了媒体的关注。

You have my undivided attention...
我专心听你所讲。

Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province.
其后，他将注意力转向了该省形势严峻的住房问题。

Volume Two, subtitled 'The Lawyers', will also attract considerable attention...
副标题为“律师”的第二册也将获得广泛关注。

The conference may help to focus attention on the economy.
此次会议可能有助于将关注焦点放在经济上。

Each year more than two million household injuries need medical attention.
每年有超过200万起家中受伤事件需要医疗处理。

Stewart could not remember exactly why he had done it because he was so drunk...
斯图尔特记不清他为什么要那样做了,因为他烂醉如泥。

I got drunk and had to be carried home...
我喝醉了，只好让人把我送回家。

A drunk lay in the alley.
一个酒鬼躺在小胡同里。

They are currently drunk with success...
他们现在正陶醉于成功之中。

I felt drunk with the excitement of life.
当时我沉醉于生活中的精彩刺激。

He had gambled and roistered and drunk until he dropped in his tracks.
他赌博闹事又醉酒,直到当场死去为止.

They booted him out for being drunk at work.
他们把他解雇了,因为他工作时喝醉了酒.

He got terribly drunk and was throwing up for most of the night.
他喝得烂醉,呕吐了大半夜.

The guest got very drunk so they bundled him into a taxi and sent him home.
那位客人喝得酩酊大醉,于是他们把他塞进一辆计程车,送他回家.

She found him drunk when she came home at night.
她晚上回家时,经常发现他醉醺醺的.

There were a lot of drunk drivers on the roads on Saturday nights.
星期六的晚上马路上有很多酒后驾车者.

The drunk was making a nuisance of himself and so the manager threw him out on his ear.
那醉汉自己招人讨厌,因此经理不客气地把他打发走了.

He was accused of operating the vessel while drunk.
他被控酒后驾船.

He is very reckless when he is drunk.
他喝醉酒时非常鲁莽.

He was drunk to the world.
他已烂醉如泥.

They are very tough on drunk drivers.
他们对酒后驾车者十分严格.

Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.
那公牛显然对批评话是敏感的, 所以它把斗牛士全忘记了,向那醉汉冲了过去.

He was very drunk.
他喝得大醉.

You could tell from his slurred speech that he was drunk.
从他那含糊不清的话语中你就知道他喝醉了.

He was so drunk that he was quite incoherent.
他喝得这样醉,说起话来语无伦次.

They were arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
他们因酗酒和妨碍治安而被捕.

Even the bull had a feeling of pity for the drunk.
甚至那头公牛都对那个醉汉表示同情.

They came home roaring drunk again last night.
昨天晚上他们回家时又喝得酩酊大醉.

She didn't even say goodbye to her mother .
她甚至没有向母亲道个别。

He left without saying goodbye...
他不辞而别。

He wanted to say goodbye to you...
他想跟你说声再见。

I said a hurried goodbye and walked home in the cold...
我匆忙地说了声再会便冒着严寒走回了家。

He said his goodbyes knowing that a long time would pass before he would see his child again...
他道了别，知道要过很久才能再见到他的孩子。

We can wave goodbye to the sort of protection that people at work need and deserve.
我们就只能向工作的人所需要且应得的那种保护说拜拜了。

He has probably said goodbye to his last chance of Olympic gold...
他可能已经失去了夺取奥运会金牌的最后机会。

Ellen said to herself that Diana was prettier than Kate.
艾伦暗想戴安娜比凯特长得漂亮.

goodbye for now; I'll be in touch.
现在要告别了, 我会同你联系的.

He kissed me goodbye and got on the bus.
他与我吻别后上了公共汽车.

We bade him farewell [ goodbye ] .
我们向他 告别.

She waved goodbye very gaily.
她欢快地挥手告别.

I said goodbye and rushed away.
我说了声再见就跑了.

After this letter from the bank, we can kiss goodbye to our holiday in Australia.
收到银行的这封来信之后, 我们只能放弃去澳大利亚度假的希望了.

You can kiss goodbye to a holiday this year — we've no money!
今年你们别指望度假了——咱们没钱!

You can kiss your degree goodbye, if you don't work hard.
如果你不更加努力,你就别指望拿到学位了.

She said goodbye and scurried back to work.
她说声再见，然后扭头跑回去干活了。

Amy lifted her arm to wave. "goodbye," she called.
埃米举起胳膊挥挥手。“再见，”她喊道。

He's trying to say hello in Italian and he says goodbye in Spanish, it creases me up every time.
他想用意大利语打招呼，结果却说成了西班牙语的“再见”，每次我都被逗得哈哈大笑。

I waved goodbye and went down the stone harbour steps.
我挥手告别，然后走下港口石阶。

We kissed goodbye.
我们吻别了。

"This is goodbye, isn't it?" she said quietly.
“这就算是告别了，是吗？”她轻轻地说。

He has probably said goodbye to his last chance of Olympic gold.
他可能已经失去了夺取奥运会金牌的最后机会。

I packed and said goodbye to Charlie.
我收拾好行李然后和查利道别。

Uranium is used to fuel nuclear plants.
铀用作核电厂的燃料。

solid fuel (= wood, coal, etc.)
固体燃料

nuclear fuels
核燃料

a car with high fuel consumption
耗油量大的汽车

The new information adds fuel to the debate over safety procedures.
新信息对于有关安全程序的辩论是火上浇油。

The revelations gave new fuel to angry opponents of the proposed law.
新披露的情况使反对该法律提案的人更为激愤。

...industrial research into cleaner fuels.
对更清洁燃料的工业研究

The result will inevitably fuel speculation about the Prime Minister's future...
这一结果将不可避免地加剧人们对首相未来的揣测。

The economic boom was fueled by easy credit.
宽松的信贷政策刺激了经济繁荣。

His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate...
他的话必将为争论推波助澜。

The decision to raise tariffs on imports will only add fuel to the fire.
上调进口关税的决定只会火上浇油。

They ran out of fuel.
他们的燃料用完了。

A new method of fuel injection was developed during the war.
一种新的注油方法在战争期间发展起来.

There is a severe shortage of fuel.
燃料严重短缺.

We must economize on fuel.
我们必须节约燃料.

I haven't noticed any significant reduction in the performance of my car since switching to unleaded fuel.
用无铅汽油后,我发现汽车性能并没有明显降低.

The fuel gauges dropped swiftly.
燃料表指针迅速下降.

The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.
汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了.

Heavy storms worsened the fuel shortage.
狂风暴雨使燃料短缺情况更加严重.

They still cut turf here for fuel.
在这里他们仍然割草皮作燃料.

This method has the advantage of saving a lot of fuel.
此方法有节省大量燃料的优点.

to have a dry/persistent/hacking cough
干咳；顽固的咳嗽；频咳

My cold's better, but I can't seem to shake off this cough.
我感冒好些了，但这咳嗽好像老也不好。

Graham began to cough violently...
格雷厄姆开始剧烈咳嗽。

He coughed. 'Excuse me, Mrs Allsworthy, could I have a word?'
他咳了一声说道，“奥尔斯沃西夫人，打断您一下，我能说句话吗？”

...if you have a persistent cough for over a month.
如果你持续咳嗽一个月以上

I started coughing blood so they transferred me to a hospital.
我开始咯血，于是他们把我转到了医院。

Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died.
接着，发动机突然咔咔地响了几声，然后就熄火了。

The cough seemed to rack his body.
他咳得全身震动.

He made up a bottle of cough medicine.
他配制了一瓶咳嗽药.

The medicine may loosen your cough.
这种药能减轻你的咳嗽.

The child has a bad cough and it rather worries her.
她的孩子咳得很厉害,这使得她很着急.

Whooping cough is very prevalent just now.
百日咳正在广泛流行.

Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it.
这药非但不镇咳,反而使我咳嗽得更厉害.

My fever has gone, but I have a cough.
我退烧了, 但开始咳嗽.

His illness started with a slight cough.
他的病是从轻微咳嗽开始的.

He had a chronic cough.
他患了慢性咳嗽.

The damp weather touched up his cough.
潮湿的天气加剧了他的咳嗽.

The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.
男管家轻轻咳了一下,示意他已到场.

The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.
他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了.

It was a shock to discover (that) he couldn't read.
得知他不识字真令人震惊。

I've just discovered hang-gliding!
我刚知道有悬挂式滑翔运动！

She was discovered dead at her home in Leeds.
人们发现她死在利兹她的家里。

He was discovered hiding in a shed.
人们发现他原来藏在棚屋里。

We discovered this beach while we were sailing around the island.
我们在围绕这个海岛航行时发现了这个海滩。

Cook is credited with discovering Hawaii.
人们把发现夏威夷的功劳归于库克。

Scientists around the world are working to discover a cure for AIDS.
全世界的科学家都在努力寻找治疗艾滋病的方法。

Police discovered a large stash of drugs while searching the house.
警方搜查这栋房子时发现里面藏有一大批毒品。

She discovered that they'd escaped...
她发现他们已经逃跑了。

I discovered I was pregnant...
我发现自己怀孕了。

A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.
几天后，他的尸体在城外的路边被发现，身上有被严重殴打过的痕迹。

...the first European to discover America...
第一个发现美洲大陆的欧洲人

In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California...
19 世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。

I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger...
我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。

discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.
体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。

The Beatles were discovered in the early 1960's.
甲壳虫乐队于20世纪60年代初为世人所知。

But as lawyers here discover, there are limits to China's embrace of judicial reform.
但就像律师了解到的, 中国对司法改革仍然有限制.

But when you lift your head and discover the rain drops.
但是当你抬头一看,你会发现许多小雨滴.

I'll need several weeks to discover the lie of the land before I can make any decisions about the future of the business.
我需要几周的时间了解情况后,才能对公司的未来作出决定.

communication systems/links/technology
通信系统 / 线路 / 技术

The new airport will improve communications between the islands.
新机场将改善岛屿间的交通联系。

Snow has prevented communication with the outside world for three days.
大雪使得与外界的通信联系中断了三天。

a communication from the leader of the party
来自政党领袖的信息

...a communications satellite.
通讯卫星

...communications equipment.
通讯设备

The ambassador has brought with him a communication from the President.
大使带来了总统的口信。

The railway communication is broken.
铁路交通断绝了.

Barriers between nations are reared by slow and infrequent communication.
国与国之间的隔阂是由沟通缓慢而又太少形成的.

Spitting in the street leads to the communication of disease.
随地吐痰招致疾病的传播.

The communication was disrupted by the storm.
暴风雨使交通中断.

Language is an instrument for communication.
语言是交际的工具.

This communication is confidential.
这消息是机密的.

All communication with the east has been stopped by the earthquake.
与东部的一切交通均因地震而断绝.

Animals use a whole rang of acoustic , visual, and chemical signals in their systems of communication.
动物利用各种各样的听觉 、 视觉和化学信号来进行交流.

Telegraph communication was broken off.
电讯中断了.

A communication will be opened between the two places.
两地间的交通即将开通.

Rivers are generally highways that speed trade and communication.
河流通常是促进贸易和运输的通道.

They underwent courses in radio communication, demolition, and sabotage.
他们接受了无线电通信 、 拆毁和破坏的课程.

a classic example of poor communication
缺乏有效沟通的典型实例

Speech is the fastest method of communication between people.
说话是人与人之间交流最快捷的方法。

Television is an effective means of communication.
电视是一种有效的通信手段。

a mode of communication
交流方式

It was dark and a giant moon lit the road so brightly you could see the landscape clearly...
天黑了，一轮巨大的月亮把道路照得通明，周围的景物可以看得一清二楚。

The room was lit by only the one light...
房间里仅靠这一盏灯照明。

It was still light when we arrived at Lalong Creek...
我们到达拉隆溪时天还没黑。

He would often rise as soon as it was light and go into the garden.
他经常天一亮就起床去花园。

It is a light room with tall windows...
这间房有高大的窗子，光线充足。

Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.
她的房子光线充足，空气流通，清新整洁。

Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette...
斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。

If the charcoal does fail to light, use a special liquid spray and light it with a long taper.
要是木炭确实着不了的话，使用一种特殊的液体喷剂，再用长木片将其点燃。

Have you got a light anybody?
你们谁有火吗？

He has worked hard in recent months to portray New York in a better light.
最近几个月里他努力从更积极的角度来描绘纽约。

...the harsh light of reality.
现实严酷的一面

They can get on with running the school system according to their own lights and in their own interests.
他们可以继续按照自己的想法，依据自己的利益来管理学校系统。

I remembered the curious expectant light in his eyes.
我记得他眼里那好奇而期待的目光。

Nothing about this sum has come to light...
关于这笔钱人们一无所知。

The truth is unlikely to be brought to light by the promised enquiry.
承诺要进行的调查不太可能揭露真相。

At last the light dawned. He was going to marry Phylis!
终于明白过来了——他要和菲莉丝结婚了！

Three hours before first light Fuentes gave orders for the evacuation of the camp.
黎明前3个小时富恩特斯下达了撤离营地的命令。

The food industry was given a green light to extend the use of these chemicals...
食品业获准继续使用这些化学品。

Other countries are eagerly awaiting an American green light to lift the sanctions altogether.
其他国家正在急切等待美国同意完全撤销制裁。

In the light of this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues.
根据这一信息，现在有可能弄清楚几个关键问题了。

'Why didn't somebody come and tell me?' — 'Because you were out like a light.'
“为什么没有人来告诉我？”——“因为你一下就睡过去了。”

Museum basements are stacked full of objects which never see the light of day.
博物馆的地下室里堆满了永远不会重见天日的物件。

This extraordinary document first saw the light of day in 1966.
这份非同寻常的文件第一次公开是在1966年。

I saw the light and ditched him.
我终于醒悟，甩掉了他。

They had poured fuel through the door of the flat and had then set light to it.
他们隔着公寓门往里边倒汽油，然后点着了火。

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.

As you probably know, I'm going to be changing jobs soon.
你或许知道，我不久就要换工作了。

The two cases are most probably connected.
这两桩案件极有可能互相关联。

The White House probably won't make this plan public until July...
白宫可能要等到7月份才会公开这个计划。

Van Gogh is probably the best-known painter in the world.
凡·高可能是世界上最知名的画家。

He probably thinks you're both crazy!
他可能认为你们两个人都疯了！

She probably dropped the parcel unawares.
她很可能无意中丢失了那包裹.

We're going on holiday soon, probably next month.
我们很快要去度假了, 可能是下个月.

The plane would probably disintegrate at that high speed.
飞机以那么高速飞行也许会四分五裂.

The government will probably fall at the coming election.
在即将到来的大选中,该政府很可能要垮台.

They probably meant well.
他们或许用心是好的.

This photograph won't probably enlarge well.
这张照片放大出来很可能效果不好.

Another five or six yuan will probably be enough.
再有那么五六元钱就够了.

My son's income can probably be placed as ￡5000 a year.
我儿子的年收入估计达5000英镑.

I shall probably oversleep as I am not used to getting up so early.
我很可能会睡过头,因为我不习惯这么早起.

The next match will probably offer them the consolation of winning.
下一场比赛可能给他们带来获胜的安慰.

That would probably cost you about fifty bucks.
那大概要花掉你50美元左右。

Swimming is probably the best form of exercise you can get.
游泳或许是现有的最佳锻炼方式。

Some people moved in silky, liquid movements, others were jerky, probably drunk.
一些人动作平稳流畅，其他人则跌跌撞撞，大概是喝醉了。

You were probably brought up to think like that.
你可能从小就被教育那样考虑问题。

If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a short list of no more than six.
如果通知你去面试，你就很可能上了不超过6人的候选名单。

There are probably fewer hard facts about the life of Henry Purcell than that of any other great composer since the Renaissance.
有关亨利·普赛尔生平的可靠资料可能比任何其他文艺复兴以来的伟大作曲家都要少。

The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better.
医生接好了肋骨，给他服用了大剂量的药，并说他可能会有所好转。

a head injury
头部受伤

Two players are out of the team because of injury .
两名队员因伤退出了比赛。

There were no injuries in the crash (= no people injured) .
撞车事故中无人受伤。

(British English,informal)Don't do that. You'll do yourself an injury (= hurt yourself) .
别那样做。你会把自己弄伤的。

Damages may be awarded for emotional injury.
可能会判处精神伤害赔偿。

Four police officers sustained serious injuries in the explosion...
4名警官在爆炸中受重伤。

The two other passengers escaped serious injury.
另外两名乘客逃过一劫，未受重伤。

She was awarded £3,500 for injury to her feelings.
她判得 3,500 英镑精神损失赔偿。

Excessive dosage of this drug can result in injury to the liver.
这种药使用过量会损害肝脏.

A sign quoting Mao marks one of four cave complexes where he and other leaders lived.
一块引用毛的语录的标语牌指明了四个窑洞群之一是他和其它领导人生活的地方.

She picked up an injury during the quarterfinal.
她在四分之一决赛中受了伤.

Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury ( = to make things worse ), the floodlights went out during the second half.
只有区区300人来看比赛,更糟糕的是, 下半场连泛光灯都不亮了.

He sustained an injury to his spine when he fell off his horse.
他从马上摔下来,伤了脊梁骨.

Because of his injury Tom was just a liability to the team.
汤姆的伤使他成为全队的累赘.

He sustained a foot injury.
他足部受了伤.

The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.
队员受伤的厄运降临到皇家马德里队的头上.

After the injury the bones did not articulate as well as before.
受伤后骨的关节不如从前连接的好.

He expects to have recovered from his calf injury in time.
他期望小腿后部的伤能够及时复元.

I take it as a personal injury.
我认为这是对个人的侮辱.

He made light of his injury.
他不在乎自己受的伤.

Combat sports such as karate and judo carry with them the risk of injury.
像空手道和柔道之类的搏击运动有受伤的危险.

It's no joke catching a chill when you are recovering from an injury.
你正在养伤,受了寒可不是玩儿的!

The team has been weakened by injury.
这个队因伤实力减弱。

The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
受害者受了重伤，大量失血。

Large areas of countryside have been swallowed up by towns.
大片大片的乡村地区被城镇吞噬。

Most of my salary gets swallowed (up) by the rent and bills.
我的工资大多支付房租和各种日常费用了。

I found her excuse very hard to swallow .
我觉得她的理由很难让人相信。

He told her a pack of lies, but she swallowed it whole .
他对她讲了一堆假话，可她全都信以为真。

to swallow your doubts
不流露怀疑

You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.
你得放下架子，去求人家给你恢复原职。

I was surprised that he just sat there and swallowed all their remarks.
让我吃惊的是他就坐在那儿默默地任凭他们评论。

You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B...
你要服一粒维生素 B 胶囊。

Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed and swallowed.
波利咬了一口苹果，嚼了嚼咽了下去。

Nancy swallowed hard and shook her head.
南希用力咽了口口水，摇了摇头。

It was vital that he swallowed the story about Juanita being in that motel room that night.
关键是他对朱厄妮塔那晚住在那个汽车旅馆房间里一事毫不怀疑。

I too found this story a little hard to swallow.
我也觉得这件事有点难以置信。

Gordon has swallowed the anger he felt...
戈登忍住了内心的愤怒。

He flashed me a quick grin but rapidly swallowed it when he saw my expression.
他先是冲我咧嘴一笑，不过看到我的表情后又赶紧收起笑脸。

Why would somebody swallow a battery?
为什么会有人吞电池?

Nini Semiothisa clothing colors with green, he is a red Little Dragon Flying swallow.
妮妮的服装颜色用国槐绿, 他的肚兜是一只红色的小燕子.

She is naive and will swallow anything you tell her.
她很天真,你跟她讲什麽她都相信.

I don't want any ifs and buts — swallow your medicine at once.
我不要听你的理由,快把药吞下去.

China needs to assimilate a good deal of foreign progressive culture, but she must not swallow anything and everything uncritically.
中国需要大量吸收外国的进步文化, 但决不能无批判地兼收并蓄.

The swallow shaved the top of a tree.
燕子擦着树梢飞过.

freedom of speech/thought/expression/worship
言论 / 思想 / 表达 / 信仰自由

a threat to press/academic, etc. freedom
对新闻、学术等自由的威胁

rights and freedoms guaranteed by the constitution
宪法保障的权利和自由

freedom of action/choice
行动 / 选择自由

...freedom of speech...
言论自由

They want greater political freedom...
他们想要更多的政治自由。

...the agreement worked out by the UN, under which all hostages and detainees would gain their freedom.
联合国拟定的恢复所有人质和被拘禁者人身自由的协议

...all the freedom from pain that medicine could provide.
医药可以提供的对痛苦的解脱

...freedom from government control.
不受政府控制

He was given the freedom of the City of Dublin by the Lord Mayor.
市长阁下亲自向他颁发了都柏林市荣誉市民称号。

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

At last they won their freedom.
他们终于赢得了自由.

By persistence many countries won freedom.
通过坚持不懈的努力,许多国家赢得了自由.

They asked for academic freedom.
他们要求学术自由.

Abraham Lincoln called on his people to fight for freedom for all — Negroes and Whites.
亚伯拉罕·林肯号召他的人民为所有的人——黑人和白人的自由而战斗.

The assertion of the right to freedom is very important to all peoples.
维护自由权利对各民族来说都是至关重要的.

The patriots unfurled the banner of freedom.
爱国志士们打出了自由的旗帜.

They beat the drum for freedom.
他们鼓吹自由.

In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom.
1862年美国黑奴赢得了争取自由的斗争.

They have an air of freedom, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitious or love of comfort.
他们有一种自由自在的风度, 他们不沉溺于可鄙的追名逐利和对舒适生活的迷恋.

I'm a lover of the outdoors...
我喜爱户外运动。

Life in the great outdoors isn't supposed to be luxurious.
美好的户外活动不必很奢侈。

Samuel is avid outdoors fan, enjoys playing golf, tennis, swimming, and snorkeling in his free time.
他还是位户外运动爱好者, 喜欢打高尔夫, 打网球, 游泳和潜水.

Somebody once Jiang comes to nothing this kind accidentally end encounters at outdoors advertisement temporarily control.
有人曾经将这种意外落空归结于户外广告遭遇的临时管制.

There is intolerable noise outdoors.
门外是难以忍受的嘈杂声.

She's outdoors gardening every afternoon.
她每天下午都在户外搞园艺.

Is it cold outdoors?
外头冷 吗 ?

Mind your step, it is slippery outdoors.
当心脚下, 外面路滑.

They were sitting outdoors.
他们户外坐着.

outdoors activity, it is too important to had protected double base.
在野外活动, 保护好双脚太重要了.

This position is convenient to use outdoors.
这一招在户外用不错.

Dave has been involved in the outdoors all his life.
戴夫一生都与户外相关.

In hot countries it's possible to sleep outdoors.
在炎热的国家里可以睡在露天.

You'll fight battles in the great outdoors in this upcoming sequel to Medieval: Total War.
你会在中世纪: 全面战争的续作中,在漂亮的室外场景里展开作战.

It's as cool as a cucumber outdoors.
室外非常凉爽.

It was winter outdoors, but spring indoors.
院子里是冬天, 屋子里是春天.

Suppose you want to shoot a portrait outdoors in the daytime.
假设你想要在白天拍摄一张户外人像的照片.

The beautiful colours is one reason why people trek outdoors, even in the receding summer temperatures.
美丽的自然颜色是人们到室外游玩的原因之一, 甚至在夏季气候也是如此.

It's great to work outdoors during brisk fall days.
清爽的秋日里在户外工作是很愉快的.

He interested me in outdoors sports.
他使我对户外运动发生兴趣.

The boy would prefer playing outdoors to watching TV at home.
那个男孩宁愿在外面玩也不愿在家看电视.

That hunter has a ruddy face because he is outdoors so much.
那个猎人脸色红润,因为他长期待在户外.

She acted in the belief that she was doing good.
她这么做是因为她认定自己是在做好事。

Contrary to popular belief (= in spite of what people may think) , he was not responsible for the tragedy.
与大家的看法相反，他对这出悲剧没有责任。

There is a general belief that things will soon get better.
大家普遍认为情况很快就会好转。

Her son's skin improved beyond belief.
她儿子的皮肤得到了难以置信的改善。

Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life.
和人们一般的看法相反，没有证据表明面相对人生有多大影响。

Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.
平民百姓闯进了大楼，显然他们误以为里面有食物。

...a belief in personal liberty.
对个人自由的信仰

He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
出于宗教信仰，他拒绝在礼拜天进行比赛。

It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
我们坚信，改善医疗保健会使经济更加繁荣昌盛。

We are devastated, shocked beyond belief...
我们极为震惊，无法相信所发生的一切。

One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god.
全世界有10亿穆斯林，共同的一神信仰将他们团结在一起。

Don't speak badly about someone who is not here.
不要说不在这里的人的坏话.

The affair awoke them from the false belief.
这件事使他们从迷信中清醒过来.

Her belief that taxes should be higher was heresy.
她认为应该增加税收,这是异端邪说.

Their society was built around a belief in God.
他们的社会建立在信仰上帝的基础上.

The huts they lived in were sordid and filthy beyond belief.
他们住的小房真是异乎寻常地脏.

There is nothing more natural than a child's belief in his parents.
没有任何事情比孩子对他父母的信赖更为自然.

An unshakable belief sustained me.
一种不可动摇的信念支持着我.

She's waiting patiently in the fond belief he'll come back to her.
她在耐心等待,痴情地相信他会回到她身边.

This politician tried to cheat the people into the belief that he would work for public welfare.
这个政客想哄骗人们相信他是会为大众谋福利的.

The belief that one should work hard is ingrained in our culture.
人人都应该努力工作这个信念在我们的文化中根深蒂固.

They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.
他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人.

How soon can you get here?
你什么时候能赶到这儿？

We'll deliver the goods as soon as we can.
我们将尽快交货。

Please send it as soon as possible .
请尽快把它寄出去。

Next Monday is the soonest we can deliver.
我们交货最早要到下星期一。

They arrived home sooner than expected.
他们很快就到家了，比预料的要早。

The sooner we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
我们走得越早就到得越早。

The note said, ‘Call Bill soonest ’ (= as soon as possible) .
纸条上写着：“尽快给比尔打电话”。

All too soon the party was over.
转眼之间，聚会就结束了。

No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears.
她刚一说完，泪水便夺眶而出。

‘When shall I tell him? ’ ‘The sooner the better. ’
“我什么时候告诉他呢？”“越快越好。”

sooner or later you will have to make a decision.
你早晚得拿个主意。

We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.
我们敦促他们及早解决那个问题。

She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.
她宁可和其他学生合住，也不愿跟父母住在家里。

You'll be hearing from us very soon...
你很快就会收到我们的来信。

This chance has come sooner than I expected...
这个机会来得比我预想的要快。

As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go...
一旦关系有所改善，他们就可以获准离开。

You'll never guess what happened as soon as I left my room.
你怎么也猜不出我一离开房间就发生了什么事。

These people could afford to retire to Florida but they'd just as soon stay put...
这些人有足够的钱可以去佛罗里达安度退休生活，可是他们却宁愿留在原来的地方。

I'd just as soon not have to make this public...
我宁愿不必将此事公之于众。

He looked up into the mirror as he changed through his gears.
他一边换挡，一边抬眼看后视镜。

'There's your change.' — 'Thanks very much.'...
“您的找头。”——“多谢。”

They told the shopkeeper to keep the change.
他们告诉店主不用找钱了。

Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change...
窃贼洗劫了办公室，拿走了一口袋散币。

The man in the store won't give him change for the phone unless he buys something.
店里的人不肯给他换硬币打电话，除非他买点什么。

If you want to change your doctor there are two ways of doing it.
你要是想换个医生，办法有两个。

Ben had merely changed his shirt...
本仅仅换了件衬衫。

They had allowed her to shower and change...
他们准许她冲个澡，换套衣裳。

He stuffed a bag with a few changes of clothing.
他往包里塞了几套换洗衣服。

After changing the bed, I would fall asleep quickly...
换了床单，我很快就能睡着。

I changed the sheets on your bed today.
我今天把你的床单换了。

She criticizes me for the way I feed or change him...
她批评我不会给他喂奶、不会换尿布。

He needs his nappy changed.
他的尿布该换了。

At Glasgow I changed trains for Greenock...
我在格拉斯哥改乘去格里诺克的火车。

We were turned off the train at Hanover, where we had to change.
我们在汉诺威站被赶下火车，只好在那儿转车。

The driver tried to change gear, then swerved...
司机试图换挡，接着突然转向。

The ambassador appealed for a change in US policy...
大使呼吁美国在政策上作出改变。

What is needed is a change of attitude on the part of architects...
现在需要的是建筑师态度的转变。

It is a complex system, but it certainly makes a change...
这是个复杂的体系，不过确实有所改变。

Do you feel like you could do with a change?
你想不想改变一下？

His doctor increased the dosage but did not change to a different medication...
他的医生加大了剂量，不过没有换药。

He changed from voting against to abstaining.
他原打算投反对票，后来改为弃权了。

We are trying to detect and understand how the climates change...
我们正努力探寻并理解气候是如何变化的。

In the union office, the mood gradually changed from resignation to rage...
在工会办公室，情绪慢慢从顺从转变成愤怒。

I paid £80 to have my car radio fixed and I bet all they did was change a fuse...
我花80英镑让人把我车上的收音机修了修，可我敢肯定，他们只是换了根保险丝。

This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
这样的数据不再保留在计算机的主存储器中。

(figurative)She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
她记忆力好，很容易记住事情。

a retaining fee
给所委托律师的预付辩护费

to retain the services of a lawyer
聘定律师

The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...
这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。

He retains a deep respect for the profession...
他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。

He decided to retain him for the trial.
他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

Thus owners can end up suffering dilution just to retain those who turn up every week.
因此到最后,所有者为了挽留那些每周才露一次面的人,只好忍受稀释之痛.

Some of are enthusiastic at some time and other retain for a day or a week.
一些人时不时有点热情,少数人能够维持一天至一周的热情.

It will retain the overall configuration of previous models.
它将保留之前那些模型的整体结构.

This jug must have a crack somewhere because it doesn't retain water.
这个大杯子漏水,一定是哪里有裂缝.

To retain freshness after initially opening the bottle, keep refrigerated and preferably use within 100 days.
首次开封后为保证鲜度, 请放于冰箱冷藏,100天内服用完.

Personally, though I am not always, I retain the right to be miserable.
如果你看见我高兴, 那么我一定是因为你而在高兴.

I will retain my right.
我将保留我的权力.

U.S. Federal Reserve will retain several of the largest banking holding company supervision.
美联储将保留对数家最大型银行业控股公司的监管权.

If you want to retain youthful vigor, you have to take regular exercise.
如果你想保持青春活力, 你就得经常锻炼.

Yet it is a great comfort to us that we still retain friendship and mutual understanding.
幸友谊犹存,两心相通.

In the United States most married women do not retain their maiden name.
在美国大部分结过婚的女人不会保留她们的娘家姓.

Put on a helmet, fire up your engine and head out on the open road.
戴上头盔，发动引擎，开上乡村干道。

The president knows his task is to fire up the delegates.
总统知道自己的任务就是唤起代表的热情。

Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds...
士兵发射橡皮子弹驱散人群时有7个人受了伤。

New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield...
发射高爆弹的新型大炮在战场上得到了使用。

Rocco does not have the same fire in his belly as his father.
罗科不像他父亲那样充满激情。

The only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire with fire.
他们打击犯罪的唯一方法就是以牙还牙。

The play only really catches fire once Aschenbach falls in love.
这部剧直到阿申巴赫堕入情网后才真正开始精彩起来。

The aircraft caught fire soon after take-off.
飞机起飞后不久就着火了。

My home catches fire and everything is destroyed...
我家失了火，所有的东西都烧毁了。

His punishing schedule seemed to dim his fire at times.
繁忙的日程似乎有时让他精力不济。

After the pot is dipped in this mixture, it is fired...
陶罐在这一混合料中浸过之后就拿去烧制。

I have watched the potters mold, fire and paint their bowls, plates and vases with sacred designs.
我见过制陶工人捏塑、烧制碗碟花瓶，并在上面涂绘各种宗教图案。

The engine fired and we moved off.
点着引擎后我们就开走了。

The engines were fired with coal and needed water to keep the steam up.
这些发动机烧煤，并且需要加水以不断产生蒸汽。

...the potential to fire the imagination of an entire generation...
能够激发整整一代人想象力的潜能

It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion...
是艾伦为这场较量注入了激情。

I went to hear him speak and was very impressed. He seemed so full of fire...
我去听了他的讲话，结果留下了非常深刻的印象。他看上去充满了激情。

They saw a big flash and a huge ball of fire reaching hundreds of feet into the sky...
他们看见一道强光和一个巨大的火球冲向数百英尺的高空。

Many students were trapped by smoke and fire on an upper floor.
许多学生被浓烟和大火困在了较高的一层上。

87 people died in a fire at the Happy Land Social Club...
87 人在乐土社交俱乐部的火灾中丧生。

A forest fire is sweeping across portions of north Maine this evening...
今晚一场森林大火正席卷缅因州北部的部分地区。

There was a fire in the grate...
壁炉内燃着火。

After the killing, he calmly lit a fire to destroy evidence.
杀人后，他镇定地点起火销毁罪证。

The gas fire was still alight...
燃气取暖器还在烧着。

She switched on one bar of the electric fire.
她打开了一片电暖器。

It takes about five hours by road (= driving) .
开车大约要花五个小时。

It would be better to transport the goods by rail rather than by road .
用铁路运送这批货物会比用公路好。

Take the first road on the left and then follow the signs.
走左边的第一条路，然后循着路标走。

We parked on a side road .
我们把车停放在叉道上。

road accidents/safety/users
公路交通事故 / 安全；道路使用者

35 York road
约克路35号

to be on the road to recovery
正在恢复之中

We have discussed privatization, but we would prefer not to go down that particular road .
我们已经讨论了私有化问题，但不想采用这种方法。

There are certain to be more job losses further down the road.
往后肯定会有更多人失业。

The band has been on the road for six months.
那支乐队巡回演出已有六个月了。

It will cost about £500 to get the car back on the road.
要花大约500英镑才能让车子重新上路。

Life on the road can be very hard.
流浪生活会非常艰辛。

There was very little traffic on the roads...
这些公路上车辆稀少。

We just go straight up the Bristol road...
我们就沿着布里斯托尔大道直走。

We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery.
在经济复苏的过程中，我们一定会经历一些曲折起伏。

I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again.
回到车里重新上路后，我松了一口气。

He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road.
他希望能有一辆新的卡车，重新上路。

The government took another step on the road to political reform.
政府在实现政治改革的路上又迈进了一步。

...the stunning fashion pictures which launched unknown teenager Jane March on the road to stardom.
让名不见经传的少女简·马奇走向成名之路的惊艳的时装照片

A wagon trundled up the road.
运货车沿着路艰难地向上移动.

disaster struck when the wheel came off.
车轮脱落，灾难就来了。

financial disaster
严重的财政危机

Letting her organize the party is a recipe for disaster (= something that is likely to go badly wrong) .
让她来组织这次聚会非坏事不可。

As a teacher, he's a disaster.
他当老师压根儿就不称职。

The play's first night was a total disaster.
这出戏头一晚就彻底演砸了。

The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster...
政府把自己推向了财政危机的边缘。

'The potential for disaster is enormous,' he says.
“这将会祸患无穷，”他说道。

It would be a disaster for them not to reach the semi-finals...
如果不能挺进半决赛，对他们来说就是完败。

The whole production was just a disaster!
整个产品简直就是一个败笔！

Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
很多人被灾难夺去了一切，变得一无所有。

It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months...
这已经是该地区不到两个月内的第二次空难了。

The crow croaked disaster.
乌鸦呱呱叫预报灾难.

What a terrible disaster!
真是了不得的大祸啊!

They ascribed their disaster to an unkind fate.
他们把他们的灾难归于命不好.

She could now no longer contain herself, and was convinced that some disaster was impending.
她此时按捺不住自己, 料想一定是凶多吉少.

Preparedness ensures security ; unpreparedness invites disaster .
有备才能无患,无备必定 吃亏.

This development could spell disaster for the steel industry.
这一发展有可能给钢铁工业带来灾难.

The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.
这一灾难被视为上天的惩罚.

The smallest deflection of the missile could bring disaster.
导弹有极微小的偏斜也可能酿出大祸.

Landing in bad weather is a tricky task for any pilot, even the smallest error can lead to disaster.
在恶劣天气的条件下着陆对于任何飞行员都是一项危险的工作, 甚至极小的差错都可能酿成一场灾难.

A disaster was narrowly averted.
及时防止了一场灾难。

an air disaster
空难

The government's policy is an open door to disaster.
政府的政策为灾难敞开了大门。

The evening was an unmitigated disaster.
这一晚完全是一场灾难。

He said anyone giving orders without respecting the wishes of his people is heading for disaster.
他说任何不尊重人民意愿而发号施令的人都注定会走向灭亡。

The risk factors, he added, " are correctable and need to be corrected before treatment or concurrently. "
他补充: “ 危险因子是确切的,应该在治疗前或者同时被处理. ”

This can become a driving force for social advance.
这能成为促使社会前进的动力.

He was cautioned for drunken driving.
他因酒后开车受到警告.

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.

The boy was driving the sheep down the hill.
这个男孩正把羊赶下山.

Father will not chance driving on the icy roads.
父亲不愿意冒险在结冰的道路上开车.

The driver reduced the driving speed.
司机减低了车速.

driving fast procured the accident.
开飞车导致了这场事故.

Careless driving cost him his life.
漫不经心的开车使他丧失生命.

Peter has been brought before the court on a charge of drunken driving.
彼得被控告酒后开车,被带上法庭受审.

John walked through his driving test.
约翰顺利地通过了驾驶测验.

Although Bill has been in trouble with the police, he earns an honest penny these days by driving a van.
尽管比尔被警察监禁过, 但他现在驾驶运货车,用正当的手段挣钱.

He has been driving a truck for years and never had an accident.
他开了好几年卡车,从没有出过岔子.

He proved to me that he was very proficient in driving a car.
他向我证明他开车技术非常熟练.

driving on the left is strange at first but you get used to it.
沿着路的左侧驾车刚开始时有些别扭,可是习惯就好了.

I was driving along quite happily when a policeman waved me down.
我正在愉快地驱车前行,这时一名警察挥手示意我停下来.

Apart from a parking fine ten years before, she had an unblemished driving record.
除了10年前因违规停车被罚过一次款外, 她的驾驶记录无可挑剔.

Carelessness in driving often results in disastrous accidents.
开车时粗心大意常造成严重事故.

You should never take chances when driving a car.
开车时绝对不应冒险.

Buck up ! Lots of people fail their driving test first time.
别 灰心,许多人首次参加驾驶考试都没通过.

You've passed your driving test? Congratulations!
你驾驶测验合格了? 恭喜!

He is now the proud possessor of a driving licence.
他现在有了驾驶执照，颇有些飘飘然。

He had signed on for a driving course.
他报了驾驶课。

It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home.
后来才知道保罗把驾照忘在家里了。

Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.
用途: 主要用来刮除铁锈和墙漆.

Foxes started coming in from the surrounding countryside.
狐狸开始从附近的乡下跑进来.

Profound silence prevailed on the open countryside.
四野茫茫,寂静无声.

She went to the countryside in 1958 and has worked there ever since.
她1958年到农村去,此后一直在那儿工作.

He's just come from the countryside.
他刚从乡下来.

The whole countryside glowed with autumn tints.
乡间处处呈现出灿烂的秋色.

They longed to escape from the rat race and move to the countryside.
他们渴望能够摆脱无情的竞争,搬到乡下去.

The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners.
警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯.

Houses straggled across the countryside.
房屋零乱地散布于乡间.

I've only just discovered the splendours of the English countryside.
我刚刚发现英国乡村的景色如此壮美.

These goods are the very thing the countryside needs.
这种货到农村正对路.

Canals checkerboard the countryside on both sides of the river.
河的两边遍布纵横交错的水渠.

He liked the wide open spaces of the Australian countryside.
他喜欢澳大利亚乡间广袤的开阔地.

Once lovely countryside is absorbed by urban sprawl.
这个曾经风光秀丽的乡村在城市的无规划扩展中消失了.

The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky.
这周围的乡村风多石头多。

Urban development has led to the ruination of vast areas of countryside.
城市发展导致大片的乡村遭到毁坏。

They will be in raptures over the French countryside.
他们会深深爱上法国的乡村。

Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside.
高速公路的实际覆盖面积还不到农村地区的0.1%。

Hawkins joined up with Mick in Malaga, and the two went touring around the countryside.
霍金斯在马拉加和米克会合，然后两个人到乡间游玩去了。

Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special.
湖四周的乡村总的来说没有什么特别的。

I miss the quietness of the countryside.
我非常怀念乡间的宁静。

Our journey had taken on a new aspect. The countryside was no longer familiar.
我们所到之地呈现出一派新景象。乡村变得不再熟悉。

There is a fine view of the countryside.
这里可以看到乡村的美景。

Since the Sixties, afforestation has changed the Welsh countryside.
60年代以来，植树造林已经改变了威尔士的乡村面貌。

I will not have you running around the countryside without my authority.
不经过我同意，我不会让你在乡下东奔西跑的。