Some elevated people favor the new policy.
一些高层人士支持该项新政策.

The case went in his favor.
他官司打赢了(这案件判决他胜诉).

The new teacher lost favor in the eyes of the parents.
那位新老师不受家长的欢迎.

There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.
他们别无选择,只有投票赞成.

A coach should not favor one player over another on the team.
教练不应偏爱队里的某个球员,而不喜欢另一个.

The judge was biased in favor of the local team.
裁判对本地的球队有偏袒.

The exchange rate is in our favor.
这兑换率对我们有利.

The majority voted in favor of the proposal.
多数人投票赞成这项提案.

Jane should get a good rise this year; she's in high favor with the management.
简的工资今年会增加许多, 她很受资方的赏识.

He brought her some flowers, hoping to curry favor with her.
他给她带来了一些花, 想讨好她.

Will you do me a favor?
帮我个忙好 吗 ?

Price control would gradually disappear in favor of a free market.
价格控制逐渐被自由市场所代替.

The committee did not look upon the suggestion with favor.
委员会没有赞成这项建议.

This check is made out in favor of a food corporation.
这张支票的受款人为一家食品公司.

She is out of favor with her employer.
她失去了雇主的欢心.

Do me a favor by turning off that radio!
请帮我把收音机关掉!

The politicians are bidding for our favor by making wild promises that they can't keep.
政治家们为获取人们的支持而做出承诺.

Would you do me a favor?
你能帮我一下 吗 ?

It was a Christmas when shoppers passed by expensive silks in favor of more practical gifts.
这是一个购物者不理会昂贵的丝绸衣服而热衷于更实用礼物的圣诞节。

Good old Bergen would do him the favor.
好心肠的老伯根会帮他这个忙的。

He has to just ride this out and hope that it turns in his favor.
他必须经受住此次危机，并且希望结果会对他有利。

You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around.
应该是你帮了我，而不是我帮了你。

Safire writes hilariously of being banished from presidential favor.
萨菲尔笔锋幽默，描写了自己没能博取总统好感的事。

The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
纺车是中国人的发明。

More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
印刷机发明以后的 50 年间,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。

...the invention of the telephone.
电话的发明

In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。

The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。

...his great powers of invention.
他出色的创造才能

This safety invention will eject the pilot from a burning plane.
这个安全装置会把飞行员从燃烧着的飞机中弹出.

Your invention is clever, but not practical.
你的发明很巧, 但不实用.

It's a most useful invention.
这是一项极其有用的发明.

He is credited with the invention.
那发明该归功于他.

They demonstrated the new invention to us.
他们向我们演示了他们的新发明.

The invention of the compass was referred to China.
指南针是中国发明的.

This invention is ascribed to Edison.
这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的.

This new invention has an enormous sales potential.
这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力.

They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.
他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师.

That invention won him a medal.
那项发明为他赢得了一枚奖章.

The whole story is a pure invention.
这一切纯粹是捏造.

Tell us how you lit upon the idea for your invention.
请告诉我们,你是怎么想到你那个发明的.

Necessity is the mother of invention.
[谚]需要是发明之母.

Come along, someone must want to know my invention.
再努力想想看, 肯定会有人对我的发明感兴趣.

A new age dawned with the invention of the radio.
随着无线电的发明,一个新时代开始了.

The chimney was smoking fiercely.
烟囱里浓烟滚滚。

...a pile of smoking rubble.
一堆冒着烟的瓦砾

He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar...
他独自坐在那儿，抽着一只大雪茄。

It's not easy to quit smoking cigarettes...
戒烟并非易事。

...the grid where the fish were being smoked.
熏鱼用的格栅

...smoked bacon.
熏咸肉

More than 900 years of British history went up in smoke in the Great Fire of Windsor.
900 多年的英国历史在温莎城堡的一场大火中灰飞烟灭。

Their dreams went up in smoke after the collapse of their travel agency.
他们的旅行社倒闭之后，他们的梦想也随之破灭了。

Henry chain smoker, consuming at least five packs a day.
亨利烟瘾很重, 每天最少吸五包.

If he happened a smoker , you would easily pass the time amidst the cloud of smoke.
若是他也这么办, 便尽时间在烟子里爬过去.

The smoker coughs all day.
这个吸烟者整天咳嗽.

How long have you been a smoker?
你抽烟多久了?

Ade is a heavy smoker.
艾德是个烟瘾很大的人.

The doctor advised that heart patient, a heavy smoker, to kick the habit.
那个心脏病患者香烟抽得十分凶, 医生劝他戒掉这个嗜好.

It is very difficult for a smoker to do without tobacco.
对吸烟的人来说,戒烟是很困难的.

His wife dislikes him to be a smoker.
他妻子不喜欢他当烟民.

smoker family conflicts and more. Cigarettes led to a happy family is not an important factor.
吸烟者家庭矛盾多. 香烟是导致家庭不幸福的一个重要原因.

He is a moderate smoker.
他是一个有节制的烟民.

It is very uncomfortable to inhale the smoke of smoker.
飞机吸入抽烟者所吐出的烟是件很不舒服的事.

Use makeshift smoker on a beehive . Open beehive when they are now asleep.
使用在蜂箱上,当蜜蜂昏睡后打开蜂箱.

According to research, only one smoker in a hundred is able to kick the habit without some kind of help.
研究表明, 一百名吸烟者中只有一名能够不借助任何帮助成功戒烟.

He is no smoker, but his father is chain smoker.
他倒是不抽烟的, 可他爸爸却一支接一支不停地抽.

Metaplasia of laryngeal respiratory epithelium has occurred here in a smoker.
嗜烟者喉部呼吸道上皮化生.

It transpired that the fire was caused by a careless smoker.
据传这场大火是由一位粗心的吸烟者造成的.

Are you a smoker?
你抽烟 吗 ?

You know what little boys are like with naughty words.
你知道小男孩们说下流话是什么样子。

...saucy TV shows, crammed full of naughty innuendo.
充斥着淫猥暗示的下流电视节目

The naughty child was disciplined at school for talking back to the teacher.
这个顽皮的孩子因为和老师顶嘴,受到了纪律处分.

It is naughty of you to pull your baby sister's hair.
你拉你小妹妹的头发真是顽皮.

I'll smack your Bottom if you're naughty.
如果你淘气,我就要打你的屁股.

If you're naughty, mother will spank you.
你要是调皮, 妈妈会打你屁股的.

He is extraordinarily naughty, but will act like a good boy once his mother appears.
他特别淘气, 但是他妈一出现立时就听话了许多.

Selling the piglets The piglets were naughty . So farmers kept them in bamboo cages.
卖猪仔》可能是小猪崽不听话,要用小竹笼装起来卖.

If you are naughty, mother will spank you.
你如果淘气, 妈妈就会打你屁股的.

It's naughty of you.
你们太淘气了.

It's naughty to pull your sister's hair.
拽你姐妹的头发是不乖的.

The naughty boy left the classroom on the plea of a headache.
那淘气的男孩借口头疼,离开了教室.

You naughty boy, stop pulling the cat's tail.
你这个淘气鬼, 别拉猫的尾巴了.

You really deserve a good beating, you naughty boy.
你这个调皮孩子真该打.

You ought to be stricter with him. He's very naughty.
你对他应更严格, 他太淘了.

It is naughty of you to pull the cat's tail.
你真淘气,竟然拉猫尾巴.

It was naughty of you to pull the cat's tail.
你拉猫的尾巴太顽皮了.

The teacher kept the student in because he was naughty.
那个学生因为顽皮放学后被老师留在学校里.

We just sat there giggling like naughty schoolchildren.
我们只是坐在那儿像调皮的小学生一样的咯咯地傻笑.

The naughty children had run a mile when their teacher arrived.
老师来的时候,那些顽皮的孩子都溜掉了.

The naughty dog cowered in a corner.
那条不听话的狗退缩到角落里.

What a naughty child!
这孩子真皮!

His father bopped him on the buttocks for he was too naughty.
他父亲打他的屁股,因为他太淘气了.

(North Amercian English) Keep your room neat and clean .
保持房间整洁。

They were more concerned about the dogs' welfare than a clean getaway...
他们更加关心那些狗的安危，而非自己如何干净利落地脱身。

Paul had arrested countless men like this one before and was expecting a clean, quick job.
此前，保罗逮捕过无数个这样的家伙，他估计这次能手到擒来。

It would be better if you come clean about it and let her know what kind of man she is seeing.
你最好一五一十地告诉她，让她知道她正在交往的那个男人是个什么货色。

He called for a clean fight in the election and an end to 'negative campaigning'...
他呼吁选举中进行公平竞争，结束“负面竞选”。

It was a clean match, well refereed.
比赛没有舞弊行为，裁判很公正。

...the fresh, clean smell of the sea...
大海清新舒爽的气味

Soft tones of blue and grey create a clean, bright look.
蓝色和灰色的柔和色调营造出明快、亮丽的视觉感观。

Take a clean sheet of paper and down the left-hand side make a list.
拿张白纸，在左下方列个单子。

She wanted to make a clean break from her mother and father.
她想和父母一刀两断。

It burned clean through the seat of my overalls...
它把我工装裤屁股那块烧透了。

The thief got clean away with the money...
那个贼拿着钱逃之夭夭了。

He admires the clean lines of Shaker furniture...
他欣赏夏克家具流畅的线条。

The drill should be slowly rotated to ensure a clean hole.
钻头必须缓慢转动，以保证钻孔平整光滑。

It took half an hour to clean the orange powder off the bath...
花了半个钟头才把浴缸上的柑橘粉擦洗掉。

With them also lived Mary Burinda, who cooked and cleaned...
和他们同住的还有玛丽·伯琳达，她负责做饭和打扫卫生。

She got up early and cleaned the flat.
她早早就起了床，把公寓打扫干净。

They're trying to show clean, wholesome, decent movies...
他们尽量播放文明、健康、正派的电影。

Flirting is good clean fun...
打情骂俏无伤大雅，还别有一番趣味。

Accusations of tax evasion have tarnished his clean image...
避税的指控使他的清白形象蒙污。

You can hire these from most car hire firms, provided you have a clean driving licence.
只要你的驾照没有违规记录，就可以从多数租车公司租到这些车。

He wore his cleanest slacks, a clean shirt and a navy blazer...
他穿着他最干净的便裤，洁净的衬衫和藏青色上装。

Disease has not been a problem because clean water is available...
不必担心会生病，因为能喝上干净水。

Fans of electric cars say they are clean, quiet and economical.
电动汽车迷们说，电动车清洁、无噪音而且经济。

Her father cleaned his glasses with a paper napkin...
她父亲用纸巾把眼镜擦干净。

The favorite wife of Jacob.
雅各最喜爱的妻子.

Whether he will along after another woman, he would clearly see that their favorite is.
无论他以后会再相处再多的女人, 他都会清楚的知道,自己最爱的是谁.

Her favorite essence smells like gardenias.
她喜欢的香水闻起来象栀子花.

Finally the chairman led up to his favorite topic.
最后,主席终于转到自己最热衷的话题上去了.

The young girls swoon when they see their favorite pop singer.
年青的姑娘们看到她们最喜欢的流行歌星时一个个都心醉神迷.

Although favorite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.
虽然那位第一流的职业骑手最有希望赢得比赛的胜利, 但他的身体感到不舒服,结果未得名次.

Let's go to the football game and cheer for our favorite team.
咱们去看足球比赛,为我们最喜爱的球队呐喊助威.

The college library is a favorite haunt.
大学图书馆是人们喜欢的地方.

This is your favorite announcer signing off for tonight.
这是你最喜欢的播音员在结束今晚的广播.

Her favorite Beatitude is " Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth ".
她最喜欢的至福是 “ 保佑温顺的人,他们将继承土地 ”.

Pepper is one of my favorite spices.
胡椒是我所喜爱的一种调味品.

Beets are Hank's favorite vegetable.
甜菜根是汉克最爱吃的蔬菜.

Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons.
春秋是我喜欢的季节.

John was laid away in his favorite spot on the hill.
约翰被安葬在山上他最喜欢的地方.

I have picked this article from the book as my favorite.
这本书中我最喜欢的是这篇文章.

We had lunch the other day at our favorite restaurant.
前两天我们在最喜欢的餐馆吃了午饭。

I was delighted to be able to eat my favorite dishes to my heart's content.
我很高兴能够痛痛快快地吃我最喜爱的菜。

He was a favorite with his schoolmasters but not his schoolmates.
学校的老师们很喜欢他，但同学们对他并不待见。

The Democrat candidate is the favorite to win election.
民主党候选人最有希望赢得选举。

You can use this software to burn custom compilations of your favorite tunes.
你可以用这个软件来刻录你最喜欢的乐曲。

My favorite song is on the jukebox.
自动点唱机在放我最喜欢的歌。

Most hoarders have favorite hiding places.
多数喜好聚藏东西的人都有自己最喜欢的贮藏处。

I was in my favorite watering hole, waiting for the game to start.
我在我最喜欢的酒吧里，等着观看比赛。

Her favorite music was by Run DMC, a rap group.
她最喜爱的音乐是RunDMC说唱组合的音乐。

better half an egg than empty shell.
半只蛋也比空壳好.

What about your better half?
你那口子 呢 ?

So the next time your better half is grouchy, don't just sit there.
所以下次你的另一半发牢骚时, 别坐视不顾.

You have to let your better - half make some decisions to avoid her being a clinging vine.
(你必须要让你的[另一半]做些决定,以免她完全依赖你. )

If you do not treat your better - half well, she may give you a long face.
假如你不好好对待你的另一半, 她会给你不悦脸色.

It is very difficult to find one's better half, especially a suitable one.
选择对象是一件非常难的事情, 尤其是要找到合适的.

Whatever the reason, for many of us, personal balance sheets could look better half of U.
不管原因为何, 对于我们许多人来说, 个人资产负债表的状况本来可以更好一些.

I told him he must play hard because his better half is watching him.
我告诉过邓军,他必须好好打,因为他那口子现在正瞧着他.

Come in please, and take a seat.
请进.请坐.

You can take a seat now.
现在你找个座位坐下吧.

Come in and take a seat.
请进来坐.

Good morning, Mr. Zhou. take a seat, please. What can I do for you ?
早上好, 周先生. 请坐. 有什么事 吗 ?

take a seat please, make yourself at home.
请坐, 随便一点.

Please take a seat and have a cup of tea.
请坐.请喝水.

Maybe you could take a seat in the lobby, sir.
或许您可以在大堂休息一下, 先生.

I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat.
我鞠躬等候, 以为她会叫我坐下.

take a seat. We can go into details later.
请坐, 让我们好好仔细的谈谈.

I take a seat in the back of the classroom.
我坐在教室后排座位.

The self - cleaning air filter includes the box body, pulse self - cleaning system and in - situ control box, etc.
自洁式空气过滤器包括箱体, 脉冲自清系统,就地控制箱等.

Thanks to its self - cleaning funtion, the sea is able to maintain its ecological balance.
大海具有自净作用, 可以维持生态平衡.

The paint shows excellent weatherability, dirt resistance, anti - corrosion, chemicals resistance and self - cleaning properties.
该水性氟碳外墙涂料具有优异的耐候性 、 耐沾污性 、 耐腐蚀性 、 耐化学药品性和自洁性.

Nano - structured finishes may give a self cleaning effect on textiles, comparable to lotus leaves.
纳米结构整理可赋予纺织品自清洁功能,其效果可与荷叶自洁功能相媲美.

Breathing is an automatic function of the body.
呼吸是一种无意识的身体功能。

an automatic rifle (= one that continues to fire as long as the trigger is pressed)
自动步枪

automatic transmission (= in a car, etc.)
（汽车等内的）自动变速器

a fully automatic driverless train
全自动无人驾驶火车

automatic doors
自动门

Israel offers automatic citizenship to all Jews who want it.
以色列为所有希望获得公民身份的犹太人敞开大门。

Modern trains have automatic doors.
现代火车装有自动门。

He drew his automatic and began running in the direction of the sounds...
他拔出自动手枪，向声音传来的方向跑去。

The gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons.
歹徒用自动武器开火了。

All of the automatic body functions, even breathing, are affected.
身体所有的无意识功能，甚至呼吸，都受到影响。

Those drivers should face an automatic charge of manslaughter...
那些司机必然会受到过失杀人的指控。

Although automatic text translators are now reasonably effective, voice recognition has proved more challenging.
尽管自动文本语言翻译目前相当有效, 语音识别还是十分具有挑战性的.

The core of this system is its automatic charging and control.
自动计费功能和控制功能是系统的核心部分.

Here the output rate automatic control method is researched.
本课题对生产率的自动控制进行了研究.

JYZZ flocculant adding system is automatic mechanical equipment that can make polymer solution from PAM powder.
JYZZ系列絮凝剂投配装置是一种将PAM粉剂投配成溶液的自动机械装置.

automatic diagnosis, error warning and prompt functions.
具有自诊断, 故障报警,提示功能.

The movements of machines are completely automatic, you only need to start and stop the machines.
运行是完全自动的, 你只需开关机器就行了.

You will get an automatic increase in pay every year.
你每年一定有一次加薪.

A boy who has good manners stands up in an automatic movement when a lady enters the room.
一个有礼貌的孩子,在一个女士进入房间时,便会不假思索地站起来.

Taxpayers who do not send in their forms face an automatic fine.
没有递交表格的纳税人必然面临罚款.

We heard the rapid crackle of automatic gunfire.
我们听到自动枪炮发出快速的射击声.

I have an eating disorder and an addictive personality.
我饮食没有规律，而且性格上容易沉迷某事。

A mind blowing underwater puzzle gamePlunge with your mobile into a fun addictive puzzle experience!
本游戏是一个水下泡泡龙游戏,赶快来体验到这个吸引人的有趣设计吧.

The wings are addictive.
翅膀是让人上瘾的.

Being able to impress can be addictive.
更多的是,为了继续这种体验,游戏将对玩家产生粘性.

Heroin is a powerful addictive drug.
海洛因是一种瘾性很大的毒品.

I find jogging very addictive.
我觉得慢跑锻炼很使人着迷.

Alcohol and tobacco are not two of them highly addictive substances.
酒和烟都是很简易上瘾的物品.

Reliability: reliability is a very addictive breeding ground for mutual trust and improved interpersonal relations.
可靠性: 可靠性是培养相互信任和提升人际关系的基础.

For instance, one item might be: " Nicotine is an addictive drug. "
例如, 一个项目可能是: “ 烟草是一种上瘾的药物. ”

Internet Porn addictive Behavior is not easy to analyze.
网络色情成瘾行为是不易识别的.

Firstly, internet is very addictive and many school children are hooked on it.
第一, 网络容易上瘾,而且很多学生都沉迷于其中.

He is addictive to computer games all day.
他整天沉迷于电脑游戏中.

These addictive online games not only cost money but they also waste your precious time.
这些令人上瘾的线上游戏不仅让你消耗金钱也浪费您保贵的时间.

For instance , one item might be: " Nicotine an addictive drug . "
这也许是在吃早餐的时候,上午,或 饭后.

He said he realized he had an addictive personality and quit drinking cold turkey.
他说他意识到他曾沉迷于酒精中并且戒掉了这个不好的习惯.

But President Clinton declared nicotine an addictive drug last August.
然而,去年8月,克林顿总统宣布尼古丁为使人上瘾的麻醉药物.

They also acknowledge that the U.S. surgeon general has determined that smokeless tobacco use is addictive.
他们也承认美国普通外科认定无烟烟草的使用会让人上瘾.

People shouldn't do drugs. They're too addictive.
人们不应吸毒, 太容易上瘾了.

Tiles Collector is a very addictive and fun game of greed.
一个需要动脑子的智力游戏.

The problem with video game is that they're addictive.
电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾.

Fruit bats mining is a very addictive and fun classic game.
蝙蝠采果实是一非常上瘾而有趣的经典游戏.

It one of the most addictive drugs we know.
它是最容易上瘾的毒品之一.

A recent research shows smoking may be addictive but quitting is contagious.
研究发现吸烟会上瘾但是戒烟也会传染.

Latch right lavatory door into divider and verify LAV DOOR annunciator extinguishes.
关闭右侧厕所门,确认“CABINDOOR”指示灯熄灭.

Dose the room have a lavatory?
这房间有盥洗间 吗 ?

Latch left lavatory door into divider and verify LAV DOOR annunciator extinguishes.
关闭左侧厕所门,确认“CABINDOOR”指示灯熄灭.

Intelligent computer can still eat, last lavatory.
智能电脑还会吃饭, 上厕所.

There is a lavatory at the station.
列车员:车站上有公共厕所.

Does the room have a lavatory?
这房间有浴室 吗 ?

The lavatory windows are made of translucent glass.
厕所窗户是用半透明玻璃做的.

Please help me to the lavatory.
请持我到洗脸室.

The evaluation result of the public lavatory improvement project in Chongqing was coincident with the fact.
并应用该指标体系对重庆市主城区公共厕所改造工程进行评价,评价结果与实际相符.

The criminal put the torn papers in the lavatory and tried to flush them away.
罪犯把撕碎的纸放进厕所企图冲掉.

You mean that is the only lavatory in your store?
你是说你们公司里只有1个洗手间 吗 ?

The regbels labeled the labor laboring in the laboratory and lavatory.
反叛者给在实验室和舆洗室劳动的劳工贴上标签.

Queue up before pallet toilet , lavatory of male and female lies between a Bao Bi only.
在简陋的厕所前排队, 男女厕只隔一道薄壁.

Unlatch left lavatory door from divider , and verify LAV DOOR annunciator illuminates.
打开左侧厕所门, 确认“LAVDOOR”指示灯亮.

Could you direct me to the lavatory, please?
请问, 洗手间在哪里?

The first is: does the coffee chain really smell like a lavatory?
第一,星巴克的咖啡连锁店里,是否的确有一股子厕所味?

There be a gentleman's lavatory on the grind floor.
一层有男厕所.

Is there any lavatory in this building?
这座楼里有厕所 吗 ?

Lena : In Tokyo ! In their toilets, the lavatory pans has heating.
东京,他们的马桶 、 盥洗盆有热水.

Is the lavatory vacant?
厕所里没人 吧 ?

The lavatory is occupied.
盥洗室/厕所有人用着.

A Kent librarian wants an exorcist called in to sort out a haunted lavatory.
(英国)肯特郡一名图书馆员想请驱魔大师来解决厕所闹鬼的问题.

Would you rather sit near the lavatory?
难道你愿意坐在洗手间旁边?

Do you want to use the lavatory?
你要不要方便一下?

The lavatory cistern overflowed.
厕所水箱的水溢出来了.

After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。

He addicted himself to drinking.
他喝酒成瘾.

He addicted to poetry and hoped one day to be a poet himself.
他沉醉于诗歌,希望有一天自己成为诗人.

He is passionately addicted to all kinds of sports.
他酷爱各种体育活动.

She had become addicted to tranquillizers.
她吃镇静剂已经上瘾了.

He is addicted to cigarettes.
他嗜好吸烟.

Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.
是海洛因对Jack上瘾.

He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.
他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾.

Some banks are becoming dangerously addicted to the medicine the ECB has been administering.
有些银行开始依赖欧洲中央银行提供的对策,这样十分危险.

Jack became addicted at quite an early age.
杰克很小年纪时就吸毒成瘾了.

You are really addicted to gambling!
你的赌瘾太大了!

Workaholic: a person addicted to their work.
工作狂: 沉溺于工作的人.

Objective : To study the internet addiction disorder ( IAD ) on campus and the behavioral characters of addicted students.
目的: 了解大学生的网络成瘾行为及与人格特征和网络使用状况的相互关系.

He was passionately addicted to pop music.
他酷爱流行音乐.

The people we refer to as Net Worms are addicted to the Internet.
所谓网虫,就是上网上瘾的人.

But OPEC needs to be careful not to get addicted to expensive oil.
但欧佩克也要小心别依靠于高油价.

It is incredible that so many young people are addicted to drug abuse nowadays.
如今竟然有这么多的年轻人沉溺于吸食毒品,这真是令人难以置信.

She's become addicted to love stories.
她迷上了爱情小说.

Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.
许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉.

My children are hopelessly addicted to television.
我的几个孩子都成了电视迷,简直是不可救药了.

He is addicted to smoking.
他嗜烟成瘾.

I'm really addicted to cigarettes.
我抽烟真是上了瘾.

He was passionately addicted to skating.
他酷爱溜冰.

I went through about four years of being addicted to video games.
我大约有4年时间沉迷在电子游戏中。

She had become addicted to golf.
她已经迷上高尔夫球了。

Would you also give me a blow dry?
之后给我吹干好 吗 ?

Wash your hair and then blow dry it.
洗完头后将其吹干.

I want to have shampoo and blow dry.
我要洗发然后吹干.

The man is apprehensive to no end . His life's wish is behind that door!
苍天不负有心人, 他毕生追求的秘密就在门后了!

She's always dishing out advice, even when you don't want it.
即使你不想听，她仍然没完没了地建议这建议那。

Can you dish out the potatoes, please?
你给大家分一下土豆好吗？

This makes an excellent hot main dish .
这就是一道绝好的热主菜。

a vegetarian/fish dish
一道素菜；一盘鱼

I'll do the dishes (= wash them) .
我来洗碗。

They helped themselves from a large dish of pasta.
他们从一大盘意大利面中取一些吃。

an ovenproof dish
耐热盘

a baking/serving dish
烤盘；上食物的盘子

a glass dish
玻璃盘

I hate doing the dishes.
我讨厌洗碗。

...a dish used to receive satellite broadcasts.
用来接收卫星广播的碟形卫星天线

He'd cooked dinner and washed the dishes.
他做了饭，还洗了碗。

There were dirty dishes in the sink...
水槽里放着脏碗。

There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from.
有多道素菜可供选择。

This dish is best served cold...
这菜最好凉着吃。

Nicholas ate a dish of spaghetti.
尼古拉斯吃了一盘意大利面条。

Pile potatoes into a warm serving dish.
把土豆倒在一个保温的盛菜用的盘子里。

...plastic bowls and dishes...
塑料碗碟

The dish smashed ( up ) on the floor.
碟子掉在地板上摔得粉碎.

The dish is not bad. It makes my head swim.
这盘菜味儿真不赖! 可开洋荤啦.

Just have a taste of this cheese.
尝一点儿这种奶酪吧。

This was my first taste of live theatre.
这是我初次在现场看戏。

Although we didn't know it, this incident was a taste of things to come .
尽管当时我们并不知道，但这件事是后来一系列事件的开端。

He has very good taste in music.
他有很高的音乐欣赏力。

They've got more money than taste.
他们有钱，但品味不高。

The room was furnished with taste.
这个房间布置得很雅致。

...a keen sense of taste.
灵敏的味觉

I like the taste of wine and enjoy trying different kinds...
我喜欢葡萄酒的味道，喜欢品尝不同的口味。

The taste of blood in her throat made her want to vomit...
她嗓子里的血腥味让她直恶心。

We have a taste of the white wine he's brought.
我们尝了尝他带来的白葡萄酒。

I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel...
我喝了杯有股柴油味的茶。

It tastes like chocolate...
它吃起来像巧克力。

He finished his aperitif and tasted the wine the waiter had produced...
他喝完开胃酒，又尝了点侍者端来的葡萄酒。

Before proceeding any further, cut off a small bit of the meat and taste it.
在进行下一步之前，先切一小块肉尝尝。

You can taste the chilli in the dish but it is a little sweet.
你可以尝出菜里面有辣椒，不过味道有点甜。

But having had a taste of the big time, he won't want to go back to playing in the reserves...
但是，有过一举成名的经历以后，他就不会再想回去当替补了。

This voyage was his first taste of freedom.
这次航行使他初次体验到了自由的滋味。

Anyone who has tasted this life wants it to carry on for as long as possible.
任何过过这种日子的人都希望它持续得越久越好。

She developed a taste for journeys to isolated hazardous regions in North America...
她喜欢上了到北美那些险象环生的偏远地区旅行。

That gave me a taste for reading.
那使我喜欢上了读书。

His taste in clothes is extremely good...
他在穿衣方面很有品味。

Oxford's social circle was far too liberal for her taste.
牛津的社交圈过于开放，不合她的胃口。

He rejects the idea that his film is in bad taste...
他不接受那种认为他的电影格调不高的观点。

I do not feel your actions were either appropriate or done in good taste.
我认为你的行为既不妥当又不合时宜。

Add tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste.
酌量添加番茄酱、盐和胡椒粉。

These are the tennis - ball equivalents and their existence is a puzzle.
这些宇宙射线有等同于网球发射出去时的能量,其存在是个谜团.

Sports To send back ( a tennis ball, for example ) to one's opponent.
将球击回给对手 ( 例如,网球 )

A tennis ball spins more on clay courts than on grass courts.
网球在土场上比在草场上旋转更明显.

A tennis ball is the same shape of a globe.
网球与球体的形状相同.

To strike ( a tennis ball, for example ) before it touches the ground.
截击在球触地以前击 ( 如网球 )

Imagine you have a tennis ball in your fingertips - now squeeze!
想象您安排网球在您的指尖 - 现在紧压!

He hit the tennis ball over the net.
他把网球打过了网.

What is a table tennis ball made from?
乒乓球是由什么物质做成的?

If you can catch a tennis ball with your hand you can learn volley easily.
假设您能用手接球,您就能轻易学会截击.

A tennis ball bounced out of the tennis court and over the park to Mark.
一颗网球从网球场弹出,飞到公园,滚到了马克旁边.

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
我站着不动,试图编个说得过去的借口。

This kind of machine is invent in the 1970's.
这种机器是七十年代发明的.

Efforts to invent new ways to bring together Chinese money and Hong Kong stocks continue.
有关方面仍在继续努力推出将大陆资金引入香港股市的措施.

Feel free to invent a nickname for your Student if you like.
如果你喜欢,可以随意给你的学生起一个绰号.

What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?
我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

Here, we have a short cut, where we don't have to invent new antibiotics.
在这里, 我们有一条捷径, 我们不需要发明抗生菌.

Then I began to invent graphic stories without dialogue.
以后,我又想出画不带对话的图画故事.

What explanation can we invent?
我们能想出(编造出)什么解释 呢 ?

Like a lot of Web innovators, the Obama campaign did not invent anything completely new.
就像很多网络革新者一样, 奥巴马阵营没有发明任何全新的东西.

Will people invent new types of transportation?
人们将会发明新型的交通工具 吗 ?

They invent tools and machines to help them in their work.
他们发明机器来帮助自己工作.

I invent the story about the man on my way home.
在回家的路上,我虚构了有关那个人的故事.

He is a knowing fellow, and he will invent something to comfort her.
他是个老于世故的人, 会想出办法来安慰她的.

The success of an economy depends on its ability to invent and embrace new protocols.
经济的成功依赖于其发明和采用新协议的能力.

Do you know who invent magnetic needle?
你知道指南针是谁发明的 吗 ?

Her lips so big, Chap Stick had to invent a spray.
她嘴唇这么大, 抹冻疮膏必须发明喷射装置.

What had led Galois to invent this theory?
是什么导致伽罗瓦发明这条理论?

He can always invent a new game to divert the children.
他总能想出新的游戏来供孩子们娱乐.

Regulators may also have to invent new tools or revive ones that have fallen into disuse.
此外,监管机构还必须发明新的工具,或重新捡起那些弃用的工具.

The government has to invent projects that will employ the least skilled.
政府不得不搞出一些再就业工程来雇用技能最差的劳工.

I have a plan! Is must invent a new robot.
我有一个打算! 就是要发明一个新的机器人.

Japan is the last country to invent radar, but England.
发明雷达的国家决不是日本, 而是英国.

And the best way to predict the future is to invent it.
然而,预见未来的最好方法就是创造未来.

a mental disorder/illness/hospital
精神紊乱 / 病 / 病院

She was suffering from physical and mental exhaustion.
她当时已经是精疲力竭。

Watch him. He's mental.
小心，他疯了。

My dad will go mental (= be very angry) when he finds out.
我父亲要是发现了，他会气疯的。

...the mental development of children.
儿童的智力发展

...intensive mental effort.
高强度的脑力劳动

The mental state that had created her psychosis was no longer present.
导致她精神失常的那种心理状态已经消失了。

...mental health problems.
心理健康问题

Practise mental arithmetic when you go out shopping...
外出购物的时候练习一下心算。

Graham made a quick mental calculation.
格雷厄姆很快就心算出来了。

I just said to him 'you must be mental'.
我刚才对他说：“你一定是疯了。”

She made a mental note to have his prescription refilled.
她记着要拿他的处方再配一回药。

She made a mental note not to sit anywhere near him.
她心里牢牢记着不坐在他的附近。

mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age.
随着年龄的增长,心智和体力自然衰退.

Exercise of the mental faculties is as important as bodily excercise.
智能的锻炼同身体的运动同样重要.

In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been neglected.
在工业生活的组织中,工厂对工人的生理和心理状态上的影响完全被忽视了.

He's suffering from severe mental disorder.
他患有严重的精神病.

A mental hospital has just been set up here.
这里刚刚建成一座精神病医院.

Overcrowding imposes mental strains.
过度拥挤使精神紧张.

His answer showed a mental twist.
他的回答显示了心智失常.

A new highway knifes through the jungle.
一条新公路穿越森林.

This is a smooth, strongly built highway.
这条公路坚实平整.

The highway runs parallel with the railway.
这条公路与那条铁路平行.

Drinking is a principal cause of highway deaths.
酗酒是公路死亡事故的最主要的原因.

The field adjoins to the highway.
这块田紧靠着公路.

The road gives onto the highway.
这条路通往那条公路.

It's a highway to success.
这是通往成功之路.

The highway winds around the mountain.
这条公路盘山而上.

A column of soldiers marched down the highway.
一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进.

The motorcyclists rammed down the highway.
摩托车手们沿着公路飞驰而去.

The soldiers marched along the highway.
部队沿公路而行.

He was charged for obstructing the highway.
他因阻碍交通而受控告.

The highway links the two cities together.
这条高速公路把那两座城市连接了起来.

The highway here is barred whenever the train passes.
每当火车通过时,这里的公路都要拦起来.

The construction of that new state highway is now in progress.
那条新的州高速公路的建设现在正在进行中.

The highway twists up on the mountainside.
公路沿山腰盘旋而上.

The new highway is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.
新公路定于年内竣工.

There was a tragic accident on the highway yesterday.
昨天公路上发生了一起很惨的事故.

highway patrol officers closed the road.
公路巡警关闭了这条路。

In the morning I rejoined highway 127 south.
早上我重新回到了127号公路的南端。

The regions are interconnected by an excellent highway system.
那些地区通过完善的公路系统相互连接。

The explosion sent shrapnel flying through the sides of cars on the crowded highway.
爆炸后飞溅出的炸弹碎片洞穿了拥堵在公路上的车辆车身。

He saw the flashing lights of the highway patrol car in his driving mirror.
他从后视镜中看见公路巡逻车闪烁的车灯。

Police said Stefanovski had robbed a man just hours earlier.
警察说斯泰凡诺夫斯基就在几个小时前抢劫了一名男子。

When Miles Davis died, jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice...
随着迈尔斯·戴维斯的去世，爵士乐界失去了其最与众不同的声音。

I can't forgive Lewis for robbing me of an Olympic gold.
我不能原谅刘易斯夺走了我一块奥运会金牌。

My crystal ball said that perhaps you are planning to rob the museum in Auldale, yes?
我的水晶球说或许你正计划抢劫奥戴尔博物馆, 是?

His designs were very honoraBle: to rob a lady of her fortune By way of marriage.
他的意图很高尚: 通过结婚来掠夺一位妇人的财富.

rob Peter to pay Paul.
挖东墙补西墙.

He tricked the man into helping him rob the jewelry store.
他诱骗那个人帮他抢珠宝店.

They captured citizens and { rob } them.
他们捕获市民并抢夺他们.

To stop and rob ( a vehicle in transit ).
拦路抢劫 ( 运输途中的交通工具 )

You said you'd rob a bank to buy one.
你说你会抢个银行然后买飞船的啊.

Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.
两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划.

Don't rob me of my dreams, they're all I have left right now.
不要抢走我的梦, 它们是我现在仅有的东西了.

robot : Hello ! My name's rob.
你好! 我的名字叫罗布.

Not only do they rob you, they smash everything too.
他们不仅抢夺你的财物, 还要把每样东西都捣毁.

The criminals conspired to rob a bank.
罪犯们密谋抢劫银行.

rob is a nickname of robert.
Rob是Robert的昵称.

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
说不可行奸淫, 自己却去行奸淫? 憎恶偶像, 自己却去劫掠庙宇?

The police frustrated the bandit's attempt to rob the bank.
警方挫败了匪徒抢劫银行的企图.

To rob Peter to pay Paul.
拆了东墙补西墙.

But how could he be sure that others wouldn't rob the place ?
怎知道别人不去偷 呢 ?

It just goes to show how easy it is to rob our bank.
它正有助于表明抢劫我们的银行是多么容易.

A charge of ￡ 2 for a cup of coffee is daylight robbery.
一杯咖啡要二英镑,真是敲竹杠.

A man is being questioned in connection with the robbery.
一名男子就那起抢劫案接受查问.

All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.
到目前为止所搜集的全部证据说明,这一犯罪行为的动机是抢劫.

The man was found guilty of armed robbery, and condemned to eight years'imprisonment.
那人犯有持械抢劫罪, 因而被判八年监禁.

He was falsely charged with robbery.
他被诬告犯有抢劫罪.

Doesn't he look like that man who's wanted for the jewel robbery?
他不是很像那个因抢劫珠宝而受到通缉的罪犯 吗 ?

A fair exchange is no robbery.
公平交易,并非强夺.

For what it is worth, I overheard them planning a robbery.
不管是真是假, 我无意中听到他们在策划抢劫.

Alexander was implicated in the robbery.
亚历山大与那宗抢劫案有牵连.

The thieves carved up the profit from the robbery.
小偷分了抢劫的钱财.

A daring robbery took place yesterday.
昨天发生了一宗大胆的抢劫案.

Someone tipped off the police about the robbery.
有人向警方报告了有关抢劫的消息.

The robbery put the village in a turmoil.
抢劫使全村陷入混乱.

A small sum of money is supposed to be forked out quarterly for burglary and robbery insurance.
每季度要交一小笔防盗防抢保险金.

The police are still seeking the men involved in last week's robbery.
警察仍在寻找跟上星期的抢劫案有牵连的人.

A large robbery was attempted by the thieves.
这些窃贼图谋进行一次大规模抢劫.

The butler was an accomplice in the robbery.
男管家是抢劫案的同谋犯.

He only managed to give the police a few sketchy details of the robbery.
他只能向警方粗略地描述了抢劫的情况.

He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.
抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来.

The robbery was committed by a group of delinquents.
那起抢劫案是一群青少年干的.

The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery.
嫌疑人均有证据证明抢劫当天不在犯罪现场。

Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery.
莫里斯已承认犯有抢劫罪。

They're just ripping the fans off; it's daylight robbery.
他们这是在盘剥歌迷，简直是明目张胆的打劫。

They had been found guilty of armed robbery.
他们被判犯有持械抢劫罪。

Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
警方已排除因抢劫而杀人的可能。

Israel offers automatic citizenship to all Jews who want it.
以色列为所有希望获得公民身份的犹太人敞开大门。

Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.
违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格.

Some doors have locks which automatically lock the doors when we close them.
有些门上的锁在关门时会自动把门锁好.

Business success does not automatically lead to financial success.
经商成功不一定赚钱.

The machine cycles automatically.
这台机器自动循环运转.

When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, wives automatically assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
当电灯保险丝烧断 、 家具变得摇摇晃晃 、 水管变得堵塞时, 妻子们便会自然而然地认为丈夫总会设法修好的.

The machine is automatically controlled.
这机器是自动控制的.

No one knows why a foetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system.
没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿.

Your current account is automatically debited with the amount of your purchase.
你购物的金额会自动记入账戶借方.

Honours were automatically awarded to senior officials just because they were senior.
荣誉顺理成章地授予资深官员,就因为他们资格老.

Once people retire they automatically cease to be union members.
人们一旦退休就自动不再是工会会员.

She had automatically labelled the boys as troublemakers.
她不假思索地认定这些男孩子是捣蛋鬼.

The cartridge is ejected automatically.
子弹自动排出.

The oven burners reignite automatically if blown out.
烤炉的火如果吹灭了会自动再点燃。

If you will just sign here, we will arrange for your bank to deduct your payments automatically.
麻烦您在这里签一下字，我们将联系您的银行自动扣除您的付款。

If you should be fired, your health and pension benefits will not be automatically cut off.
如果你被解雇，你的医疗和养老保险金不会自动中断。

Strangely enough, you will automatically wake up after this length of time.
奇怪的是，过了这样一段时间你就会自己醒来。

Don't automatically accept the solicitor recommended by the broker.
别想当然地就接受中间人推荐的诉状律师。

Certain kinds of property are transferred automatically at death.
死亡时某些财产会自动转让。

The machine automatically downloads the required information to his or her fax.
机器能自动将需要的信息下载到传真机上。

Merely because you believe a thing is right, it isn't automatically so.
事情不会仅仅因为你相信它是对的，就会必然如此。

Activists who were involved in crimes of violence will not automatically be granted amnesty.
参与暴力犯罪的激进分子将不会自动得到赦免。

Johnny, go inside and get cleaned up...
约翰尼，进去把自己收拾干净。

I cleaned myself up a bit, and got the baby ready.
我拾掇了一下自己，把宝宝也收拾妥当。

It has cleaned up at the box office.
它在票房上赚得盆满砵满。

Julie: And who's going to clean up after you? Hurry up will you? I'm starving.
朱莉: 可是谁帮你收拾 啊 ?你能不能快点儿 啊 ?我饿着呢.

Take effective action to clean up a city.
采取有效措施改革一个城市的不良社会风气.

clean up that wine before It'soaks in.
趁那酒还没渗进去,快把它擦乾净.

We must investigate and clean up the petty graft which has appeared in some places.
必须检查和纠正各地已经发生的贪污现象.

We have to clean up the mud on the golf course.
我们要清理掉高尔夫球场上的土块.

As a result, they clean up many insect problems before the farmer even notices.
结果, 在甚至农民还没有发觉以前它们就解决了许多虫害问题.

John, clean up the broken glass before someone walks on it.
约翰, 把碎玻璃清扫一下,别让人踩了.

Wait for me, I have to clean up.
等等我, 我得洗洗手.

Let me clean up the broken glass before someone walks on it.
我来把碎玻璃扫掉,以免有人踩到.

The students took turns to clean up their classroom.
学生们轮流打扫教室.

She made zealous efforts to clean up the classroom.
她非常热心地努力清扫教室.

After the earthquake, it took months to clean up the rubble.
地震后, 花了数月才清理完瓦砾.

They fought bravely to clean up the bandits.
他们英勇作战以肃清土匪.

They clean up old debts.
他们结清了旧债.

Boys and girls, clean up for dinner.
孩子们, 收拾干净准备开饭吧!

And muggins here had to clean up all the mess.
而我这个傻瓜现在不得不清理这个烂摊子。

Dad cooks when Mum is busy, he makes me clean up my messy room.
妈妈忙的时候爸爸做饭，他还让我清理我乱糟糟的房间。

The equipment needed to clean up the spill might not have arrived yet.
清理漏油所需要的设备可能还没有送到。

And while I'm out you might clean up the kitchen.
我不在的时候，你打扫一下厨房总该可以吧。

I would be interested in a ten - day trip around Christmas time.
我有兴趣在圣诞节前后去玩10天.

Grown up folks began to be interested in the bright - eyed girl.
一般成年人开始对这位 明眸皓齿 的女郎感兴趣.

I think you may be interested in our new product.
我想贵公司可能会对敝公司的新产品感兴趣.

We will be interested in the heat capacity of interstellar gases.
我们感兴趣的是星际气体的热容量.

I've been writing a book, John. Do you think anyone would be interested in publishing it?
我一直在写一部书, 约翰. 你想会有什么人高兴出版 吗 ?

I used to be interested in flying kites and keeping dogs.
那时我对放风筝和养狗感兴趣.

Would you be interested in going to the horse races tomorrow?
明天你有兴趣去看赛马 嘛 ?

Then you must be interested in disco dancing, aren't you?
那你一定喜欢迪斯科了, 是 吗 ?

Why would I even be interested in going to a baseball stadium?
我为什么对去棒球场这么感兴趣?

Perhaps you'd be interested in reading over our complimentary brochure.
也许你会对读我们的赠阅手册感兴趣.

...dry, academic phrases.
枯燥无味的学术词汇

A lot of the work was very dry and boring in Westminster.
威斯敏斯特的许多工作非常枯燥无味令人厌烦。

For breakfast, they had dry bread and tea.
他们早餐吃了无黄油的面包，还喝了茶。

...a shady rip-off industry that sucks its talent dry then discards it...
见不得人的山寨行业吸干了它的才华后又将它抛弃

To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
随着大型油井的枯竭，要想从北海的石油和天然气开采中盈利,必须着力于开采小储量的油井。

She was suddenly thirsty and dry.
她突然口渴了。

His mouth was dry, he needed a drink...
他口很干,需要喝上一杯。

My throat was dry. I was at a loss for words.
我喉咙很干,不知说什么才好。

There were few dry eyes in the house when I finished...
我说完后房间里没几个人不掉泪的。

She didn't wince and her eyes were dry. Talk about brave. She was unbelievable.
她连眉头也未皱一下,也没哭。说到勇敢,她令人难以置信。

Gujurat has been a totally dry state for the past thirty years.
在过去的 30 年里古吉拉特一直是完全禁酒的一个州。

The washing might dry outside today, the sun's shining...
洗过的衣物可能今天晾在外面就能干,阳光正足。

Leave your hair to dry naturally whenever possible...
尽可能让头发自然晾干。

Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.
马德里加尔夫人开始擦干碟子。

Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips...
没有什么比干燥开裂的嘴唇更难看的了。

dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently...
干性头发洗得太频繁容易受损。

Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production...
去年罕见的干旱天气已导致农业减产。

The spring had been unusually dry and we received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.
春天异常干旱，我们在整个 6 月只有 0.2 英寸的降雨量。

It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa.
那是非洲最干旱、尘土最多的地方之一。

...a hot, dry climate where the sun is shining all the time.
终年阳光明媚的炎热干旱气候

Such cars, however, do grip the road well, even in the dry.
不过，这种车即使在干燥路面上也表现出了良好的抓地性能。

The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry...
曾为水井供水的蓄水层正式宣告干涸了。

The single-engine plane landed at a dry lake in western Arizona...
单引擎飞机在亚利桑那州西部的一个干涸的湖底着陆了。

Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth...
用柔软的干布擦拭金属。

Pat it dry with a soft towel...
用柔软的毛巾将它拍干。

They face a desperate shortage of clean water.
他们面临无污染水源的严重短缺。

desperately ill/unhappy/lonely
病得厉害；极为不快；极其孤独

He took a deep breath, desperately trying to keep calm.
他深深地吸了口气，竭尽全力保持镇定。

a desperate bid for freedom
孤注一掷争取自由的努力

She clung to the edge in a desperate attempt to save herself.
为了活命，她拼命抓住边缘。

His increasing financial difficulties forced him to take desperate measures .
不断增加的经济困难迫使他采取了铤而走险的办法。

Doctors were fighting a desperate battle to save the little girl's life.
医生们不惜一切地奋力抢救小女孩的生命。

He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything.
他当时太想找份工作了，什么事都愿意干。

I heard sounds of a desperate struggle in the next room.
我听到隔壁房间里有拼命挣扎的声音。

The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.
犯人因绝望而越来越胆大妄为。

Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales.
两年来销路不畅，商店不惜冒起险来。

Somewhere out there was a desperate man, cold, hungry, hunted.
那外面有个男人又冷又饿，还有人抓他，走投无路了。

People are desperate for him to do something.
人们极希望他能做点什么。

India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate...
印度驻联合国大使说形势非常危急。

I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position.
我决定不在约翰走投无路的时候抛弃他。

Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need...
需要军队帮助将科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里。

desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house...
焦急万分的鲍勃和汉斯把整座房子找了个遍。

They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family...
他们结婚已快4年了，琼非常渴望要个孩子。

The class will debate on matters of mutual concern.
全班将讨论一些共同关心的话题.

The enemy grew desperate at the defeat.
敌人因战败而拼死挣扎.

The prisoners grew more desperate.
囚犯们在绝望中更加不顾死活了.

He's desperate for money.
他极渴望得到钱.

They made a desperate attempt to save the company.
他们为挽救公司作孤注一掷的努力.

a complaint that he had been unfairly treated
抱怨说他受到了不公正待遇

I'd like to make a complaint about the noise.
我要就噪音问题提出投诉。

I believe you have a complaint against one of our nurses.
我认为你对我们的一位护士有怨言。

The most common complaint is about poor service.
最常见的投诉与服务差有关。

We received a number of complaints from customers about the lack of parking facilities.
我们收到了来自顾客的许多投诉，抱怨缺乏停车设施。

I've got no complaints about them...
对他们我没什么意见。

Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.
湿疹是一种常见的皮肤病，通常具遗传性。

If you have a complaint about shoes bought from a shop covered by the Footwear Code, there are several ways of putting the matter right...
如果对在Footwear Code旗下零售店里买的鞋有不满意的地方，有几种解决问题的方式。

There's been a record number of complaints about the standard of service on Britain's railways...
有关英国铁路服务水平的投诉空前的多。

People have been reluctant to make formal complaints to the police...
人们不愿向警方作出正式投诉。

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

The burden of his complaint was that quality was very poor.
他投诉的要点是品质非常差.

This is a cause of complaint.
这是抱怨的原因.

I could hear the director teeing off on his client's complaint as usual.
我能听到主任又像平时一样对客户的抱怨发火.

He has a heart complaint.
他有心脏病.

If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.
如果你有不满意的事,你应该直率地对我说.

Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police.
我们的邻居向警方控告我们.

The king's eyes gleamed with anger as he listened to the farmer's complaint.
听到那个农民的埋怨,国王的眼里闪着愤怒的目光.

If you have any complaint, don't just sulk ; speak up.
你有意见提出来, 不要闹 意气.

The action he takes varies according to the nature of the complaint.
他所采取的行动,根据怨言的性质,而有所不同.

I'll make a strong case for your complaint.
我坚持要过问你提出的控告.

mind you, don't leave the windows open when you go out.
注意,你出去的时候, 不要忘了关窗户.

You are well now, but mind you don't have a relapse.
你的病虽然好了, 可要防止反复.

mind you don't cut yourself on the broken glass!
小心别让碎玻璃碴了手!

mind you wrap up well if you go out.
你出外的话要围好围巾.

I didn't believe him, mind you.
你要知道,我并不相信他.

mind you finish the work today.
注意,你今天要把工作干完.

I don't mind you joking. I like it.
我不介意你开玩笑, 我还喜欢你这样呢.

Don't run so fast! mind you don't fall.
别跑这么快! 看摔着!

mind you don't forget it.
可别忘了.

Keep in mind you're going to be fighting lots of men who hit plenty hard.
记住你要和许多出拳非常凶狠的人交手。

[不可数名词]They laughed at the naivety of his suggestion.
他们嘲笑他提的建议太幼稚。

She has lost none of her naivety.
她丝毫没有失去那份天真烂漫。

It's naive to think that teachers are always tolerant...
认为老师们总那么宽容是幼稚的。

I must have been naive to think we would get my parents' blessing.
我一定太天真了，竟认为我们会得到我父母的祝福。

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

The hastily assembled stimulus packages were a throwback to naive Keynesianism.
而匆忙出台刺激计划,则是向幼稚的凯恩斯主义的大退步.

She's so naive that she believes everything he tells her.
她涉世不深以致相信他所告诉她的每一件事.

Don't be naive. The matter is not so simple.
你别傻乎乎的, 事情没有那么简单.

By being subtle rather than obvious, you avoid appearing naive.
低调而不张扬, 你就不会显得很幼稚.

Children often ask naive questions.
孩子们常问一些天真的问题.

Such moods, however naive, were certainly neither wicked nor squalid.
这种心情虽属天真, 但确实是既无恶意,又非卑鄙的.

When they did talk they slipped into the naive intimacy of college days.
他们一交谈就不知不觉地回到了大学时代天真亲密的气氛.

We were these very pure, naive, poor children.
我们是这些非常纯洁天真的穷孩子.

If you have patience and like naive love, I'll recommend this slow film for you.
如果你有耐心,而且喜欢单纯的爱情, 我推荐这部节奏缓慢的电影给你.

This, too, is a naive idea in these times.
在现时, 这也是幼稚的想法.

It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.
相信他会言行一致,你未免太单纯了.

Her initial confidence can seem brash and naive.
她最初的自信看来是一种轻率和幼稚.

She was still young and naive, with some girl's freshness.
她仍然还很年轻而天真, 依然保留着一些姑娘的生机.

Children are not naive, but it is not good at expression.
孩子并不是幼稚的, 只不过它不善于表达.

She is so naive that she believes everything he tells her.
她如此天真以致相信他告诉她的一切.

He is so naive as to believe such a lie.
他竟然幼稚得连这种谎言都相信.

I wish she'd wake up ! She's so naive!
她 实在 太幼稚了,我希望她能 醒悟 过来.

Don't be so naive as to be taken in by their lies.
不要太轻信,以免被他们的谎言所欺骗.

He desperately dodged a speeding car trying to run him down.
他拼命地闪身躲开一辆试图撞倒他的疾驰的汽车。

Scores of people tried desperately to gatecrash the party.
很多不速之客拼命想要挤进这个聚会。

Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes.
成千上万的人不顾一切地想要离开他们千疮百孔的家园。

I think she feels desperately wounded and unloved at the moment.
我想她此刻定会觉得受到了极大的伤害，无人关爱。

It really is desperately unfortunate that this should have happened just now.
刚才竟发生这样的事儿，实在是太不合时宜了。

He desperately needed cash to bail out the ailing restaurant.
他急需现金使经营惨淡的餐馆走出困境。

Her marriage is in trouble and she is desperately unhappy.
她的婚姻陷入困境，她为此非常郁闷。

I struggled with my bags, desperately looking for a porter.
我提着行李艰难地走着，迫切地寻找着搬运工。

I think she feels desperately wounded and unloved.
我想她觉得受到了莫大的伤害，无人爱她。

They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
他们疯狂扭打，想把武器抢到手。

A : I'm sorry I grouch.
A: 很抱歉,我的脾气那么不好.

A true lady or gentleman remains at home with grouch same as if they has pneumonia.
真正的绅士或淑女,即使在发脾气的时候,也会像患上了肺炎般留在家里.

Of course, they all call me a grouch.
他们大家当然说我爱发牢骚.

I'm sorry I was such grouch.
很抱歉,我的脾气那么不好.大概是天气的缘故.

Back off , Kit. You know, you're really becoming a grouch.
别逼人,丫头, 知道吗? 你真的变成讨人厌了.

He has a grouch on.
他情绪不好.

You're nothing but an old grouch!
你就是个爱发牢骚的老家伙!

He reflected, " What's the matter with me today? Seems like I've got an awful grouch. "
他暗暗寻思: “ 我今天怎么啦? 仿佛情绪不对头. ”

He's always having a grouch about something.
他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个.

He's an old grouch but she puts up with him.
他是个喜欢抱怨的老头，但是她对他很包容。

Bruce , now twelve, revealed himself as a history addict.
布鲁斯这时十二岁了, 喜欢历史就象着了魔.

You go somewhere and you say, Hey, man, I'm a pot addict!
你可以去某个地方说, 嘿, 这个人, 我染上了毒瘾!

He became gambling addict, and lost all his possessions.
他习染上了赌博, 最终输掉了全部家产.

You're not much of a TV addict, as I remember.
我记得你并不太迷电视的.

He confessed to being a drug addict.
他承认自己有毒瘾.

I still do not people in the addict to get acquaintance with the studio together.
我依旧没有与画室中的人熟络起来.

The American consumer across as a helpless addict hooked on to cheap money.
美国消费者如一个无助的吸毒成瘾者般迷上了廉价资金.

He is a drug addict who flaunts his addiction and refuses to get treatment.
他嗜药,并以此为荣甚至拒绝治疗.

You're no better than any other kind of addict.
你实在比那班吸毒的瘾君子好不了多少.

You are turning into an internet addict, eh ?
你快变成网虫了, 对 吗 ?

That young man is a cocaine addict.
那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾.

Aha, you are an antique addict , aren't you?
啊, 那你是古董迷?

My name is Emma and I'm a recovering chocolate addict.
我叫高艾吗,也我是巧克力耽溺者再生.

An addict herself, Emily serves a prison term for supplying the fatal heroin. Mr.
她因提供了致命的海洛因而被判入狱,而她自己也有赌瘾.

I would not to my life addict to a work for survival.
我不愿意我的人生困于一份只为了生存的工作.

Are you or have you ever been a drug abuser or addict?
您是否或曾经滥用药物(毒品)或对药物(毒品)上瘾?

You told our son's school principal that I was dating a drug addict!
你告诉校长我跟一个吸毒者约会?

The opium addict is craving opium again.
这个大烟鬼又犯烟瘾了.

As a former heroin and cocaine addict, I know that experience all too well.
我以前曾对海洛因和可卡因上过瘾, 所以我太了解这种感受了.

He is a heroin addict.
他是个吸海洛因成瘾的人.

He has stopped taking heroin now, but admits candidly that he will always be a drug addict.
他眼下已经不再吸食海洛因了，不过他坦言自己永远都是个瘾君子。

She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.
她是个电视迷，看起电视来没完没了。

Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering cocaine addict, gets invited to a party.
让我们假设这样一种情景，卡萝尔，一位正在康复的可卡因成瘾者，应邀去参加一个聚会。

He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.
他只有24岁，却是个瘾君子。

The addict often reads disapproval into people's reactions to him even where it does not exist.
这个瘾君子经常把别人对他的反应当作反感他的意思，即使别人并没有那个意思。

medical or surgical treatment
内科或外科疗法

medically fit/unfit
体格健康 / 不佳

Several police officers received medical treatment for cuts and bruises.
几名警官因割伤和擦伤而接受了医治。

...the medical profession.
医疗行业

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

They loaded themselves with food, medical supplies, and oxygen equipment.
他们携带了食物 、 医疗器具和氧气设备.

His medical skill is so superb that he can hardly be filled in for in an emergency.
他医术高超,在紧急情况下很难被代替.

I had a medical checkup before going abroad.
我在出国前作了一次体格检查.

The operation was a marvel of medical skill.
这次手术是医术上的一个奇迹.

About 30 major medical centers in the United States have xenon CT scan technology.
美国大约有30家主要医疗中心有氙气CT扫描仪技术.

The earthquake victims are in urgent need of medical supplies.
地震灾民迫切需要医疗品.

Aside from a thorough medical family history, there is no need to offer any genetic testing on the basis of consanguinity alone.
除了需要一份详尽的家庭病史之外, 没有必要仅根据有血缘关系这一条理由就进行任何的基因测试.

His medical skill is so superb that he can hardly be filled in for an emergency.
他医术高超,在紧急情况下几乎无人企及.

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

Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past.
现代医疗技术比过去的医疗技术要优越.

Children under 16 cannot give consent to medical treatment.
16岁以下的儿童不得自行同意接受治疗。

medical facilities are being reorganized and upgraded.
正在对医疗设施进行重组和升级。

He will try his utmost to help them by means of his conventional medical knowledge.
他将会用自己的传统医学知识尽全力帮助他们。

Britain was poised to fly medical staff to the country at short notice.
英国随时准备把医护人员空运到该国。

Any dog bite, no matter how small, needs immediate medical attention.
被狗咬后，不管伤口多小，都必须立即就医。

medical tests established that she was not their own child.
医学化验证实她不是他们的亲骨肉。

medical opinion varies on how many tablets it takes to overdose.
医生对于服用多少药片算作过量意见不一。

a public library
公共图书馆

(British English)the public purse (= the money that the government can spend)
国库

The rail industry is no longer in public ownership (= controlled by the government) .
铁路业不再归国有了。

public money/spending/funding/expenditure
公款；公共开支；政府拨款；政府开支

He spent much of his career in public office (= working in the government) .
他的事业生涯中大部分时间从事政府工作。

Lauderdale House is now open to the public...
劳德代尔艺术教育中心现已向公众开放。

Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public...
纯酒精不向大众出售。

Market research showed that 93% of the viewing public wanted a hit film channel.
市场调查表明93%的观众希望有一个播放热门影片的频道。

...the American voting public.
美国选民

The President is attempting to drum up public support for his economic program.
总统正竭力争取公众对他的经济计划予以支持。

The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.
社会福利事业占了一大部分的公共支出。

...the New York public Library...
纽约公立图书馆

The new museum must be accessible by public transport.
新博物馆必须能乘坐公共交通工具到达。

...the heavily congested public areas of international airports...
国际机场人潮涌动的公共场所

I avoid working in places which are too public.
我避免在过于抛头露面的地方工作。

The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday hit out at public figures who commit adultery...
昨天坎特伯雷大主教严厉抨击了几位与人通奸的公众人物。

I'd like to see more women in public life, especially Parliament.
我希望看到更多女性参与公众事务，尤其是能在议会中工作。

The National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find the answer...
国家遗产委员会进行了公开调查以寻找答案。

The comments were the ministry's first detailed public statement on the subject...
这些评论是该部委第一次就此事所作的详细公开声明。

Blair wants any new evidence on IRA pub bombs made public...
布莱尔希望将任何关于爱尔兰共和军制造的酒馆爆炸事件的新证据都公之于众。

The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
一旦披露出去，真相会让人非常尴尬。

One expects people in the public eye to conduct their personal lives with a certain decorum...
人们期望公众人物的私生活能检点些。

He has kept his wife and daughter out of the public eye.
他一直让妻子和女儿远离公众视线。

In 1951 AC went public, having achieved an average annual profit of more than £50,000.
AC公司于1951年上市，当时平均年利润为5万多英镑。

Bylaws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.
地方法规将规定在公共场合抽烟为非法。

He is segregative, but his brother is sociable.
他不爱交际, 但他兄弟是好交际的.

It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.
我感到我自己跟他比起来是多么擅长交际啊,这可真是惊人.

Suitable occupations: Sportsman , sociable professionals, solver of difficult problems.
适合职业: 运动员, 专业社交人士, 攻关.

There had been church teas and sociable which she and Mr. Semple attended.
她和珊波尔先生曾经参加过教会的茶话会和交谊会.

Some are sociable; some are solitary.
有人好交际, 有人喜欢孤独.

Get your attention away from the alcohol and be sociable.
转移你对酒的注意力并多交际.

This young man is not very sociable.
这小伙子不爱交往.

Adler was an outgoing, sociable kind of man.
艾德勒是一个爽直的 、 好交际的人.

He has never really been the sociable type.
他从不好交际.

That florid sociable personage became more interesting to him since he had seen Rosemond.
自从他见到罗莎蒙德以后,这位显赫一时的社会名流在他眼中已有了新的意义.

Roger is a very sociable person.
罗杰是个非常好交际的人.

No wonder she is very sociable.
难怪她这么好交际!

The Smiths are a sociable family.
史密斯一家人很好交际.

She had a soft , slender , agreeable voice, and her tone was decidely sociable.
她的娇声细语非常悦耳, 口吻也亲切可人.

He is not sociable yet he is very friendly.
虽个性和蔼,但不善于交际.

If scientists can make a sociable mouse, might it be possible to create a sociable human?
如果科学家能制造一只社会性更强的老鼠, 那么他们是否可能产生一个社会性更强的人 呢 ?

By doing so, they end up being more sociable and are generally in better shape psychologically.
因此, 他们会更友善,通常有更健康的心理.

C : Second. an outgoing and sociable wilf. And third, not getting involved in office politics.
第二. 外向且善于社交的妻子. 第三.不要参与公司的政治斗争.

He is a sociable guy, you know.
你知道他是很容易接近的.

Do you think you are a sociable person?
你认为自己是个交际很广的人 吗 ?

This is a sociable house party held by his father.
这是他父亲举办的家庭恳亲会.

Peter is not very sociable, though.
但是彼得不太善于交际.

Bobby is not only sociable but also very handsome.
波比是个好交际的人,他会跟你无所不谈.

She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.
她是个合群的孩子，跟谁都有话说。

Unconfirmed reports said that at least six people had been killed.
未经证实的报道称至少有六人丧生。

at least he has given her a child who will be a great comfort to her in the years ahead.
至少他留给她一个孩子，这孩子在未来的岁月里对她将是莫大的安慰。

Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.
每天尽量至少吃4片面包。

All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.
申请修读这门课程者至少要年满16岁。

Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.
这首诗再怎么晦涩，至少有一点是清楚的。

at least seventy students were injured in the continuing agitation against the decision.
至少有70名学生在反对该决定的持续抗争中受伤。

One of the effects of dyslexia, in my case at least, is that you pay tremendous attention to detail.
诵读困难的一个影响就是过分注意细节，至少对我来说是如此。

The market is at least ticking over.
至少市场还在缓慢发展。

at least one British officer was feeding him with classified information.
至少有一个英国官员在向他提供机密情报。

at least you have removed your blinkers and can now see the relationship in its true colours.
至少你现在已经摘下了有色眼镜，能够看清这段关系了。

They have received at least twenty thousand pounds each but had gone to court to demand more.
他们每人至少已经得到了两万英镑，但仍然向法庭提出诉讼要求获得更多。

He may not always achieve greatness but at least he's a trier.
他也许并非总能成就大事，但至少他竭尽所能。

at least 17 different irregular units are engaged in the war.
至少有17个非正规军部队参战。

There is little chance of a revival in new car sales until at least August next year.
至少到明年8月之前，新车销量回升的希望都微乎其微。

It seems at least that we've broken the back of inflation in this country.
看起来至少我们已经解决了这个国家通货膨胀中最棘手的问题。

It means that all the options are at least on the table.
这就意味着，至少所有的选择都已经摆到了桌面上。

If not a large concern, Queensbury Nursery was at least a successful one.
即使规模不算大，昆斯伯里托儿所至少办得很成功。

at least fifty four people have been killed and a further fifty are missing.
至少有54人死亡，另外还有50人失踪。

The criticisms have at least an element of truth and validity.
那些批评至少有一丝真实性和合理性。

What the hell, I thought, at least it will give the lazy old man some exercise.
管他呢，我心想，至少这能让懒鬼老头活动一下筋骨。

The old lady was still being ornery, but at least she had consented to this visit.
这位老太太脾气还是那么犟，但至少她已经同意接受此次拜访。

There have been at least thirteen previous attempts to reach the North Pole unaided.
之前至少已经有过13次想独立到达北极的尝试。

"at least we weren't kidnapped." — "I'm glad of that," was the laconic response.
“至少咱们没被绑架。”——“对此我很庆幸，”答复就是这么简短的一句话。

You must put in an appearance, at least, or she'll think you're avoiding her.
至少，你必须露一下面，否则她会认为你在躲避她。

(figurative)A number of smaller companies were mopped up (= taken over) by the American multinational.
有若干较小的公司都被美国跨国集团吞掉了。

(figurative)New equipment mopped up (= used up) what was left of this year's budget.
新设备用光了本年度的预算余额。

There are a few things that need mopping up before I can leave.
我还有几件事儿，了结了才能走。

Troops combed the area to mop up any remaining resistance.
部队对这一地区进行了清剿，以扫除一切残余的抵抗势力。

There was a woman mopping the stairs.
一个女人在拖楼梯。

He mopped perspiration from his forehead...
他擦去了前额的汗水。

The Inspector took out a handkerchief and mopped his brow.
检察员掏出手帕，擦了擦眉头。

He was long-limbed and dark-eyed, with a mop of tight, dark curls.
他四肢修长、眼睛乌黑发亮，留着一头蓬乱浓密的黑色卷发。

You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before father sees it.
你最好在父亲还没看见这滩水之前就用拖把把它从地板上拖掉.

Ann soaked up the water on the floor with a mop.
小安用拖把将地板上的水吸乾.

When higher tier units are frozen, lower tier units can mop them up with ease.
当高级单位遭受冻结时, 低级别的单位就能轻松地把它们做掉.

John went to grab towels out of the bathroom to mop up the blood.
John跑到浴室拽出毛巾来擦血迹.

It will still take some time to mop up these enemy remnants, but not long.
肃清这一部分残余敌军,还需要一些时间, 但已为期不远了.

Give us mop fire!
给我们扫射火力!

Luckily, there is a mop in the corner.
还算凑巧, 墙角有一个拖把.

The housemaid comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.
女佣每周两次到我家来拖洗厨房地板.

He took a mop to the floor.
他用拖把擦地板.

The hotel cleaner entered carrying a bucket and a mop.
旅馆清洁工拿着水桶和拖把进来.

The houseboy comes to mop our kitchen floor twice a week.
男仆每周两次到我家来拖洗厨房地板.

Fetch a cloth to mop up the spill.
拿块抹布把溢出来的东西擦掉.

He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.
他期待能彻底击败他的对手.

Possibly I torture myself in vain?
说不定我是在白白地折磨自己 吧 ?

He still reasoned with her, but in vain.
他仍在与她辩论, 但是辩论也没用.

Araby tells the story that a Dublin teenager pursues his dreaming lover but ends in vain.
《阿拉比》讲述的是一个都柏林少年追求朦胧爱情,但最终梦想破灭的故事.

He tried in vain to set on the crew of the ship to rebellion.
他企图怂恿那艘船的船员叛变,但没有成功.

Their blood was not shed in vain.
他们的血没有白流.

In making that plea he will breathe in vain.
他做那种恳求是白费口舌的.

I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.
我试图消除她的疑虑,但没有成功.

All his efforts were in vain.
他的一切努力都归无效.

Their lives have not been laid down in vain.
他们并没有白白牺牲.

Our efforts were not in vain.
我们没有白忙.

John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.
约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点,但是没有用.

We tried in vain to make him change his mind.
我们试图使他改变主意,结果是白费心机.

It was in vain that we tried to find his mother.
我们百般设法找他的母亲,但毫无结果.

He proposed to himself to achieve what hitherto he had been promised in vain.
他决定要完成一件至今尚无希望的事情.

I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain.
我把他的文章读了一遍又一遍, 但对他的意图仍百思不解.

Who's been taking my name in vain? I don't hold such an opinion.
谁在滥用我的名义? 我不赞成这个建议.

We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子,但没有找到.

They endeavored to make her happy, but in vain.
他们想方设法地使她高兴, 但那是徒劳的.

My efforts were not in vain.
我的气力没有白费.

He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.
他想让全世界都知道，他的儿子不是白白死去的。

Throughout the Twenties, Lardner tried in vain to write a hit song, so at last he turned to parody.
整个20年代，拉德纳尝试着想要写出一首走红歌曲，可是都失败了，于是最后转向戏仿他人的作品。

He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
邻居过来帮忙前，他费了半天劲儿也没把两只狗分开。

Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.
父母们呼吁给她复职，但结果却只是徒劳。

It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.
很明显她所有的抱怨都是白费口舌。

He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.
他在门口停住，徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。