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她养成了自言自语的习惯。
She contracted the habit of talking to herself.
她养成了自言自语的习惯。
She contracted the habit of talking to herself.
想喝一杯吗?
Fancy a drink?
Defeat may be victory in disguise; the lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.
媒体拿这个故事做尽了文章。
The media milked the story dry.
说起该词来,脑海里往往对应的就是“包裹、邮包”这类几乎天天接触的东西,以及将东西扎成的不太大的或适中的“小包”。该词通常出现于英式英语中,同美式英语中的 package 一词。比如:
监督互惠协定的执行
police a reciprocal agreement
工资视乎年龄和经验而定。
Salary is a function of age and experience.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
若不愿在漫长岁月中望不见海岸,便无法发现新大陆。
几条看门狗立刻把他们赶走了。
The guard dogs saw them off in no time.
Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.
strait 主要指连接两个海或两个大水域的短窄水道。比如下图中位于欧洲与非洲之间并连接大西洋和地中海的直布罗陀海峡。
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