EXAMPLE: My friend has some high-sounding title in our company, but he doesn't do much work and he's paid very little.
我的朋友在我们公司里有一个冠冕堂皇的头衔，但是他的工作不多，薪水也非常少。  2014-10-21

EXAMPLE: My young son likes to wear his grandfather's enormous boots, and galumph around inside the house in them.
我的小儿子喜欢穿着他祖父的大靴子在屋里蹒跚走动。  2014-10-20

EXAMPLE: The two stubborn old friends had a falling-out last month, and unfortunately they have not spoken to each other since then.
两位固执的老朋友上月发生了争吵。不幸的是，他们自那以后彼此再不讲话。  2014-10-17

EXAMPLE: None of us have ever seen our erinaceous old boss smile.
我们老板很难相处，我们谁也没有见他笑过。  2014-10-16

EXAMPLE: My favorite comedians are a popular duo I often hear on the radio.
我最喜欢的喜剧演员是一个很受欢迎的二人组合，我经常在收音机上听他们的节目。  2014-10-15

EXAMPLE: The famous tennis player suffered a terrible comedown yesterday when he lost to an unknown young player.
这位著名的网球选手在昨天经历了一场惨败，输给了一位名不见经传的年轻选手。  2014-10-14

EXAMPLE: The ancient statue stood on a huge plinth carved from a single piece of granite.
这座古代塑像立在由一整块大理石雕成的巨大柱础上。  2014-10-13

EXAMPLE: My son likes to mosey along through the park with his friends on their days off.
我的儿子喜欢在休息日与朋友们到公园里漫步。  2014-10-11

EXAMPLE: Five years of drought have immiserated the region's farmers.
五年的干旱让这一地区的农民变得贫穷。  2014-10-10

EXAMPLE: After the recent rainstorms the fields are now filled with flowers galore.
不久前的暴风雨让田野里长满了花朵。  2014-10-09

EXAMPLE: The experienced team of surgeons seldom erred when operating on patients.
这支经验丰富的外科医生团队在给病人做手术时很少出错。  2014-09-30

EXAMPLE: As a boy I read many old books filled with derring-do.
我小时候读过很多充满了冒险故事的旧书。  2014-09-28

EXAMPLE: The shouts of my loud and aggressive neighbor cow her shy, unfortunate husband.
我的邻居用大声而咄咄逼人的喊叫唬住她的胆怯可怜的老公。  2014-09-26

EXAMPLE: During summer mosquitoes can be a common vexation in some tropical regions.
在一些热带地区，夏天的蚊子是一大烦恼。  2014-09-25

EXAMPLE: The spacious old hotel is a charming throwback to the 1920's.这座宽敞的旧宾馆带有20世纪20年代的复古风格。  2014-09-24

EXAMPLE: My little brother's puerile rudeness gets him into trouble at his office where people are expected to behave more politely.
我的小弟愚蠢的粗鲁行为使他在要求员工彬彬有礼的公司里遇到了麻烦。  2014-09-22

EXAMPLE: The animated movie begins with many phantasmagoric animals dancing at a strange, ghostly festival.
在这部动画片的开头，有很多奇异的动物在一个鬼影重重的古怪节庆活动上跳舞。  2014-09-19

EXAMPLE: The intractable cancer cells spread quickly through the unfortunate patient's body.
无法控制的癌细胞在这位不幸的病人体内迅速扩散。  2014-09-18

EXAMPLE: The 1930's and 1940's were the heyday of big band radio broadcasts.
20世纪30年代和40年代是大波段收音机广播的全盛时期。  2014-09-17

EXAMPLE: The arrogant boss expected his employees to be humble flunkies who never questioned his orders or his frequently poor decisions.
这位傲慢的老板希望员工都是卑贱的马屁精，永远不质疑他的命令或是他经常做出的糟糕决策。  2014-09-16