EXAMPLE: An unfeigned fondness for people is a characteristic of many successful sales representatives.
许多成功的销售代表都有一个特点：让人打心眼里喜欢。

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EXAMPLE: The advertising agency had a talented wordsmith on its staff who could quickly write beautifully crafted sentences on any topic.
这家广告机构的员工中有一位天才的语言大师，能根据任何题目迅速写出文采斐然的语句。

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EXAMPLE: Despite his great wealth, our boss is a fuddy-duddy who never travels, buys anything new, or does anything exciting.
尽管非常富有，我的老板却是位古板的人，从来不旅游、买任何新东西或做任何刺激的事。

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EXAMPLE: My elderly uncle is an agelast, and although I have occasionally seen him smile, I have never heard him laugh.
我的年迈的叔叔是位不苟言笑的人，尽管我偶尔看到过他微笑，但从未听到他大笑过。

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EXAMPLE: Despite his age, my grandfather's perspicacity impressed me, and I always asked him for advice when I faced difficult challenges in my life.
尽管一把年纪，我祖父的敏锐头脑仍然让我吃惊，当我在生活中遇到巨大挑战时，我总是向他寻求建议。  2014-05-04

EXAMPLE: The airplane shook as it flew through the terrible storm, and with each new flash of lightening the passengers became more jumpy.
飞机摇摆着穿过可怕的风暴，每次看到新的闪电出现，乘客们都变得越发紧张  2014-04-30

EXAMPLE: As the sun rose, we lost sight of the last evanescent stars of the night sky.
太阳升起来了，来自夜晚天空的最后尚存的几颗星星迅速离开了我们的视野。  2014-04-29

EXAMPLE: The young man's boasts were met with derisive laughter from his skeptical friends.
这位年轻人的吹嘘招来了怀疑他的朋友们的嘲讽大笑。  2014-04-28

EXAMPLE: My crestfallen younger brother who loves tennis and is very proud of his skills lost his game yesterday, and isn't talking with anyone today.
我弟弟热爱网球，很为他的技术自豪。但昨天他输了球，垂头丧气，今天不跟任何人说话。  2014-04-25

EXAMPLE: My favorite actor appears in a boffo new film everybody's talking about.
我喜爱的演员出演了人人都在谈论的风靡一时的新电影。  2014-04-24

EXAMPLE: The professor's new opinions regarding education angered his traditional colleagues who considered him to be a vile apostate.
这位教授有关教育的新主张激怒了他往日的同事，他们认为他是个可耻的背叛者。  2014-04-23

EXAMPLE:
1.A boy on the street worked as a lookout for the gang of thieves, and whistled loudly whenever a police officer appeared.
一位街头男孩给盗窃团伙站岗放哨，一有警官出现就大声吹哨。
2.The old stone tower on the hilltop had been built as a lookout centuries ago.
山顶上的这座旧石楼在几百年前是被当作瞭望台而修建的。  2014-04-22

EXAMPLE: My moonstruck sister won’t stop talking about the handsome young man she met yesterday.
我那爱昏了头的妹妹不停地谈论她昨天遇到的帅哥。  2014-04-21

EXAMPLE: The juice company made many unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of drinking its product daily, including its ability to increase intelligence and prevent memory loss.
这家公司针对每日饮用其产品的好处做了很多虚假宣传，包括它可以增强智力和防止记忆力丧失。  2014-04-18

EXAMPLE: The cynical old man’s skin-deep compliments did not encourage anyone to trust or believe him.
这个玩世不恭的老男人的肤浅恭维不会赢得任何人的信任。  2014-04-17

EXAMPLE: France is the indisputable world leader of wine production.
法国是无可争议的葡萄酒生产领先国家。  2014-04-16

EXAMPLE: My teenage son has become so flippant in the past year that he frequently makes me angry.
去年，我的十几岁的儿子变得十分轻浮无礼，经常惹我生气。  2014-04-15

EXAMPLE: My sister doesn’t have much money, but she always dresses with a sense of flair, and at parties she’s often best dressed woman in the room.
我的妹妹不是太有钱，但她的穿着总是带有时尚感，在聚会上，她经常是穿得最好看的那个女人。  2014-04-14

EXAMPLE: Our company used to be careless and waste a lot of money, but now we are trying to be more cost-effective by looking at the financial returns we get for every investment we make.
我们公司过去不精打细算，浪费了很多钱，但现在，我们关注每笔投资的回报，努力提高成本效益。  2014-04-11

EXAMPLE: The ambitious but dishonest executive thought bribes and calumny would help him gain a high position.
这位雄心勃勃但不诚实的高管以为，贿赂和诽谤可以帮他赢得高位。  2014-04-10