EXAMPLE: Fishing provides a dependable livelihood for many of the island’s residents.
对于该岛的很多居民来说，捕鱼是一种可靠的生计。  2017-04-07

EXAMPLE: Harmful chemical waste products disembogue from old factories into our local river, causing dangerous levels of water pollution.老工厂排出大量有害化学物质，流入了我们这个地方的河流，导致了严重的水污染。

  2017-04-06

EXAMPLE: The new company president had several new suggestions, but thecautious board of directors demurred until they had time to consider each of themcarefully.
公司新总裁有好几条新建议，但是谨慎的公司董事会持反对态度，他们需要时间认真考虑。

  2017-04-05

EXAMPLE: Our cousins are farmers who we enjoy visiting every year because of the
bucolic charm of their peaceful village.
我们的堂兄弟都是农民，我们每年都要去看望他们，因为我们喜欢宁静的乡村美景。  2017-04-04

EXAMPLE: The poor country’s agrarian economy depends on plentiful amounts of rain each year.
这个穷国的农业经济有赖于每年的丰富降水。

  2017-04-03

EXAMPLE: The company ingratiates itself with consumers at every price point by ranging $3,000 double-breasted cardigan sweaters from the Purple Label to Chaps brand clothing and home goods.
该公司的产品迎合了所有价位的消费者。它既出售3,000美元的紫标系列的双排扣羊毛开衫，又出售Chaps品牌服饰和居家用品。  2017-03-31

EXAMPLE: My customers return to do business with me every year because they know I am always on the level with them.
每年，客户们都回来和我做生意，因为他们知道我总是对他们坦诚相待。  2017-03-30

EXAMPLE: Our company president worries about the high cost of renting a larger office, but the flip side of his concern is the fact that we need space to grow.
我们公司的总裁担心租用更大办公室的高成本，但一些人的意见和他的担心正相反，我们需要新的办公空间来实现增长。  2017-03-29

EXAMPLE: My brother gets angry easily so I have to handle him with kid gloves when I ask him to do something for me.
我的兄弟容易发怒，所以我在请他为我做事时不得不小心说话。  2017-03-28

EXAMPLE: We decided to stock up on French wine after we heard that prices would be increased more than 30% due to higher import duties.
我们决定囤积法国葡萄酒，因为我们听说，由于提高进口税，酒价将上涨30%以上。  2017-03-27

EXAMPLE: For many years no one had lived in my grandfather's old house, and while searching its dark rooms, I found shelves of musty old books.
我祖父的旧宅多年来无人居住，当我在昏暗的房间搜索时，发现了好几书架发霉的旧书。

  2017-03-24

EXAMPLE: Geologists recently found large areas of hyrdogenic rock in the arid desert, which they believe indicates an ancient lakebed.
地质学家最近在这片荒芜的沙漠里发现了大片的水成岩，他们认为，这些岩石表明这里是古老的河床。

  2017-03-23

EXAMPLE: As a young person, I had a fleeting interest in studying architecture, but I became a civil engineer instead.
我年轻时对学建筑学有过短暂的兴趣，但后来却成了土木工程师。  2017-03-22

EXAMPLE: In the back of the city bus, a bevy of high school girls chatted and laughed as they rode home.
一群快乐的高中女生坐在城市公交车的后面，在回家的路上有说有笑。

  2017-03-21

EXAMPLE: The new owner of the famous old company took control by ignoring the recommendations and previous decisions of many managers, who believed him to be an arrant fool.
这家老牌公司的新老板无视很多经理的推荐和先前的决定，搞一言堂。这些经理认为他是个十足的傻瓜。

  2017-03-20

EXAMPLE: When I got married, my rich, magnanimous uncle gave me enough money to buy a large new house because he hoped I would start a family soon.
我结婚时，富有而慷慨的舅舅给了我足够买一套新房的钱，因为他希望我能很快成家。  2017-03-17

EXAMPLE: I hope my wayward and impulsive young brother’s behavior does not result in his arrest by the police.
我希望，我的任性而冲动的弟弟的行为不会招致他被警察逮捕。  2017-03-16

EXAMPLE: My brother gets angry easily so I have to handle him with kid gloves when I ask him to do something for me.
我的兄弟容易发怒，所以我在请他为我做事时不得不小心说话。  2017-03-15

EXAMPLE: My favorite basketball team has lost every game so far this year, and I'm starting to think that it's a lost cause.
今年，我最喜欢的篮球队输掉了到目前为止的所有比赛，我开始相信，这支队伍肯定没戏了。  2017-03-14

EXAMPLE: We must drive slowly and cautiously on the tortuous road through the mountains.
我们必须在山间曲折的公路上缓慢小心地驾车。  2017-03-13