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充满行动和危险的生活将减缓对死亡的恐惧。它不仅赋予我们承受痛苦的刚毅,而且时刻引导我们把握飘忽不定的现在。
充满行动和危险的生活将减缓对死亡的恐惧。它不仅赋予我们承受痛苦的刚毅,而且时刻引导我们把握飘忽不定的现在。
outstrip源于out-(胜过)+ strip(旧义快速移动),因此它的原意是比对手跑得快,从而体现出一种在比赛或竞争中超越他人的意味。如果一个公司的利润outstrip另外一家公司,说明这家公司的盈利能力更强。
I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.
我自食其果。我通过辞职弹劾了自己。
Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
这些年来,我一直被要求扮演这些用身体来表达他们情感的可怕的疯狂角色。
一个没有书架的人总是莫测难解的;一个没有书的房子相当于是全裸的。
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.
一般说来妇女较之男人更倾注于尽到父母的责任。
His eyes were so quiet, so kind, so understanding that she wondered how she could ever have been silly enough to be flurried.
他的眼光是那么宁静,那么温和,显得那么通情达理,以致她惊讶自己怎么会那样愚蠢竟发起慌来了。
Exact → Exacting
Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.
想象一下,一颗巨大的小行星正在与地球直接相撞。这相当于我们现在面临的气候变化,然而我们却还在犹豫不决。
clad的意思是“包覆”、“穿衣”,所以ironclad就是“包铁”的。19世纪后期,由于木造军舰无法抵御炮弹,铁甲舰(ironclad warship)应运而生。
As Harry sat down, a furry ginger cat with a squashed face jumped onto his knees and settled there, purring.
哈利刚坐下,一只扁平脸、毛茸茸的姜黄色的猫就跳上了他的膝头,趴在他腿上呼噜呼噜地叫着。
There, in those gay shadows of verdure, a throng of innocent voices spoke sweetly to the soul, and what the twittering forgot to say the humming completed.
在那里,在那些爽心悦目、绿叶浅阴的地方,有无数天真的声音在轻轻叙诉衷肠,嘤嘤鸟语忘了说的,嗡嗡虫声在追补。
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