Russian will lose their bucket over this move. It is hands down the right move for us in terms of national security. 中的lose their bucket怎么理解?失去他们的桶?还有hands down在这里是什么意思?整句话是什么意思?
He would be a rash man, who should venture to forecast the results of this event.书上说这里的who should...相当于if he should...意思,表示条件。那么,是否意味着这句话是虚拟语气呢? 即, if he should venture to...
Those of us who pushed for the bill will consider ourselves most successful if it acts as an incentive not to have it invoked in the first place如果这项法令能激励人们维护传统道德观念,而不是首先考虑要付诸法律,对簿公堂,那我们这些奋力推进这一法令...
Certainly, some felt that
the time had come to find out once and for all the alphabetic powers of the Chinese script, if any were hidden in its
folds.这里的alphabetic power和folds如何更为准确地理解和翻译呢?