...ing to get off at the Atlantic Avenue, with nothing to take care of —not even the usual customary book under my arm.破折号后面的是补充说明的意思吗?是不是可以这么理解:he did not take care of even the usual customary book under my arm.
Thereis “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture.红色部分好难理解....the democratizing uniformity翻译为“大众的一致性”吗?absence of deference翻译为“缺乏尊重”?
...6版)
as usual照例,照常,像平常一样:
We went to bed that evening around 10.30 as usual. 那天晚上我们像平常一样大约在10:30睡觉。(摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第9版p.2317)
We joked and laughed as usual. 我们像往常一样嘻嘻哈哈地开...
...recovery from Owner
or General Contractor on behalf of Subcontractor.有道翻译:在为方便而终止合同的情况下,承包商应向分包商偿还一笔金额,该金额等于终止日期前完成的所有工作的成本,按分包商完成的终止工作与分包合同所涵盖的工作...
Some ofthese people, wanting to exercise even more power over others, to be even more "helpful", or simply because the industry is not growing fast enough to hold all the people who want to get into it, are now beginning to be angry.老师好,to be even more "helpful"是want与want搭配的不定...
...forthe fact that his murder occurred on December 31st 2020, the
787th and final one of an especially bloody year forthe city, it might have
been forgotten.1.young, just 27, and black, like four in every five homicide victims in the city.这是句子的四个并列的表语,但为什么and在第...
..., Tina didn’t want to eat there again.5. Having been told many times, he finally understood it.6. Having failed to reach them on the phone, we sent an email instead.▲分词短语有时可以不放在句首,而是放在了主语之后,但也仍然在谓语动词之前,这同样说明原因...
...slightly in the last 10 years, and in theU.S., they have actually fallen—even for those in professional and executive jobs, wherethe perceptions of stress are highest. 几十年来由数千名志愿者所作的钟点日志表明,英国在最近十年中工作时间只略微增加,而在...
one for
each day ofthe year是什么结构This (the pyramid of Quetzalcoatl) is a giant
calendar. There are stairs on each face: north, south, east and west, each with
91 steps. And the top step makes 365. One for each day ofthe year, but I think
we’ve missed something.这几句话来自《剑...
For nearly a
decade now, Merebeth has been a self-employed pet transport specialist. Her pet
transport job was born ofthe financial crisis (危机) in the late 2000s. The
downturn hit the real estate (房地产) firm where she had worked for ten years as an
office manager. The firm went broke and l...
He
looked very angry. 'Now you get out ofhere, all of you!' he shouted. 'I'm
sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping" -- in case
you can't read!''Look,
sheriff,' said Rockwall, 'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and
thisis Merlin Greeves.''Oh,
is it?' said the sheriff...