查询词典 Middle East

be compared to：与......相比较

8.upper-middle-class 中上层社会阶层 | 9.be compared to... 与......相比较 | 10.in nature 在本质上

be confident of sth：对......有信心/把握

42.be curious about 对......感到好奇 | 43.be confident of sth 对......有信心/把握 | 44.around the middle of the month 本月中旬

and I feared this year would be no exception：相信今年也不例外

Every year she tries to fix me up with some bushy-haired, middle-aged bore...|而每年她都要为我找一些 头... | and I feared this year would be no exception.|相信今年也不例外 | There you are, dumpling.|你...

be out of date：过时的

37.traditional test 传统测试 | 38.be out of date 过时的 | 1.middle-class family 中产阶级家庭

to be seated：招呼坐下

4. in his middle twenties 二十多岁 | 5. to be seated 招呼坐下 | 6. stand squarely 端端正正地站着

bell tower：钟塔

可以参观的还有中塔(middle tower),拜弗德塔(Byward tower),钟塔(bell tower),卫塔(wakefield tower). 另外,从tower hill地铁站出来后可先上小平台远观伦敦塔,平台上日晷钟周围记载著伦敦历史的石刻. 哥德式外观的伦敦塔桥于1894年完工,

betwixt：模棱两可

Middle Kindom,按照"中国"字面意思翻译的对中国的称呼 | betwixt,模棱两可 | corporate-bond,公司债券

a British-style bicameral model：英式的两院制

为政治气候降温cool the political heat | 英式的两院制a British-style bicameral model | 要收买人心,因中产阶级逐渐兴起win the allegiance of an emerging middle cla

The Big Game：博奕

7. 中世纪 Middle Ages | 8. 博奕 the big game | 9. 欧洲列强 european powers

blame game：(抹黑、推卸责任)

Don't change horses in the middle of the stream ( 别中途换人 ) | blame game (抹黑、推卸责任) | favorite son (某一州举行初选时本州的候选人)

sloyd：手工艺教育

slowworm 蛇蜥 | sloyd 手工艺教育 | slub 搓捻

Pete Postlethwaite：皮特.鲍斯特莱斯威特

卡迈伦.戴兹 Cameron Diaz | 皮特.鲍斯特莱斯威特 Pete Postlethwaite | 亨利.托马斯 Henry Thomas