查询词典 The Grandfather

We slipped by the new law under the grandfather clause.

我们被"老祖父条款"（注：指旧时美国南部某些法律中袒护白人利益的一种条款）指导下的新法规所忽视。

She listened for the chime of the grandfather clock.

她倾听老爷钟的钟声。

There's nothing old-school about it, which means it's lost some of the grandfather clock traditional charm of the Arnage.

关于它，没有守旧，这意味着它丧失了一些Arnage所具有的落地式大摆钟似的传统魅力。

After dinner they sat in a blissful silence, one so profound and serene that the grandfather clock could be heard vividly, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock...

晚饭后，他们美滋滋静静坐着，太寂静了，可以听见祖父的钟，欢快地滴答，滴答，滴答

It's during those brief spells of non uniform motion that her ageing races way ahead of the grandfather's.

就是在这短短的非匀速运动的时间里，她变老的速度就超过了她的祖父。

At each succeeding phase of improvement, which became more and more pronounced, the grandfather raved.

明显地病势在日益好转，每有一次新的好转，外祖父就作一次荒谬的行动。

"Everything is after my head today," he said, sitting down crossly in the grandfather chair, but he jumped up immediately, shouting,"Ouch!"

他说，同时气呼呼地在他爷爷留给他的椅子上坐了下来。可他立刻又跳了起来，而且叫着：「哎哟！

"Everything is after my head today," he said, sitting down crossly in the grandfather chair, but he jumped up immediately, shouting,"Ouch!"

可他立刻又跳了起来，而且叫着：「哎哟！哎哟！」那缝衣针虽然没有紮着他的脸，却比大头针扎得更厉害。

My children," said the grandfather,"here you are, Monsieur le Baron and Madame la Baronne, with an income of thirty thousand livres.

我的孩子，&外祖父说，&你们现在是男爵先生和男爵夫人了，有三万利弗的年金。

That's when I saw that the grandfather's eyes were a milky white color - he was blind.

这就是当我看到祖父的眼睛是一个乳白色的颜色-他是双目失明。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。