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But he had brought his Lares and Penates with him, in the shape of his German pipe, his tobacco canister, half a dozen French novels, and his two ill-conditioned canine favourites, who sat shivering before the smoky little fire, barking shortly and sharply now and then, by way of hinting for some slight refreshment. While Mr.

但他随身带来了他的家宅诸神：它们化身为他的德国烟斗，他的烟草罐，半打法国长篇小说，以及他的两条情况糟糕、可又很机警的爱犬，它们坐在冒烟的小小炉火前面哆哆嗦嗦，不时发出短促尖锐的吠声，借此暗示还要稍稍吃点儿喝点儿。

The three prodigies (joined by Thile's dad, Scott, on bass) really strut their eclectic hot licks on a few soaring, skittering instrumentals, but even more impressive are Nickel Creek's graceful, heartfelt harmonies on the many lovely ballads. Hot licks, when you get right down to it, are a dime a dozen; this sort of pluperfect tunefulness is a much rarer thing.--Bob Allen

在流行、电子和说唱乐等诸多流派方兴未艾的汹涌大潮面前，美国传统乡村音乐的颓势已经由来已久，而Nickel Creek的成功在于他们折中主义的智慧，留住了美国南方音乐的忠实拥趸之外，也让自己的作品洗脱了那种老旧乡村乐的"拿腔拿调"的乡土味，更显活力。

Contrary to popular perceptions, only about two dozen significant bills come up for a roll-call vote on the Senate floor every year, and almost none of those are sponsored by a member of the minority party.

与一般人的理解不同，每年，在参议院议事厅，只有差不多24项被提出的重要法案需要进行唱名表决，而其中没有一项是由少数派党员提出的。

We think you will be interested in the new formula soap powder we have just introduced to the market Half dozen samples of both have been shipped to you by UPS.

我相信您会对我们刚推出市场的新配方洗衣粉感兴趣半打样品已经通过UPS快递给您

From 1995 to 2007 he made more than a dozen feature films, including "Donnie Darko"(2001), in which he played an obnoxious motivational speaker. In 2006 he surprised many by starring in London as the streetwise gambler Nathan Detroit in the musical "Guys and Dolls."

1995年到2007年间，他出演了十多部影片，包括在《死亡幻觉》中饰演一个野心勃勃的可憎演说者。2006年在伦敦上映的音乐剧《红男绿女》中扮演一个机敏的赌徒Nathan Detroit让大多数人大为震惊。

The fact that it doesn't feels inserted by one of the half-dozen uncredited screenwriters just to make the movie a little less nonsensical.

事实上这个使得电影略显荒谬的不知名的剧作家并不会让我们受到影响。

Then abruptly the road swept down into a small, sheltered basin where a dozen farm buildings in cream weatherboard topped by red, corrugated iron roofs, were scattered on the land.

随后，小路突然向下伸向一处隐蔽的小盆地，那里分散坐落着十几个装有米黄色挡水板和红色波纹铁屋顶的农家建筑。

Aimara charged forward into the cave, flanked by Murbeck and a dozen of the other warriors.

爱玛拉带头冲进了洞里，身边是穆贝克和十几个其他的武士。

Aimara charged forward into the cave, flanked by Murbeck and a dozen of the other warriors. It was dark, but they could see a campfire ahead.

艾玛拉一马当先的冲入洞穴中，穆尔贝克和十余位野蛮人战士则是在她身旁护卫，虽然洞穴中十分黑暗，不过他们仍能见到前方营火所发出的光芒。

After Xiaolai buys them, let them suddenly " dig coal to black coalpit " work, gain a few " cash " hind, he changes the look to those by " dozen fold processing " the comparison that pass " cheap "" pet " on the body.

小赖将他们买下以后，猛地让他们&到黑煤窑挖煤&打工，赚到一些&现金&后，他将目光转向那些被&打折处理&过的比较&便宜&的&宠物&身上。

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。