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No doubt Stephen had by his language given some grounds for the accusation; his accusers apparently twisted into the offensive utterance attributed to him a declaration that "the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands"(vii, 48), some mention of Jesus foretelling the destruction of the Temple and some inveighing against the burthensome traditions fencing about the Law, or rather the asseveration so often repeated by the Apostles that "there is no salvation in any other" cf.

毫无疑问，斯蒂芬曾由他的语言给出了一些理由的指责，他的指控显然是歪曲为攻击性话语归功于他的声明，表示&最高级从永远不要在房子所作的手&（第七章， 48条），有些提及耶稣预言摧毁庙宇和一些inveighing对burthensome传统击剑有关法律，或者更确切地说，该asseveration所以经常反复，由传道者说：&绝对不存在救赎，在任何其他&（参见四， 12 ）法律没有排除，但耶稣。

On the motorcycles now were the Dianas, pulling the moon with multicolored ribbons; or, rather, since the number of naked women had at least doubled, the female motorcyclists must have thrown away their uniforms and kepis.

Diana们站在机车上，用五彩的缎带拖着月亮；裸体女子的数量至少增加了一倍，一定是那些女驾驶员们脱掉了她们的制服和平顶帽。

Rather, the war merely unleashed and legitimized decades-old prejudices that had previously been suppressed under San Piedro's ethos of silence and avoidance of confrontation.

相反，战争只是发动和合法化数十年之久的偏见曾压制圣Piedro的精神特质的沉默和避免对抗。

Lories are better food than thejacamar, the flesh of which is rather tough, but it was difficult topersuade Pencroft that he had not killed the king of eatable birds.

可是要让潘克洛夫承认他所打到的不是最好吃的飞禽，却不是一件容易的事。

Thats what Mikes leaving had been like, sudden and with an awful finality. I would rather just wallow in uncertainty than have things finished.

这情景就像迈克离我而去那般，来的太突然，结果还另人不爽，我宁可徘徊在跟他不明不白的感情里面也比痛快的分手好的多。

For the most part, Kobe and company had won games by outscoring their opponents rather than holding them to fewer points. The Celtics could beat you either way, but they did it mostly with defense—the kind that will kill your spirit .

其中最主要的原因是科比以及他的队友用比对手更多的得分来赢得比赛，而凯尔特人却用另一种方式击败你，他们用防守，用让你窒息的防守压得你喘不过气。

And she would have died rather than let this overdressed boy know she was the girl he had pitied on May Day.

她是宁死也不想让这个穿着过度考究的男孩知道，她就是他在五月节时可怜的那个女孩。

The pasties are stacked rather anonymously amongst other savouries—had I not been alerted by a national food magazine, I would have missed them.

馅饼在一众令人垂涎欲滴的高点中并不起眼，若不是我提前读到了杂志评论，也许我便就此错过了。

The snow lay thick and white upon the pleasant country through which he went; and the young barrister had wrapped himself in so many comforters and railway rugs as to appear a perambulating mass of woollen goods rather than a living member of a learned profession.

火车所穿过的悦目的乡村里，到处积着又厚又自的雪，年轻大律师在身上裹着许多被子和毛毯，看上去不象是个活生生的有学问的专业人员，倒象是一大团摇来晃去的羊毛制品了。

The band was founded rather by chance, while visiting a concert one day in 1996 Dorian met Jarlaath and soon after they had known each other they found themselves philosophizing about metal in general and in particular.

该乐队成立于相当偶然，在访问音乐会在1996年多里一天会见了 Jarlaath后不久，他们彼此认识，他们发现自己对金属一般的哲学，特别是。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷