查询词典 stiff-neck

Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby, but only switched to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time.

摩西奶奶小时候画过一些画，还把刺绣画作为自己的业余爱好。直到老年她才转向油画，那时她的手指已经很不灵活，无法再做针线，想找些事情做打发时间。

The National Stadium, Beijing beat off stiff competition from five other shortlisted buildings: Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3; Watercube, National Swimming Centre, Beijing; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Sean O'Casey Community Centre; and The British High Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

与北京国家体育馆同获大奖提名并同台竞技的其它五个建筑分别为：北京国际机场三号航站楼、北京水立方游泳馆、慕尼黑布兰德霍斯特博物馆、肖恩·奥凯西社区中心，以及英国驻斯里兰卡科伦坡大使馆。

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。