查询词典 stiff

However, their opponents were unbeaten and would provide stiff opposition.

然而，他们的对手是难以战胜的，给了客队一场严峻的考验。

Awkward and stiff-necked he might be, but Howard was undemanding of his children.

那位哈佛校友温和地告诉他，再过几年，他会有更好的机会。

It was too bad, my wet wadded jacket, became so stiff like a armature after being dried, could not keep warm, and it made my skin painful and itchy, after I wore it, because I had not an underlinen and a drawer.

糟糕的是，湿漉漉的棉衣烤干后，硬得和盔甲一样，不保暖不说，穿在我既无衬衣、又无衬裤的身上，磨得皮肤又疼又痒。

Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.

但就在这个牢笼内，每天仍得在户外度过一小时。我们的衣服不足以御寒。大家没有靴子，雪灌进了鞋子，并在里面融化。我们没有手套，手都冻僵了，像脚上一样，长满了冻疮。每晚我的双脚红肿，早上又得把肿胀、疼痛和僵硬的脚趾伸进鞋子，一时痛痒难熬，至今记忆犹新。

Andrew: I told him that his tongue would become stiff and unmovable if he did not start talking to people.

安德鲁：我跟他说如果他不和别人说话，他的舌头就会硬掉不能动。

Andrew: I told him that his tongue would become stiff and unmovable if he didn't start talking to people.

安德鲁：我跟他说如果他不和别人说话，他的舌头就会硬掉不能动。

Simon rose, knees stiff as unoiled hinges.

Simon站起身，膝盖僵硬地就象是没有上油的绞链。

There was no play nor graceful movement of his sceptre; he kept it straight and stiff like a man unpractised in oratory- one might have taken him for a mere churl or simpleton; but when he raised his voice, and the words came driving from his deep chest like winter snow before the wind, then there was none to touch him, and no man thought further of what he looked like.

从不前后摆动权杖，而是紧握在手，纹丝不动，像个一无所知的呆汉。是的，你可以把他当做一个沉闷的怪人，一个不掺假的蠢货。然而，当洪亮的声音冲出他的丹田，词句像冬天的雪片一样纷纷扬扬的飘来时，凡人中就不会有他的对手，谁也不能匹敌俄底修斯的口才！这时，我们就不再会注视他的外表，带着惊异的神情。

Depending on the structure the polymer may be hydrophilic or hydrophobic, stiff or flexible, crystalline or amorphous, reactive or unreactive.

根据各自的结构不同，聚合物可以是亲水的或憎水的，硬的或软的，晶体状的或非结晶质的，易起反应的或不易起反应的。

But Mr Davidson thinks the unstated price of Abu Dhabi's support will be stiff indeed.

不过戴维森认为阿布扎比未言明的"谢礼"事实上可能很难满足，他说，"这是第二酋长国一直尽力维护的经济自主权的终结。"

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。