查询词典 tricks meant to deceive

At a time when undergarments weren't meant to show, a slip could be sultry.

早在1958年的时候内衣还不能显露在外，穿衬裙就很性感了。

Irony: A contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. Three kinds of irony are (1) verbal irony, in which a writer or speaker says one thing and means something entirely different;(2) dramatic irony, in which a reader or an audience perceives something that a character in the story or play does not know;(3) irony of situation, in which the writer shows a discrepancy between the expected results of some action or situation and its actual results.

反讽：反讽指所叙述的事情和真正的所指之间或期待发生的事情和实际发生的事情之间的对比或不一致，反讽有3种：（1）词语反讽，作者或说话人说的是一件事但指的却是截然不同的另一件事；（2）戏剧反讽，指读者或观众在故事或戏剧中意识到故事或剧中人物所没有意识到的事；（3）情境反讽，指作家所创造的人们对的行动或情境所期待的结果和实际发生的结果产生的差距。

The dogs are meant to be watchdogs.

狗就是要看家护院的。

Although it meant that we had to work through all the minutiae of a new language design, rather than starting from an already welldeveloped basis, it allowed us the freedom to contemplate more radical approaches to many aspects of the language design.

尽管这意味著我们不得不作出新语言设计的每一个细枝末节，而不是从一个发展良好的基础上开始，但这样给予了我们自由来忖思语言设计许多方面更激进的通路。

He didn't know what death row meant.

他不知道死囚区意味着什么。

The emphasis on this problem meant that the idea of a national system of innovation was immanent in the work of the IKE group in Aalborg already in the first half of the 1980s.

对这个问题的重点意味创新一个全国系统的想法是内在的在IKE小组的工作在奥尔堡已经在80年代上半。

The Agnus Dei seal was meant to convey the idea that the Knights Templar were sacrificing their lives for Jesus, but the image of Agnus Dei conceals their true nature, which was more like a lion poised to kill.

该持股dei印章，是为了传达思想，即圣殿骑士被牺牲自己的生命为耶稣但图象的持股dei隐藏自己的真正性质。它更象一个狮子准备杀人。

Unfortunately, on the day I was there, the hot tea had a slightly bitter taste, and the crush of visitors meant that the service for the hot, cake-like scones and strawberry jam with clotted cream, was slow.

遗憾的是，我去的那天，那热茶有点苦味，而且来访者摩肩接踵，使得热腾腾的、像蛋糕一样的烤饼和浇着草莓酱的奶油块也上得很慢。

By "the man who is skilled in traveling" is meant a Tathagata, an Arhat,a Buddha.

熟于旅行的人&指如来，阿罗汉，佛。&

Among the bundle of wires you have to look for two wires meant for ceiling fan light.

其中电线捆绑你找两个电线用来吊扇轻。

You can do some assertiveness training.

你可以进行一些自信训练。

We were well on the path to making a rear-wheel-drive global platform," says Mays."

我们正致力于建立一个后轮驱动的平台，"Mays这样说道。"