老兵

The veteran in velvet found that the diameter of the thermo meter was one metre.

穿天鹅绒的老兵发现温度计的直径为一米。

But even among these old bulls, such fond memories rapidly dimmed the first time the other side's political operatives selected them as targets, flooding their districts with mail accusing them of malfeasance, corruption, incompetence, and moral turpitude.

但即便对参与过这些的老兵而言，这样的记忆也在第一次相互抹黑后迅速消失了——每个选区都会收到拆不过来的信件，而它们的内容不外乎控诉对方渎职、腐败、无能和道德沦丧。

Here I am, 12 years, seven-time All-Star, two-time scoring champ.

现在呢？我是12年老兵，7次全明星，2次得分王。

Still, Dima, now at college, is relatively lucky. Many of the 1m-plus Chechnya veterans came back alcoholic, unemployable and anti-social, suffering what soon became known as "the Chechen syndrome".

不过，如今身居大学的迪玛还算相对幸运。1百万以上的车臣老兵中许多人后来酗酒、失业以及不善交际，遭受着不久后通称为"车臣综合症"的折磨。

Almost in the corner there was, sitting on a military overcoat, an old soldier with a stern yellow face, thin as a skeleton's, and an unshaved grey beard. He was looking persistently at Rostov.

差不多紧靠屋角，有个老兵坐在军大衣上面，露出一副骷髅般瘦黄的、严肃的面孔、没有剃过的苍白的髯须，他目不转睛地望着罗斯托夫。

She gives unsparingly to returning veterans' causes and hospitals.

她毫无保留地给奉献给归来老兵慈善事业、医院。

In addition, the fiftieth anniversaries of D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the crossing of the Rhine, and V-E day brought forth a flood of books by veterans about their own experiences, their squads, their companies.

此外，为D日、突出部战役、横渡莱茵河、欧洲胜利日50周年纪念，发表了大量老兵所撰写，关于其个人，其所属班，其所属连队经历之著作。

His grandfather was a veteran of the World War II.

他的祖父是二战时的老兵。

I do not speak for all veterans of that war.

我并不代表那次战争中所有的老兵。

And I've been proud of their support and their recognition of my service to the veterans.

我相信他们知道我会照顾他们的。而且我一直为他们的支持而骄傲，为他们认可我对老兵的服务而骄傲。

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。