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I gave him money as an inducement to leave.
我给他钱，诱使他离去。
That's rather an effective use of color.
这种使用颜色的手法效果相当好。
The accident put an untimely end to the party.
意外事故使聚会匆匆结束了。
His strength in a crisis is an ace in the hole.
临危不惧是他的看家本领。
The plant was growing at an angle.
植物呈一定角度生长。
She spent an hour in quiet contemplation.
她静静地沉思了一个小时。
It is often unpleasant to see an anomaly animal.
见到一只畸形动物常常会使人感到不快。
A church, school, hospital, asylum, or prison is an institution.
教堂，学校，医院，收容所或监狱皆属公共机构。
He has been an unsung hero of the country's economic growth.
他是使这个国家经济成长的无名英雄。
It seemed an eternity before news of his safety reached her.
他平安的消息到达她那里之前，那段时间似乎是无限漫长的。
It took us an entire week to finish painting the home.
它花去了我们整整一星期的时间才把房子粉刷好。
I read about the writer's suicide in an evening newspaper.
我是从一份晚报上读到关于那位作家自杀的消息的。
He is an interested party and can not serve on the jury.
他是与案件有关的当事人，不能做陪审团的成员。
It was that thought which made me ask an unquiet question calmly.
是那个想法使我平静地问了一个令人焦急的问题。
Tears are secreted by an organ under the upper eyelid.
眼泪由上眼睑下面的器官分泌。
He tried to exercise an undue influence upon his colleagues.
他想对他的同事施加不适当的影响。
Job creation has become an imperative for the government.
创造就业机会是政府必须做的事。
He worked very fast, insomuch that he was through in an hour.
他工作得很快，一小时内便做完了。
Still, it's an ill wind; you will have an unexpected holiday.
不过，这也并非完全的不幸，你会享受到一次意外的休假。
In dealing with the problem he was cautious to an extreme.
他在处理这个问题时谨慎得过分了。
My inn had once been a part of an ancient ecclesiastical house.
我的客栈曾经是一个古老教会的房子的一部分。
The orient has been playing an active role in the world economy.
亚洲一直在世界经济中发挥积极作用。
The indication is that it is an underworld killing.
迹象表明它是下流社会的谋杀。
Even an oversight in the design might issue in heavy losses.
设计中那怕是一点点疏忽也可能造成重大的损失。
Her daughter Nancy is an ewe lamb to her.
她的女儿南希是她的心肝宝贝。
He had only an imperfect understanding of his task.
他对自己的任务只是一知半解。
An idea popped into his mind like a flash.
他头脑里突然闪过一个念头。
An extraordinarily large order bucked up all the staff.
一份特大订单使全体员工欢欣鼓舞。
Never poke a finger or scissors into an electric socket.
千万不要把手指或剪刀插进电源插座。
She could knit up a baby's coatee in an afternoon.
她一个下午就能编结好一件婴孩的紧身短上衣。
An offer terminate on the death of the offeror.
当发价人死亡，发价即被终止。
His book was an eye opener to complacent young men.
对自满的年轻人来说，他的这本书有启发作用。
You dealt with an awkward situation very tactfully.
你很巧妙地处理了一个困难的局面。
It is not easy to get a foothold as an anchorman.
一个电视节目主持人要站住脚可不容易。
For all its richness and all its progress, it is not an ideal society.
尽管它很富有，也很进步，但它不是一个理想的社会。
A tissue is a group of similar cells which have an identical general function.
组织是一组具有相同的一般机能的类似细胞。
He started off with one small factory, and now he's the head of an oil empire.
他开始只经营一家小工厂，如今已成为一个石油大企业的头儿。
Her description of the meeting is an exact reproduction of the reunion.
她对会面的描述是这次团聚的真实再现。
An offshoot of the family settled down on the island in the eighteenth century.
这个家族的一支旁系於十八世纪在那个岛上定居下来。
He come to the fore as a physicist at an early age.
他在早年就成了杰出的物理学家。
He had an itch to get away and explore.
他等不及要动身去探险。
One should not run about aimlessly during an alert.
空袭警报期间不可到处乱跑。
He has an aptitude for languages.
他具有学习语言的才能。
An old jeep is putter along the road.
一辆旧吉普车沿路迤逦而来。
He ventured on an ambitious project.
他冒险从事一项富有雄心的计画。
An enemy frigate bore down on the sloop.
一艘敌驱逐舰向这只护航舰逼过来。
There has been an outbreak of typhoid.
那儿正爆发伤寒。
Helen became an electronic engineer.
海伦成了一名电子工程师。
We have subscribed to an evening newspaper.
我们已经订阅了一份晚报。
He speaks an incomprehensible vernacular.
他说的是一种无法听得懂的方言。