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The law requires that everyone have his car checked at least once a year.

法令要求每个人一年至少检验一次自己的汽车。

A lot of job and stressful, and do not you once tell me you thrive on pressure?

许多工作都有压力。你不是说过你在压力下茁壮成长吗？

Questions and problems that were once taboo are now discussed openly.

一度视为犯忌的许多问题现在可以公开谈论了。

Don't try to do everything at once; take it a bit at a time.

不要什麽事情都一块儿干，要一次做一点儿。

I once saw a man tear a telephone directory in half.

我有一次看见一个人把电话簿撕成了两半。

He was a great singer once but now he's had his day.

他曾是个红歌星，但现在风华已去。

If it were not for this defect, I shall hire him at once.

如果不是因为这个缺点，我会马上雇用他。

If she lost her job for being late once, she got a pretty raw deal.

她若只因迟到一次就失去了工作，这样对她未免太不公平了。

Once the affair became public, he was persecuted by the press.

事情公开後，他便受到新闻界的纠缠。

The new recruits will be fine once they've been licked into shape.

新兵一经训练就是好样儿的。

While reading he looked out of the window once in a while.

他正在读书，有时还朝窗外看看。

A wind arose, and rain drops began falling all at once.

起风了，雨点忽然落下来。

He was once the great white hope of the Labour Party.

他一度是工党中深孚众望的人。

Mark twain was once a river pilot on the Mississippi.

马克。吐温曾当过密西西比河上的领航员。

For once, she lost/dropped her customary reserve and became quite lively.

这次，她一反平素的沉默寡言，表现得很活跃。

They had an affair once, but that's ancient history now.

他们曾经有过一段暧昧关系，但现在那已成为遥远的过去了。

I don't know the place well, I've only been there once or twice.

我对那地方不大熟悉，只去过一两次。

He loves holding forth on any subject once he has an audience.

不管是什麽问题，只要有人听，他就爱大发议论。

She certainly won't marry again once bitten, twice shy.

她肯定不再结婚了--所谓一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。

She loved me once, but that's all ancient history now.

她曾经爱过我，但现在已成往事。

Once his decision is made, there will be no going back.

他一旦做出决定，就没法回头了。

Once upon a time, there was an old man living in a small village.

从前，在一个小村庄里住着一位老人。

The carpenter ran his ruler over the shed and sized it up at once.

木匠量了一下棚屋的尺寸，立刻估计出它的大小。

In the ordinary course of events, I visit her once a week.

在一般情况下，我每周去看她一次。

The earth turns (ie rotates) on its axis once every 24 hours.

地球每24小时自转一圈。

He exceeded the speed limit once too often and was fined￡10.

他因超速次数太多而被罚款10英镑。

It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once.

同时身处两地在自然法则上是不可能的。

If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.

在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。

The Christians once had abidance in the holy hill of Palestine.

基督徒昔时居住于巴勒斯坦的圣山上。

Making an omelette is easy once you've got the knack (of it).

一旦你掌握了煎蛋饼的技巧，做起来就很容易了。

Send us the fertilizer at once, or our wheat sowing will be held up.

马上把化肥给我们送来，要不，我们小麦播种就要给耽误了。

That's the idea! Now try it with three balls at once and you'll soon be a juggler.

对了！现在马上就用3个球试一下，你很快就会成为一名魔术师。

The new job was a bit daunting at first but it was all right once I'd got my eye in.

一开始，那个新工作有点使人灰心丧气，但是一旦我获得了需要的能力，也就没什么了。

His pay isn't much to take home once it has had tax and insurance payments docked off.

他的工资一经扣除了所得税和保险金，能拿回家的也就不多了。

People flocked to see for themselves the marvel of green paddy flourishing on the once barren desert land.

在从前贫瘠荒芜的土地上，翠绿的稻秧茁壮成长。人们成群结队前来亲眼观看这个奇迹。

He wept a few crocodile tears over his wife's death and then go married again at once.

他假惺惺地为妻子的死掉了几滴眼泪，然后，很快又结婚了。

Paul was once rich, but he drank and gambled too much, and ended his life living on skid row.

保罗以前很富有，但他耽于喝酒赌博，结果沦落为贫民区的居民。

Someone has fainted, try to send him to hospital at once and bring him round.

有人昏了过去，赶紧设法把他送进医院，使他苏醒过来。

Remember, once you've signed the contract, there is no turning back.

记住，一旦签了合同，就不可能反悔了。

It happened that wind swept that letter in, he knew everything at once.

碰巧一阵风把那封信吹进来，他了解了一切事情。

Once Charles started a job, he saw it through until it was finished.

查尔斯一旦着手做一件事，就是坚持到底，把它做完。

Come on, it's your birthday; why don't you let yourself go for once?

来，今天是你的生日，为什么不去高兴一番？

On the adjoining page we hand you an indent for various line, which please ship at once.

我们已将委托购买的各种商品在附页列明，请立即发运。

I once read a book call "the call of the wild", but that's beside the question.

我曾读过一本书，叫《野性的呼唤》, 不过这与本题无关。

To this day, any quarrel between my husband and me must be cleared up at once.

直到今天，我和丈夫之间的争执都要立即解决。

Once the design problems were solved, it was all/everything was plain sailing.

设计问题一经解决，就容易办了。

Ralph stopped the alarm-clock at once when it went off at five o'clock.

当闹钟在五点钟响的时候，拉尔夫立即把它按掉。

He sighed once or twice and then went out without a word while I was still speaking.

他叹了几口气，然后一言不发地走了出去，尽管当时我还在讲话。

I'm sorry I've made such a slow start but I'll be much quicker once I get fully into my stride.

对不起，开始时我干得太慢了，不过一旦我完全上轨道，我会干得快得多。

I'm trying to do three things at once and I don't know whether I'm coming or going.

我在试图同时做3件事情，然而我却不知如何是好。