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The wind was whispering in the trees.

一阵风穿过树林沙沙作响。

There was a long lag in forwarding mail to us.

转寄给我们的邮件晚了很久才拿到。

A fire was burning in the grate.

火在壁炉中燃烧着。

It was nothing less than a miracle.

那完全是个奇迹。

It was painful to admit that I was wrong.

要我承认错了，是很费力的。

It was pure luck that he was home when we called.

非常幸运，我们打电话时他在家里。

I was paging through a magazine when he came in.

他进来时我在翻阅一本杂志。

She didn't attend to what I was saying.

她对我所说的话未加注意。

He was a dishonor to his regiment.

他是那个团的耻辱。

He was disobedient to his mother.

他不听他母亲的话。

She was a bit queer after her husband deserted her.

她遭丈夫遗弃後精神有点失常。

He was had up for dangerous driving.

他因危险驾驶而被控告。

That was infinitely better than his last film.

这比他上一部电影不知胜过多少倍。

The air in the garden was warm and fragrant.

花园里的空气一片温馨。

The army was demoralized by defeat.

军队因战败而士气消沉。

The bride was given away by her father.

由父亲把新娘交与新郎。

The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.

我们做的蛋糕不大成功。

The child was tired and fretful.

那孩子又疲倦又烦躁不安。

The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow.

那次失败是一次难以吞咽的苦果。

The gold was glinting in the sunlight.

金子在阳光下闪闪发光。

Our escape was little short of miraculous.

我们能逃脱简直是个奇迹。

The hut was made of poles covered with grass mats.

茅屋用木杆搭成，上面以草席覆盖。

The king was shorn of his power by his nobles.

国王被手下的贵族们剥夺了权力。

His Achilles' heel was his pride.

他的致命伤就是骄傲自大。

His disease was complicated by pneumonia.

他的病因肺炎并发症而变得更严重。

His honesty was called into question.

他的诚实受到了怀疑。

His wife was a constant inspiration to him.

他的妻子经常鼓励他。

The plane climbed until it was clear of the clouds.

飞机爬升穿出了云层。

The plant was growing at an angle.

植物呈一定角度生长。

The question was decided by referendum.

这问题是由全民投票决定的。

The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.

摩天大楼笼罩在云雾之中。

The statue was carved out of marble.

这座雕像是用大理石雕刻的。

The terrible scene was engraved on his memory.

那可怕的情景铭记在他的记忆里。

The coded message was indecipherable.

这份用密码写的消息译不出来。

The storm was succeeded by calm.

暴风雨之后是一片沉静。

The war was lost because of a shortage of munitions.

战争因军火不足而失败。

Somehow he was irritated by the smoothness of the salesman.

不知为什麽这个推销员的圆滑使他恼怒。

A committee was set up to look into the workers' grievances.

成立了一个委员会来调查工人的不满。

He glimpsed at my new watch and said it was a good bargain.

他看了一眼我的新表，说买得很上算。

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。

It was very thoughtless of you to keep her waiting so long.

你让她等那么久也太不体谅人了。

She dolled herself up as though she was a girl of eighteen.

她打扮得花枝招展，好像是个十八岁的姑娘似的。

Jack was assigned to the assembly shop of the factory.

杰克被分配到厂里的装配间工作。

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。

That period was a bright page in the history of Chinese literature.

那个时期是中国文学史上光辉的一页。

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。

The doctor was very thorough in his examination of the sick child.

医生对生病的孩子进行了仔细的检查。

The driver was ticketed for parking in front of a fire hydrant.

那个司机因把车停在消防栓前而接到交通违规罚单。

The hunt for the lost child continued until she was found.

寻找失踪儿童的工作一直持续到将她找到为止。

The medieval town was fortified with a high wall and a deep moat.

这座中世纪的城市周围建有城墙和护城河。