1.elegant
高雅的,优雅的;讲究的
elegant appearance
美观大方;雅观大方
That required flexibility and performance, but also the ability to express elegant interfaces.
这需要灵活性和性能,但也要有表达优雅界面的能力。
2.no longer
不再
She no longer feared that they should misunderstand her.
她不再害怕他们会误解她了。
3.in principle
大体上,原则上
In principle that should be easy to do.
原理上讲,这样做应该要容易些。
4.outbid
在开价上战胜;出价高于
To send your children to one, you must outbid others for a house in a good school district.
为了让你的孩子去好学校,你必须在出价上战胜别人,买得起有好学校的街区
的房子。
5.mean-spirited
气量小的;心胸狭窄的;卑鄙的
My sister and I had grown apart for years, mainly due to some mean-spirited comments I had made.
我的姐姐/妹妹和我离别有多年了,主要是因为一些我曾经说过的刻薄的话。
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翻译:
1.我这的另一个新娘开了更高的价。
2.这太残忍了,她真是刻薄。
上期答案:
1.Can you take my late bus patrol today?
2.How'd you like to be my maid of honor?