I'd like to exchange some pounds for dollars. / I offered to do the dishes in exchange for free meals. / On the foreign-exchange markets, the pound remained firm.
我想把一些英鎊兌換成美金。 / 我願意以洗碗盤來換取三餐。 / 在外幣交易市場上英鎊持續走強。
Some believe that experiments on animals should be banned. / Some people learn by experiment and others learn by experience. / I would defend the right of scientists to experiment on animals.
有人認為動物實驗應被禁止。 / 一些人經過實驗學習,另一此人則從經驗中學習。 / 我要為科學家在動物身上做實驗的權利辯護。
We export rice but import wheat. / Coffee is one of Brazil's main exports.
我們出口稻米,但進口小麥。 / 咖啡是巴西的主要輸出品。
The final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is expressive of joy.
貝多芬第九交響樂的最後樂章表現出了歡樂。
Extreme poverty still exists in many areas. / My moods go from one extreme to the other.
赤貧仍然在許多地方存在。 / 我心情起伏很大。
I nearly fainted when they told me the price. / His voice was too faint to be heard. / There is a faint hope that they might be alive.
他們告訴我價錢的時候我差一點暈倒。 / 他的聲音微弱到聽不見。 / 他們生還的希望極為渺茫。
I'm fairly sure this is the right address. / I felt I hadn't been treated fairly.
我相當確定這地址是對的。 / 我覺得我沒有被公平對待。
Experts revealed that the painting was a fake. / He is carrying a fake ID card. / He faked my signature to get money from the bank.
專家透露那幅畫是贗品。 / 他攜帶假身分證。 / 他偽造我的簽字去銀行領錢。
There are six popular flavors that you can choose from. / He flavored the soup with ginger.
有六種受歡迎口味可供選擇。 / 他在湯中加入薑調味。
Lions are flesh-eating animals. / I couldn't send my son away because he's my own flesh and blood.
獅子是肉食動物。 / 我不能送走我兒子,他是我的骨肉。
A flock of wild geese flew overhead. / Birds of a feather flock together.
一群野鵝從頭頂飛過。 / 物以類聚。
She folded up the letter and put it in her pocket. / He listened to my story with his arms folded.
她把信摺好放進口袋。 / 他兩臂交叉聽我說故事。