The mother hushed the crying child./A sudden hush fell over the crowd.
母親使啼哭的孩子安靜下來。/人群突然間安靜下來。
We need two pieces of identification to open a bank account./The body was brought to the hospital for identification.
在銀行開戶需要雙證件。/該屍體被送去醫院作身份辨認。
We saw a herd of elephants./Protesters were surrounded by police and herded on to buses.
我們見到了一大群大象。/示威者被警察包圍，並被趕上公車。
The harsh light hurt my eyes./His theory met with harsh criticism from colleagues.
那耀眼的光線刺痛了我的眼睛。/他的理論遭到同事們嚴厲的批評。
The Persian Gulf was a major battlefield of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War./They used to be friends but a great gulf has developed between them.
波斯灣為 1980 至 1988 年間兩伊戰爭的一個主要戰場。/他們過去是朋友，但現在兩人之間已產生了極大的分歧。
Production has come to a halt owing to the lack of raw materials./The government has failed to halt economic decline.
由於缺少原料，生產已陷入停頓。/政府沒能阻止經濟衰退。
He hung his coat on the hook behind the door./Hook the bucket onto the rope and lower it down.
他把外套掛在門後的鉤上。/把水桶鉤住繩子再放下去。
The sun has risen above the horizon./Working outside the home has broadened my horizons.
太陽已從地平線升起。/離家工作使我增廣見聞。
She identified him as her attacker./I feel unable to identify with the super-thin models in fashion magazines.
她認出他就是襲擊她的人。/我無法認同時尚雜誌中超瘦的模特兒。
They didn't want to live idle lives./They idled their time away in the pub.
他們不想過閒散的生活。/他們在酒吧裡鬼混。