1.unsinkable
不会下沉的,不会沉底的
As U.S. General Douglas MacArthur put it, Taiwan is an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" midway up China's
seaboard.
美国将军道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟说的好,台湾是一艘“不沉的航母”,就停泊在中国沿海的中间地带。
2.terminal
n. 末端;终点;终端机;极限
adj. 末端的;终点的;晚期的
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
如果飞行是这么的安全,为什么他们管飞机场叫“终端”?
3.parlor
n. 客厅;会客室;业务室
adj. 客厅的
I thought maybe Grandpa came over and sat around the den or parlor or whatever for years before he
proposed.
我以前以为奶奶来到爷爷家,坐在私室或客厅或什么地方几年,然后爷爷才求婚的。
4.health inspection
卫生监督;健康检查;卫生监督稽查
A sudden snap health inspection of the hotel larder revealed a few tins past their sell-by date.
于是,在对该家酒店仓库的突击健康检查中,发现了一些罐头已经超过了保质期。
5.in chains
在囚禁中;上着镣铐
Without activists, the world's children would be working in mines, and the world's adults would be working
in chains.
没有他们,全世界的儿童可能都在做矿工,而世界上的成年人可能都在被链条栓着工作。
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翻译
1.对别人来说,她是艘梦幻之船。
2.表面看来,我无异于别的大家闺秀。
上期答案
1.I can still smell the fresh paint.
2.I don't see what all the fuss is about.