21-11-10 buy sbs silence 买下某人的沉默，意思就是（做某事或付款以）封住的嘴。 例句： What will we have to do to buy her silence? 我们要怎样才能封住她的嘴？ buy the story/excuse buy还有接受，相信（尤指不太可能真实的解释或理由）之意，常接story或excuse等。buy i...

21-05-07 A week was gone since Edmund might be supposed in town, and Fanny had heard nothing of him. There were three different conclusions to be drawn from his silence, between which her mind was in fluctuation; each of them at times being held the most pro...

21-05-07 Edmund had great things to hear on his return. Many surprises were awaiting him. The first that occurred was not least in interest: the appearance of Henry Crawford and his sister walking together through the village as he rode into it. He had concl...

21-05-07 The conference was neither so short nor so conclusive as the lady had designed. The gentleman was not so easily satisfied. He had all the disposition to persevere that Sir Thomas could wish him. He had vanity, which strongly inclined him in the firs...

21-02-24 How long she stood there staring fearfully at the empty window of the shed, Mary Thorne had no idea. She seemed frozen and incapable of movement. But at last, with a shiver, she came to herself, and bending out, drew in the heavy wooden, shutters an...

21-02-24 Almost at once they struck a fresh trail, made by a number of horsemen riding in a bunch, which led diagonally across middle pasture. It was easy to follow, and Hardenberg pushed his men hard to make up for delays which were likely to come later on....

20-12-20 How will he look? What will he say? Can anything make us forget and be happy again? were the first questions Rose asked herself as soon as she woke from the brief sleep which followed a long, sad vigil. It seemed as if the whole world must be change...

20-12-01 最怕空气突然安静~，约会中遇到冷场那真是超级尴尬了。冷场，本意是指表演者由于忘词等原因，造成舞台演出的突然停止，现在也比喻正在进行的话题中断，气氛突然尴尬，可以翻译为awkward silence或awkward pause。 例句： 而且我们丝毫没有尴尬冷...

20-09-28 Please, Madam Mother, could you lend me my wife for half an hour? The luggage has come, and Ive been making hay of Amys Paris finery, trying to find some things I want, said Laurie, coming in the next day to find Mrs. Laurence sitting in her mothers...

20-09-16 Athletic sports were in high favour at Plumfield; and the river where the old punt used to wabble about with a cargo of small boys, or echo to the shrill screams of little girls trying to get lilies, now was alive with boats of all kinds, from the s...