They were in effect for us a breathing space of which we had the utmost need.

We hope that it will give us some breathing space.

我们希望这能给我们以喘息的机会。

Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.

这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。

When we feel our world full of greed and hatred, tricks and traps, we are breathless.

当我们觉得这个世界充满了贪婪与仇恨, 阴谋与诡计, 我们感到无法呼吸.

He stayed cushioned upon her, breathless dazed, enervated, with his heart beating like hammer upon her.

他压在她身上喘着气, 四肢无力,眼冒金星, 可心却像小锤一样咚咚地敲打着她.

Their heat parched fields, wilted crops, and left people lying breathless and unconscious on the ground.

它们的酷热烤焦了土地, 使庄稼枯萎, 人们喘不过气来,倒在地上昏迷不醒.

Suddenly she felt sixteen again and happy, a little breathless and excited.

她突然感到自己又变成了一个十六岁的姑娘,那么快活, 还有点紧张和兴奋.

She opened the door of the apartment, a little breathless from climbing the stairs.

她打开公寓的门走了进来, 因为刚爬了楼梯,显得有些气喘.

As in previous spurts of breathless growth, China is building up an inflationary head of steam.

中国的经济就如一个人屏住气一阵冲刺后, 现在通货膨胀犹如满头热气冒了出来.

Onion is a breathless and transitive vegetable, and it has obvious dormant period.

洋葱是一种无呼吸跃变的蔬菜, 具有明显的休眠期.

By the time I got to the top I was completely breathless.

我到达山顶时已是气喘吁吁的了.

He was breathless after climbing ten floors.

爬了十层楼,他已上气不接下气了.

Villefort stood watching, breathless, until his father had disappeared at the Rue Bussy.

维尔福屏息静气地站在那儿呆望着, 直望到他的父亲拐入了蒲赛街.

Heavy smoking makes him breathless.

吸烟过多使他气喘.

The body lay breathless on the bed: there was no sign of life.

躺在床上的人停止了呼吸,已经死了.

I stopped, and he came up breathless.

我站住, 等他气喘吁吁地赶上来.

She sounded breathless, as if nervous but trying not to be.

她说起话来上气不接下气, 而且极力压抑着紧张的心情.

It was dirty and noisy and breathless.

那个地方又脏又闹,挤得你透不过气来.

Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.

看着他往悬崖上爬, 大家都捏一把汗.

The climb left him breathless.

向上爬使他气喘吁吁.

The river is glassing in a breathless calm.

河水在无风的宁静中显得光滑如镜.