The Englishman seemed to appreciate this extreme delicacy.

We tended to take over structures from Latin that were not really at home in English. "

我们把一些同英语格格不入的拉丁语结构都生搬硬套过来了. ”

Please don't be so difficult.

别那么别扭.

I had a feeling you were going to be difficult about this.

我有种感觉：你会在这件事上找别扭。

Then the figure moved. Stiffly and slowly, it came down the steps.

这时那人影开始移动了, 它僵硬地缓缓走下台阶.

He rubbed his arms and stiff legs.

他按摩着自己的胳膊和僵硬的双腿。

She was stiff, a little dizzy, and very thirsty.

她感到全身都僵硬了, 头晕乎乎的, 口渴得厉害.

He stammered out a few words and then sat there in silence.

他结巴了几句话,然后就坐在那不吭声了.

The original operator deliberately stumbled over the authorization number.

那位工作人员有意在审核号码上结巴了一阵.

He turned white and began to stammer.

他脸色发白，说话开始结巴。

Your army under Sun Yuan-liang is finished, and more than half the men in your two remaining armies have been wounded or captured.

你们的孙元良兵团已经完了，剩下你们两个兵团，也已伤俘过半。

There's nothing at all stiff about him.

他的态度毫无生硬之处.

Their manner was rather stiff.

他们的态度很生硬.

At first, appearances were kept up through sheer inertia.

起先, 纯粹是以呆板的形式来装点门面.

The man's face that was so mobile is set now.

这人的脸原来如此表情丰富,现在却呆板起来.

" No. " Rhett's voice was blunt.

" 不在. " 瑞德的声音是呆板的.

He looks very mechanical.

他看上去非常呆板.

His eyes glazed over and gradually he fell unconscious.

他的眼睛变得呆滞,渐渐地便不省人事.

As she came to understand her position, she turned stiff and cold.

当她渐渐明白自己的处境时, 就变得呆滞,冷漠了.

The phrases of this little lecture came naturally to her lips.

这短短的几句教条很自然地从她嘴里流露出来.

This is a doctrine from which sensitive persons must revolt.

这是一种必为敏感的人所厌恶的教条.