The pump analogizes with the human heart.

Brigs are versatile ship that can be used as warships or transports.

横帆双桅船是既可以做军舰又可以用来运输的多用途船只.

Many ancient alchemists had tried in vain to obtain gold from lead.

很多古代术士徒劳地试图从铅中获得黄金.

The alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals.

炼金术士无法接受金属元素的属性不能改变这一事实.

Twelfth Step Alchemists are masters of heaven and earth.

第十二个阶段,炼金师是天堂与地球的大师.

Alchemists made resultless efforts to transform one metal into another.

炼金术士企图把一种金属变成另一金属,这完全是徒劳的.

There were genuine and false alchemists in medieval times.

在中世纪,炼金术士真假混杂.

Besides gold, there were two other things that alchemists tried to make in their laboratories.

除了炼制金子之外, 炼金术士们还试图获得另外的两样东西.

The chief aim of the alchemists was to find a way of doing this.

炼金术土的主要目标就是要找到某种实现此事的方法.

For hundreds of years alchemists worked in vain , never discovering any of the things they sought.

尽管炼金术土们白白花了成百上千年也没能发现他们寻找的东西.

By insensible gradations the last of the alchemists became the first of the experimental philosophers.

经过极其缓慢的阶段性变化,最后一批炼金术士成了最早的实验哲学家.

Alchemists found that a number of materials were especially useful in their work.

炼金术士们发现在炼制黄金过程中,有几种原料对他们特别有用.

With caustic wit , he made a fierce assault on the alchemists.

他施展讽刺挖苦的本领,猛烈挞伐了炼金术士.

The alchemists were the forerunners of the scientists of today.

炼金术士是今日科学家的先驱.

Alchemists searched in vain for this substance for several hundred years.

炼金术士探寻这种物质达数百年之久而终无所获.

Medieval alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold.

中世纪的炼丹术士企图把贱金属炼成金.

Most of the drug abusers in downtown areas are aged persons.

而在城区大部分吸毒人员以中年人为多.

Miss Venezuela Claudio-Moreno was first runner-up , Spain is the third Miss Helen-abusers .

委内瑞拉小姐克劳迪奥-莫雷诺获 亚军, 第三名是西班牙小姐海伦 -林德斯.

A vacillating person finds it hard to make up his mind.

优柔寡断的人不易下决心.

He always finds fault with the choice of words whenever he speaks.

他说话总是爱挑字眼儿.

A bad workman finds much fault with his tools.

蹩脚的工匠总是埋怨自己的工具不好.