Its sleek elliptical shape is well-defined in both the tank and seat.

He himself is sleek as a miller's rat.

他本人跟磨坊里的耗子那么浑圆滑溜.

They were having an argument about whose turn it was to do the cooking.

他们为该轮到谁做饭而争吵不休.

She kept on dingdonging in my ears.

她在我耳边唠叨个不休.

a sense of relief

解脱感

We should have won. We threw it away.

我们本该赢的，是我们自己没把握住机会。

Let all people express their opinions freely.

放手让大家讲话.

We enabled him to escape by holding his attackers in play.

我们牵制住他的攻击者使他得以逃脱.

We tied them down and destroyed part of them.

我们把他们牵制住,消灭了一部分.我不想给你任何束缚.

They enabled him to escape by keeping his attackers in play.

他们牵制住攻击他的人,才使他得以逃掉.

As humans, we are wired to crave new information constantly.

作为人类, 我们被牵制去不断渴求新信息.

Large numbers of the enemy's main force were at last pinned down.

敌人的许多主力部队终于被牵制住了.

Two competing effects are responsible for this difference.

这一差别决定了两个相互牵制的效应.

The main force of the enemy met with a check.

敌人的主力受到了牵制.

She was a harsh mother and imposed severe discipline on her children.

她是位严厉的母亲,用严格的纪律管束自己的孩子.

He took the bit in or between his teeth and acted against his parents'wishes.

他不受管束而且违背父母的意愿.

Teachers exercise authority over their pupils.

教师经常管束学生.

So you kicked over the traces.

这么说你也不受管束了.

That young lad is quite a handful, ie is lively and troublesome.

那个小伙子真难管束(活泼而淘气).

The children were left very much to themselves during the holidays.

孩子们在假期中的行动未受管束.

Mary spoiled both her children, then tried too late to rein them in.

玛丽惯坏了她的两个孩子，想要管束他们的时候已经来不及了。