And politicians tend to favor parochial interests over sound economic sense.

She was a secretary on the local parochial church council.

她是当地教区教会委员会的秘书。

[不可数名词]the parochialism of a small community

小圈子的狭隘观念

parochial schools

教区学校

I scarce should be unclasp'd at night.

让她晚上也不把我解下.

And now, your weakness is why you will always be second rate.

而现在, 你的弱点就是为什么你永远是二流水平.

Are you real or a second rate sports card?

你们是假的仍是二淌游戏卡?

What about your second rate friends?

那你的二等朋友 怎么办 ?

That book is only second rate.

那本书只是第二流的作品.

...another second-rate politician.

另一名二流政客

...second-rate restaurants.

二流餐馆

a second-rate player

平庸的运动员

Radio 3 offers serious music, talks on serious subjects and plays of a classical nature.

第3套节目为严肃音乐 、 内容正经的广播讲话以及古典戏剧等.

This was metal as serious music.

这是张严肃的金属乐专辑.

He's a composer of serious music.

他是个严肃音乐的作曲家.

I don't like serious music, give me something more popular.

我不喜欢严肃音乐, 来点通俗的.

He is a composer of serious music. I like his music a lot.

他是个庄严音乐的作曲家, 我非常喜欢他创作的曲子.

He's composer of pop serious music. I like his music a lot.

他是一位流行(严肃)音乐作曲家, 我非常喜欢他创作的曲子.

It was well known to piano, so the pier had been repaired as piano keyboard.

这是一座以钢琴闻名的小岛, 因此码头也被修葺成黑白相间的钢琴键盘模样.

This matched a the number of keys on the piano keyboard.

这个数字正好与钢琴键盘上的琴键数量匹配.

A piano keyboard acts like a magnet to him, he says.

他说,钢琴键盘犹如磁铁一般吸引着他.