Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both.

Both sides in the conflict have agreed temporarily to suspend hostilities.

冲突双方同意暂时停火.

We both looked up to determine the source of the water.

我们俩都向上看,以便确定水从何处流下来.

I'll knock ￡3 off the price of the dress if you'll take both dresses.

两套衣服都要的话那我就把价钱减少三英镑.

Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles.

蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物.

This is a ruler graduated in both inches and centimetres.

这是一把刻有英寸和厘米的尺子.

The captain cares the safety of both the crew and the passengers.

船长为船员和旅客们的安全操心.

They both laughed exuberantly.

他俩都纵情地笑了起来。

She glared at both of them with burning, reproachful eyes.

她瞪着他们俩，目光中充满怒火和责备。

Both of them had the ability to present complex matters lucidly.

两人都具有深入浅出地表述复杂事物的能力。

That helps us both and it means a lot to me.

这对我们彼此都有好处,这对我有很深的意义.

Both and crops grow best in sunshine and moisture fertile, moist soil.

两种植物最好生长在阳光和肥沃, 水分足的土壤里.

He acquired both, and more of either than any of his predecessors.

他两者都全了, 而且每一方面都超过了他所有的前任.

Sun expressed both and student of Yao Ming's appreciation.

孙海平表达了师徒俩对姚明的谢意.

Fancy hotels are beginning to accommodate both and beast.

高级饭店开始让人和宠物同时住宿.

Both and wife to work to make ends meet.

为了使收支相抵,夫妻俩不得不都工作.

In 1980 s, the legal system and mediation keep both and together develop.

80年代以后的调解, 特点是法制与调解的并存及共同发展.

Zen is neither Taoist nor Buddhist; it is both and neither.

禅既不是道教,也不是佛教; 它既是两者,又不是两者.

His title has a double-meaning: empathy is both and freshly topical.

书的题目含有双重含义: 同情心既是老生常谈,又颇具新意.

Thus technology can be conceived as both and a destructive process.

所以,技术应被看作是既有进步性也有毁灭性的过程.

His manners, both and professional , reflected his years of experience in teaching.

看得出他具有丰富的教学经验.