This play is about what might happen if they decided to answer back.

You must not talk back.

你不许回嘴.

When a guy is not arguing, he realizes he's wrong.

当他在吵架时不回嘴, 他意识到他有错.

He retorted that she herself was not very clever.

你回嘴说她自己也并不很聪明.

His retort made her angry.

他的回嘴使她发怒.

He waved his hand deprecatingly.

他不以为然地挥挥手.

The nurse recovered herself enough to disapprove.

护士刚一镇定下来就对此不以为然.

The teacher took a dim view of the class's behavior.

老师对班级学生的行为不以为然.

The minister asked the newspaper to print a denial of the untrue story.

部长要求这报纸刊载批驳的文章以否定这不真实的故事.

WORD OF THE DAY-repudiate : to reject ; to deny. The gangsters repudiated all accusations of unlawful activity.

否认,否定; 驳斥,批驳这些帮派份子,否认他们被起诉的不法勾当.

Someone refuted this argument.

有人批驳这种论点.

The critic has cracked his article wide open.

这位评论家已把他的论文批驳得体无完肤.

Mary tore down every idea Henry suggested at the meeting.

玛丽逐条批驳了亨利在会上提出的建议.

He had little difficulty in pulling apart their accusations.

他很容易就可以批驳他们的指控.

They had come back tired and happy and said good night and gone to bed.

回来之后,个个心满意足而又精疲力尽,匆匆道了晚安便上了床.

He was so run down, however, that his mind was not exactly clear.

可是, 他已经精疲力尽, 连脑子也不大清楚了.

We were tired when we got back.

当我们返回时,已经精疲力尽了.

I was exhausted and relieved, but I wasn't wildly optimistic.

我已感到精疲力尽,同时也感到如释重负, 然而,我并不抱盲目乐观的态度.

He felt as if he would faint from exhaustion.

他感到精疲力尽得快要晕过去了.

He ran himself ragged.

他筋疲力竭.

The heavy work exhausted me.

粗重的工作使我筋疲力竭.