Trade was so good that the firm was able to set on more workers.

The place is a bit lonely.

那个地方有点荒凉.

This place used to be a crowed market , but it is deserted now.

这里以前是个繁华的闹市, 只可惜现在草木萧疏.

The trees are sparse but graceful as the winter is coming.

冬天到了,树木萧疏.

A large number of peasants gathere at the outskirts of large cities, Beijing has millions.

经济围绕权贵运转,导致农村、内地的凋敝,大量农民聚集在大城市郊区, 北京就有几百万吧.

Round the little harbour were shabby streets in which lived fishermen and poor people.

小码头一带都是寒酸凋敝的小巷,住着渔民和穷人.

But the best of these convey a sense of desolation.

可是再好,总不免有萧瑟之感.

Construction the tombs started in 1409 and ended the fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644.

陵墓建造始于1409年并结束于明朝败落的1644年.在超过200年里.

KJV Shall they escape by iniquity ? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

[新译]愿他们因罪孽的缘故不能逃脱; 神啊!愿你在怒中使这些人败落.

Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.

凡一国自相分争, 就成为荒场.凡一家自相分争,就必败落.

The man was fond of gambling and eventually came down in the world.

137那人赌,终于家道败落了.

The great family gradually went into decline.

这个大家族逐渐败落了.

The success of the design rests on your shoulders.

这项设计的成败落在你的肩上.

Some slipped a little downward.

有的人败落了.

What time, the mail-joltedand bumped upon its tedious way , with its three fellow-inscrutables inside.

与此同时邮车正载着三个难测的奥秘轰隆轰隆、颠颠簸簸、叮叮当当地行走在萧索无聊的道路上.

I'm paraphrasing Al-Baghdadi's 22-minute audio message, but that was the gist of his offer to the incoming Commander in Chief.

我正在意译基地组织22分钟的音频信息，上面摘录的是他向未来的总司令（指奥巴马，译者按）提议的要点。

Therefore, paraphrasing Xiang Jing's works must and ought to be multi-perspective and multi-level.

所以，解读向京的作品，必然也应该是多角度、多层面的。

In other words, he might have said, paraphrasing Mr Khan: it is his sin that he is Pushtun.

换言之，他可能说了，套用那位汗先生的话：身为普什图人，就是他的罪过。

"I can't really feel bad for this rich kid with a weekend free in New York City, " said one teacher, paraphrasing some of her students.

一位老师转述学生的话：“一位富家子在纽约自由自在的过周末，我真的不会为此感到难过。”

In other words, paraphrasing Samuel Butler: "People who are convinced against their will, are of the same opinion still. "

塞缪尔·巴特勒归结到：“人们被想作违背了他们自己的意愿，但不变的是他们那一如既往的观点。”

He commended his budget proposals to parliament by paraphrasing Victor Hugo: "No power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come. "

在他向国会提交预算案时，他转述了VictorHugo的名句：“当一种思想的时代到来之时，地球上没有任何力量可以阻止它。”