Do you prefer these designs or those ( more formal than those ones )?

I have had a pattern in my hand.'

可我手上有图样. ”

What did the writer say in the preface of the book?

作者在这本书的序言里说了些什么?

The thesis consists of foreword, main part and conclusion.

文章由序言 、 正文和结语三个部分组成.

The book has a preface written by the author.

该书有作者写的序言.

The day just prior to marriage is like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.

就要结婚之前的那几天,就象一本枯燥的书籍的精彩的序文.

Program documentation consists of diagrams, comments, and other descriptive materials that explain or clarify the code.

程序文档由段落 、 注释和其他解释或阐明编程的说明材料组成.

He drinks rivers of tea every day.

他每天喝大量茶水.

The sugar melted in the tea.

糖在茶水中溶解了.

Please hand the tea round.

请依次传递茶水.

Xiao Zhang goes to the tea house to drink tea with her boyfriend every week.

小张每周都会和男朋友来茶社品尝香茗.

I have scoffed them in my heart.

我心里暗暗嗤笑他们.

He was sneered at because he was illiterate.

他因为是文盲而遭人嗤笑.

You may smile, my friends, but I pursue the vision that eludes me.

你也许会讪笑, 我的朋友, 但是我追求那逃避我的幻象.

I do know that he was pretty enlightened.

我确实知道他是一位非常开明的人.

The headmaster has liberal views about what his pupils should wear.

校长对他的学生应穿什么服装这一点持开明的态度.

You can talk to her about anything — she's very open-minded.

你什么事都可以跟她谈,她思想很开明.

After graduation, John was enrolled for military service.

毕业后约翰应募入伍.

Some young men enlist in the army while they still at University.

有些大学的在校生应征入伍.

Some days before the return of the emperor, Fernand was drafted.

在皇帝复位之前一些日子, 弗尔南多已应征入伍了.

His agegroup became eligible for the army.

他的同龄人应当应征入伍.