The competition is very keen but I have an ace up my sleeve.

Ron's stock method of making an impression anyone was to indicate that he understood them perfectly.

罗恩给人留下印象的看家本领就是表现出善解人意.

Jones's special skill is the defense.

琼斯的看家本领是防守.

She likes to show off her special skill.

她喜欢卖弄她的看家本领.

Those officials, alas, have been at it for a long time.

然而, 这些官僚早已精于此道.

I wasn't good at it, and I didn't like studying it.

我不精于此道, 也不爱去学它.

He is great on the subject.

他精于此道.

The Emperor is endowed with civil and martial virtues.

这个皇帝天赋文武双全.

People who have a sense of justice are completely different from those who don't.

正义者和非正义者之间有着判若鸿沟的区别.

Market came to a standstill in 2008, the company profit is not negative strange.

2008年大盘急转直下, 公司净利润出现负数就不奇怪了.

Recently , though, its population has crashed.

然而最近, 它的数量急转直下.

Her health deteriorated so quickly.

她病情急转直下.

Unfortunately things have mostly gone downhill since then.

然而形势突然急转直下.

The rapid turn of events surprised many analysts.

事态的急转直下让许多分析师大感意外.

Average house prices have broken sharply downward.

马匹的平均价格急转直下.

Mr Bush has changed his ways.

布什先生也已改弦易辙.

The changing economy has forced Mike to dance to another tune.

经济变化迫使迈克改弦易辙.

It would become increasingly difficult for him to reverse course.

他要想改弦易辙就会变得愈来愈困难.

Fitter for the fights ahead?

重整旗鼓应对前方挑战?

Britain did not just sit back and lick her wounds.

英国并不只是休整以重整旗鼓.

I knew I had to up the pieces and carry on.

我知道我得收拾残局,重整旗鼓,再图进取.