Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.

A pool of water or mud where animals go to wallow.

泥坑动物打滚所去的水塘或泥塘.

Instead, the debate is stuck in the mud of class warfare.

相反, 辩论将陷入阶级斗争的泥潭中.

I see you drag my best friend into the dirt.

我眼看着你把我最好的朋友拉进了泥潭.

He toiled on down the road [ toiled through the mud ].

他沿路跋涉 [ 艰苦地穿过泥潭 ].

Notes on several readings topics are provided as part of the class.

以下是几份和阅读题目有关的讲义,是课程的部份.

His answer was just a rehashed version of my lecture.

他的回答只不过是把我的讲义重复了一遍.

I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled .

在以色列家！我看见了可怕的事；那里有以法莲的淫行，以色列被玷污了。

Moreover, he made high places in the hill country of Judah and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into whoredom and made Judah go astray.

他又在犹大诸山建筑邱坛，使耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫，诱惑犹大人。

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

不可辱没你的女儿，使她为娼妓，恐怕地上的人专向淫乱，地就满了大恶。

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

现在他们当从我面前远除邪淫和他们君王的尸首，我就住在他们中间直到永远。

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

奸淫和酒，并新酒，夺去人的心。

And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

因以色列轻忽了她的淫乱，和石头木头行淫，地就被玷污了。

This is an unsettled law case.

这是一桩悬案.

Is the ancient dinosaur scared facing the valley beneath the steep cliff?

远古的恐龙是否面对眼前的深谷危崖望而却步?

The volatility of the market drove many investors away.

市场的波动使许多投资者望而却步.

The rising cost of tickets depressed many fans from attending.

票价的上涨使得许多粉丝望而却步.

The taste of this exotic dish puts me off.

这道异国菜肴的味道令我望而却步.

He is a man of outstanding political ability and insight.

他具有卓越的政治才识.

He is just a nominal scholar without any real knowledge.

翻译他只是名义学者,没什么真才识学.

Only competent and well-trained person could do this job.

只有有真才识学的人才能胜任这项工作.