Children grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved back and forth between parents.

In early 1961 Washington began to hear increasing reports of unrest on the island.

一九六一年初,华盛顿又开始听到关于该岛日益动荡不安的消息.

The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.

选举将在愈加动荡不安的局势下举行。

It takes a man of mettle to keep a family safe and comfortable in this troubled world.

在这个动荡不安的世界，只有勇敢的男人才能给家人带来安全和舒适。

Some wore the cunning look of bargaining and plotting, some were anxious and eager.

有的带着斤斤计较的苦心经营的诡诈面孔, 有的很着急很迫切.

Don't argue with him. He has already got one foot in the grave.

别跟他争了, 他已经是风烛残年的人了.

His candle burns within the socket.

风烛残年.

She had been old, sick, and desperate.

她却风烛残年 、 疾病缠身 、 孤立无援.

He may not have one foot in the grave.

他可不是风烛残年.

He looks as though he has one foot in the grave.

他看来已经风烛残年了.

Such a young and capable man as him will put new life into our work.

像他这样年轻有为的人会给我们的工作注入新生机.

Oh, it's awful -- and him so young and promising.

哦, 这太可怕了 —— 他这么年轻有为,前途远大.

This man is young and promising, what a talent!

这小伙子年轻有为, 可是个俊才!

He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far.

他告诉他们，他年老体弱，不能走那么远。

They were no longer young men with all of it before them.

他们都已不再青春年少.

Rivers must flow to be useful . Air must flow to refresh.

河水流动,才能涓涓不绝;空气流动,才能生意盎然.

He was too lazy to exert himself and rusted out long before his time.

他懒得萎靡不振,因此早就未老先衰了.

He was so lazy that he rusted out when he was still young.

他懒极了,因此未老先衰.

I am growing old before my time.

我未老先衰.

Worry and illness had made him prematurely old.

他心事重重、疾病缠身,落得个未老先衰.

He had a bumper wheat harvest after a year's intensive and meticulous farming.

一年来的精耕细作,他种的小麦获得了丰收.