Unable to borrow capital to modernize its plant, the company was forced to pull itself up by its own bootlaces.

His generals were capable of every kind of stupidity, even supplying their troops with spaghetti for bootlaces.

墨索里尼手下的将领，都蠢得无以复加，甚至送义大利粉给军队作鞋带。

She had learned to walk, and to talk, and to feed herself and tie her bootlaces.

她学会了走步、说话、吃饭和系鞋带。

Southeast of Xingan County, is Lingqu, the first man-made canal in the world, as old as the Great Wall, and now a popular wedding place for local people.

广西兴安的灵渠是世界上最早的人工开凿的运河，其历史和长城一样久远，现在成了当地人结婚的好去处。

You can still visit the Lingqu canal dug in214 B.C.to connect the Xiang and the Pearl Rivers.

你还可游览灵渠，这个运河修筑于公元前214年，沟通了湘江水系和珠江水系。

Meanwhile, the Lingqu Canal was dug, which linked the Yangtze River and the Zhujiang River together.

同时开凿灵渠，沟通了长江和珠江水系。

Many psychiatrists, however, still consider cross-dressing to be pathological, and cross-dressers frequently continue to be stereotyped as having a perverse fetish.

然而，许多精神病专家仍然认为变装是病态，还是常常对变装者心存偏见，认为他们有一种变态的恋物癖。

Research on heterosexual male cross-dressers finds that most began cross-dressing clandestinely before puberty, with some starting as early as their preschool years.

对异性恋男人变装者的研究表明：大多数变装者在青春期之前就开始变装，有些人甚至早至学龄前就开始变装。

As a result, many cross-dressers choose to hide this part of themselves and sometimes internalize a sense of shame and guilt.

结果，许多变装者宁愿把他们自己的这一心态和行为隐藏起来，有时，甚至内心悠然而生一种羞耻和内疚感。

Cross-dressing shows only individuals'aesthetic preferences, they say, and it is normal for an open society to have cross-dressers.

支持者说：变装只是反映出个人的审美嗜好，一个开放的社会中有变装者存在，是很正常的。

She did not acknowledge female or gay male cross-dressers and excluded them from the society.

她不认可女变装者，或同恋男变装者。她把他们排挤正在学会之外。

Nevertheless, these studies provided the first scientific look at the experiences of a significant segment of cross-dressers.

但是，这些钻研后果对主要的变装者人群的变装经历，提供了破天荒的科学的瞧法。

It came as no surprise that the likes of Emily Ratajkowski, Adriana Lima, Lily Donaldson and Petra Nemcova turned out to be the red carpet rulers on day one of the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

在第七十届戛纳电影节的第一天，像艾米莉·拉塔基科斯基、阿德里亚娜·利马、莉莉·唐纳森以及皮德拉·尼姆科娃这样的人最终称霸红毯一点也不奇怪。

Emily Ratajkowski managed to steal the show, opting for a seriously saucy twist on the classic ballgown.

艾米莉·拉塔基科斯基想（在红毯秀上）抢镜头，她选择了一件经典的舞会礼服，礼服上编织着非常别致的花纹。

Ah, yes, Emily Ratajkowski, everyone's guiltiest pleasure... not that that's a bad thing!

艾米丽·拉塔科夫斯基为所有人带来负罪般的快乐，当然这不是一件坏事！

What if instead of thinking or saying: I need a weekend to recover from my weekend, on Monday; Hump day/ halfway there on Wednesday; I cant wait to get out of here and start my weekend, on Friday

与其说：周一说我还需要一个周末才能从上个周末中恢复过来；周三说一半过去了；周五说我真是等不及离开这里去过周末了

Every so often, I spend my weekend fielding phone calls from journalists who have been fed a cock and bull story about a13th Zodiac Sign.

有时，我会花周末的时间巧妙地回答被13星座的无稽之谈侵蚀的记者们的电话，这归功于一群以挑拨离间为己任的天文学家们。

After my weekend of cramming, we were advised to undertake a month more practice and sit two three-hour sample tests.

我们在周末苦读之后，又被告知还要再上一个月的复习课，并参加2场为时3小时的模拟测试。

My weekend was dominated by housework.

我的周末全用在做家务上了。

You've killed my weekend.

你可把我的周末给毁了。

A: My weekend was quiet.

我的周末很安静。