She thought my mirth improper.

Footsteps on the staircase interrupted his train of thought.

楼梯上传来脚步声,打断了他的思路.

We thought he'd gone to Australia, but there he was, as large as life!

我们以为他去澳洲了, 但他却出乎意料地出现在那里.

He thought for a moment and then spoke.

他想了片刻,然后说话.

He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded.

他迟钝得很,许多人以为他智力低下.

She thought life in the small town was monotonous.

她觉得小镇上的生活单调乏味。

He barred himself in the room and thought about what to do next.

他把自己关在屋里,考虑下一步该怎么办.

I thought the answer excellent.

我觉得这答案好极了.

With downcast eyes I explained that I was not the person they all thought I was.

我双目低垂地解释说,我并不是他们都以为的那个人.

This burglar thought old people are easy prey.

这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。

He thought his book would change society. But he didn't bring it off.

他认为他的书能改变社会，但是他没有完成它。

I thought I'd enrol you with an art group at the school.

我想我会吸收你参加学校的一个艺术团。

There must be some misunderstanding—I thought I ordered the smaller model.

一定是搞错了—我以为我订的是更小型号的。

The dilemmas arise in the gray area where the national consensus is itself vague or contradictory.

困难出在那些公众意见本身就模棱两可或自相矛盾的含糊领域.

It is a contradiction in terms.

这在措词上是自相矛盾的.

One should not think slightingly of the paradoxical.

人们不应该轻视自相矛盾的东西.

These curiously inconsistent pirates fell peacefully to sleep.

这些稀奇自相矛盾的海盗也就安心地睡觉了.

This ambiguity may seem paradoxical.

这种模棱两可的说法似乎自相矛盾.

She noticed several minor inconsistencies in his argument.

她觉察到他的论点有几处略微有些自相矛盾.

These statements are thus redundant but they must be self-consistent.

这样列出的式子是多余的,但这些式子必须是不自相矛盾的.

The paradox inherent in this situation is easy to state.

在这种情形中固有的自相矛盾之处显而易见.