This book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour.

The Observer found the play "a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes"

《观察家报》认为这部剧“是大家熟悉的米勒式主题的拙劣翻版”。

The firm's top managers share the same open-plan office.

该公司的高层管理人员共用一间开敞式办公室。

The film touches on these difficult questions, but only superficially.

这部电影触及了这些难题，但只是蜻蜓点水式的。

These zip-top bags are great space-savers if storage is limited.

如果可储藏的地方有限，这些拉环式背包能节省很大空间。

The images were Gothic or Byzantine rather than classical.

这些形象属哥特式或者拜占庭式而非古典式。

The whole place was the romantic vision of the paternalist local squire.

这整个地方就是那位家长式乡绅的浪漫想象。

Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.

他们的轿车和一辆铰接式货车迎面相撞了。

Her silk shirtdress was sky-blue, the colour of her eyes.

她一袭天蓝色的真丝衬衫式连身裙，和她的双眸颜色一样。

Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.

维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸，房间布局凌乱，因此可能会显得较为阴冷。

Business matters drew him to Paris.

他因公前往巴黎。

Top quality Thai rice fetched $340 a tonne.

极品泰国香米卖得了1公吨340美元。

He made a forced landing on a highway.

他迫降在了公路上。

I brought in one drake and three ducks.

我弄来一只公鸭和三只母鸭。

My parents came to Germany for business reasons.

我父母因公来到德国。

A referendum would be divisive.

公投将产生分歧。

Is this a dog or a bitch?

这是公狗还是母狗？

Her husband was not a womaniser by any stretch of the imagination.

她老公绝对不是个拈花惹草的人。

Parliament has bowed to the demand for a referendum next year.

议会在人们的要求下已同意在明年举行全民公投。

I pulled off the road at a small village pub.

我将车停在公路旁的一家乡村小酒馆前。

The Wall Street Journal uses 220,000 metric tons of newsprint each year.

《华尔街日报》每年用去22万公吨新闻纸。