This wine has not aged well.

The room smelled musty and stale.

这个房间闻起来有股发霉的陈味儿.

The matter will be explained in detail in a separate letter.

此事当另函详陈.

He represented to the court that the accused was very remorseful.

他代被告向法庭陈情说被告十分懊悔.

He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.

他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调.

First, you have to drain the container of all the old oil.

首先, 你得从油箱中把所有的陈油都抽去.

The air of the room was fetid with stale tobacco smoke.

房间里的空气有陈烟的臭味.

a sale of shop-soiled goods at half price

半价促销商店陈货

There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing-up.

法官的结案陈词在法庭上引起一片混乱。

I heard him make a very eloquent speech at that dinner.

在那次晚宴上，我听到他作了一番非常有说服力的陈词。

6 subtracted from 9 is 3.

9减6等于3。

a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment

由死刑减为终身监禁

Changing down, he turned into the drive.

他减挡拐入了私家车道。

My weight went down to seventy pounds.

我的体重减到了70磅。

Her weight fell to under seven stones.

她的体重减到了7英石以下。

Prison sentences have been commuted.

服刑期得以减短。

I have lost a lot of weight.

我体重减了不少。

One minus one is zero.

1减1等于0。

Unless she loses some weight, she's had it.

除非她减点儿肥，否则她就没戏了。

He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.

他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅。

His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.

他最初的死刑被减为终身监禁。