Japan's productivity has overtaken America in some industries, but elsewhere the United States has clung on to its lead.

The Prime Minister clung to his job like a limpet, despite calls for him to resign.

首相不顾有人要求他辞职，死赖在他的职位上不下台。

The pages of this book have clung together.

此书的书页粘在一起了.

The odours clung to her kitchen clothes.

她衣服上粘着浓重的厨房气味.

The child clung to his mother.

那个孩子紧紧地偎在母亲身上.

They clung together when the time came to part.

分离的时候到了,他们紧抱着不肯分开.

He clung to the rope with both hands.

他双手紧紧抓住绳子.

The ship clung to the shore.

那条船靠着岸.

He clung to the lifeline and the woman pulled him towards the bank.

他紧紧抓住救生索,那个女人把他拉向岸边.

He clung to his own view.

他坚持己见.

I clung onto the branch for my life.

我拼命地抓牢树枝.

We clung desperately together.

我们不顾一切地紧紧抱在一起.

I clung on the hard rough ground.

紧抠着坚硬的大地.

She clung to the hope that he was still alive.

她始终抱着一个希望,就是他仍活着.

My shy little sister clung to me like a leech all through the party.

我那腼腆的小妹在聚会上寸步不离地跟着我.

And while they are pleasingly cheap, the doors clang rather than clunk when you close them.

此外,尽管这些车价格便宜, 但车门关闭时发出的是清脆的哐啷声,而不是厚重的金属声.

I heard a clunk on the roof. Must be the reindeer.

我听到屋顶上有声音. 肯定是驯鹿在屋顶上.

JERRY: Yeah, that's good. He'd clunk our heads together like Moe.

杰瑞: 是, 很好. 他会像摩尔一样砍了我们的头.

Something fell to the floor with a clunk.

不知什么东西哐啷一声掉在地上。

His feet clunked on the wooden steps.

他的脚噔噔噔地踩在木头台阶上。

People might feel a little ashamed if someone says the car they drive is a clunker.

不过,Larry,我的车只要能把我带到我想去的地方就行了.