These factories had to be built up from scratch.

Carrie scowled. The effect was something so quaint and droll it caught even the manager.

嘉莉做出愁眉苦脸的样子.效果十分奇妙而可笑,连经理也被吸引住了.

Mr Murdoch built Fox News from the ground up.

默多克先生白手起家创建福克斯新闻网。

The band have a droll sense of humour.

这个乐队有一种滑稽古怪的幽默感。

This self-made man worked as a street vendor in his early years.

这位白手起家的人最初是搞街头兜售.

He screwed up his mouth in a droll fashion.

他扭着嘴装出一副可笑的样子.

Starting bare-handed , you have built up so many steel plants. This is nothing short of miracles.

你们 白手起家, 修建了这么多钢铁厂, 这简直是个奇迹.

He came here without friends or possessions and made his fortune.

他来时举目无亲、身无长物,全凭白手起家.

His droll expression seemed to say that he had found the secret of contentment.

他那种滑稽可笑的表情似乎在说明他已经发现了知足常乐的秘诀.

He is so droll, that Samson.

参孙真会开玩笑.

They have worked up the factory from almost nothing.

他们几乎白手起家逐步建立起那个工厂.

He was proud of the fact that he was a self-made man .

他为自己白手起家而自豪。

His face was screwed up in a droll fashion.

他的脸扭成一副可笑的模样.

He looked at her with a droll sort of awakening.

他用一种古怪的如梦方醒的神情看着她.

James Michener began life as a foundling and started with absolutely nothing.

詹姆斯?麦切纳刚生下来就成了弃儿,他完全是白手起家.

One can hardly believe that this paper mill was started from scratch only a few years ago.

很难相信这个造纸厂仅仅是在几年前白手起家办起来的.

He is a self-made man.

他白手起家。

His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.

他白手起家，人们对他都很钦佩。

" It is a bit of quiet , unassuming drollery which warms like good wine.

" 这是一段既不哗众取宠又不矫揉造作的滑稽表演,像美酒一样温馨.

We all enjoyed his drollery.

我们都欣赏他的幽默.

The editor would take a theme and embroider upon it with drollery.

编辑会将一篇文章,以调侃式的幽默笔调加以渲染.