The children who had bought picture books from him were now fathers and grandfathers.

These are inventions our grandfathers never even dreamed of.

这些发明是我们的祖辈们连做梦也没想到过的.

And the times are ancient , the mist was old even when our grandfathers'grandfathers were young.

岁月是苍老的, 雾霭是苍老的,即使那时我们的先辈的先辈还很年轻.

I have two grandmothers and two grandfathers.

我有爷爷、奶奶、外公、外婆.

Both of his grandfathers, Patrick J. Kennedy and John F . Fitzgerald, had been politicians.

他的祖父及外公, 派屈克·乃迪和约翰·滋杰罗都曾经是政治人物.

I incline to think that our grandfathers and grandmothers were great.

我愿意相信我们的祖父和祖母十分伟大.

So I have two grandfathers and two grandmothers.

所以,我有两个和两个祖父祖母.

With the exception of Ron Paul, all the serious candidates waxed grandiloquent about their aims.

保罗, 其余所有主要候选人都在往自己脸上贴金,大言不惭的鼓出自己的执政目标.

L 'é difice grandiose s 'é croule dans le malheur et dans le sang.

不论是在国内,还是在国外,每走一步都障碍重重.

Such impressiveness usually takes the form of a truly grandiose realism.

这种感人的情景通常采用真实的蔚为壮观的写实主义手法表现出来.

Yet the human cost of these grandiose schemes is harder to put a tag on.

这些宏伟项目的人力成本依然很难给出一个准确的数字.

But hopes are dashed as corrupt officials pocket the money or squander it on grandiose projects.

但其带来的希望却因腐败官员中饱私囊或把它们浪费在一些不切实际的项目上而化为泡影.

The trend in everyday conversation is to use grandiose words.

用词浮夸是如今日常会话的时髦.

It is a grandiose project.

那是一项浮夸的计划.

It makes for a suitably grandiose ending to an epic trip.

它为这次旅行划上了一个圆满的句号.

He's always producing grandiose plans that never work.

他总是不断制订出浮夸而不能实现的计划.

People are put off by grandiose institutions, rigid timetables and intimidating courses.

庞大的机构, 刻板的时间表以及可怕的功课使人望而却步.

Tanglewood Mountain raises its grandiose peaks to the heavens in majestic beauty and tranquility.

宏伟高耸入云的泰高活山脉呈现一片优美和宁静.

The grandiose scheme for a journey across the desert came to nothing.

不切实际的穿越沙漠计划已成泡影。

In their wishful calculations , the rulers of Japan have it worked out on a grandiose scale.

日本统治者的如意算盘是打得非常之大的.

This idea will never amount to anything ; nothing came of his grandiose plans.

这种思想将一事无成.