This fact is at once explained on the principle of descent.

Others, too, are on the prowl.

其它企业也在伺机而动.

Long-legged to feel its way in the darkness, a mite is on the prowl.

一只螨虫正拖着长腿,在黑暗中四下寻觅.

The cat is on the prowl for mice.

猫在四处寻找耗子.

Some youngsters were seen on the prowl around the street corner.

有人看到一些青年在街角徘徊.

He saw a hungry wolf on the prowl with his telescope.

他通过望远镜看到了一头四处觅食的饿狼.

Once a rogue bear is on the prowl, it is not just foolish to provoke it.

只要一头无所事事的灰熊在野地徘徊,而人们在这种情况下去惹恼此庞物就不仅是愚蠢了.

The enemy is on the prowl now.

敌人悄悄出动了.

Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples.

他们的旅伴中有度蜜月的新人，有寻觅伴侣的单身女孩，也有老年夫妇。

They're on the prowl at a handful of police stations, keeping pesky rodents in check.

它们在少数几个警察局附近四处走动,吓阻讨厌的老鼠.

Tom looks like he is on the prowl again tonight.

看来汤姆今晚又要出去找女孩子逗乐了.

The man was still on the prowl around the street at dead of night.

那男人夜深人静时仍在街上徘徊.

But the possibility of another kind of wild animal on the prowl has some people worried.

但是,可能是另一种觅食的野生动物让一些人感到担忧.

The doctor told me on the quiet his patient had cancer.

医生暗地对我说,那位病人患的是癌症.

He got married on the quiet.

他悄悄结婚了.

Spring feels the love of grass, falls in love with her on the quiet.

春天感受到了小草的爱意, 无语的和小草爱恋.

He black-marketed grain on the quiet.

他偷偷地做黑市粮食买卖.

He transferred his bank account to switzerland on the quiet.

他把银行帐号秘密地转到瑞士.

She'd promised to give him driving lessons, on the quiet, when no one could see.

她已经保证要在别人看不见的时候私下教他开车。

He had been renting the house on the quiet.

他偷偷地租下这间房子.

She tried to pick out the tune of a song she had heard on the radio.

她试图凭听觉记忆摸索着奏出那首她从广播里听到的歌曲.