50% of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom...

Juvenile king penguins preen on the shore.

年轻的企鹅首领在岸边用嘴整理羽毛.

Tonight, you can watch the women figure skaters pout and preen their way to the medals.

今晚, 你们将看到女子花样滑冰选手把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的,去争取金牌.

She preened herself on her ability to speak eight languages.

她为自己能讲几种语言而感到自豪.

He preened himself on having graduated with honours.

他因毕业成绩优异而自豪.

She primped and preened in the mirror admiring the pendant, but she just wasn't satisfied.

她对着镜了打扮来打扮去,欣赏着项链.可她还不满足.

Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves.

灰姑娘干着脏活,而她的姐妹们却正在打扮自己.

He preened himself on the praise he had received.

他因为得到了赞扬而沾沾自喜。

The more slap-up the restaurant is, the more necessary to preengage.

越 高档 的饭店越需要事先预约.

He's always preening himself on his success.

他总是对自己的成功沾沾自喜.

The preening popinjay has now departed the scene and good riddance, say I.

那只得益洋洋的鹦鹉,现在终于滚蛋了,拔了咱的眼中钉,肉中刺, 这就是我说的.

Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror?

你别对着镜子打扮个没完行不行？

She was fading, while he was still preening himself in his elegance and youth.

她已显老, 而他却仍然打扮成翩翩佳公子.

That morning went as usual for Squeak: a shower, preening, begging for treats.

那天早上,“佳乐”和往常一样,洗浴, 梳理, 讨吃花蜜.

Buddha said, glancing back for 500 years in the preexistence could get the meeting today.

佛说, 前世五百年的回眸,才换作今生的偶遇.

We disagree with their claim that we are simply preexisting stem cells.

我们不同意我们只是简单地将已存在的干细胞选出的说法.

Thus, permission should extend only to sales made at regular or preexisting price levels.

因此, 只允许在正常的价格水平或既存的价格水平上做出的销售.

He regarded the soul not only as immortal but as preexisting through all eternity.

他认为灵魂不仅是不朽的,还通过所有的永生而预先存在.

Finally, students will be asked to create their own manipulations of preexisting works.

最后, 将要求学生创作他们自己对已有作品的加工.

Somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells.

体细胞产生自原始细胞.

The event itself may be seen as either ex nihilo or order from preexisting chaos.

事件本身可以被看作要么不可得的虚无要么来自现有混沌的法则.