The defeat was a bitter pill.

the contraceptive pill

避孕药丸

You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.

你年龄太大了，没人愿意再给工作，这是你不得不接受的现实。

He sweetened the pill by increasing wages, although by slightly less than he raised prices.

他提高了工资以使人们更易接受，尽管涨幅略低于他的价格升幅。

Another one stands in front of him, holding the pill cup.

另一个勤杂工站在他身前, 拿着装有药片的纸杯.

So are the advantages of taking the blue pill?

那么吞下蓝色药片的好处何在?

The invading troops were guilty of rape and pillage.

侵略军犯了抢劫和强奸的罪.

The rape and pillage of the east was a terrible crime.

对东部(国家)的强劫和掠夺是臭名昭著的罪行.

It was almost a pillage.

这简直是一场洗劫.

The transfer of power in 1947 was accompanied by slaughter and pillage of huge proportions.

1947年的权力转移是伴随着屠杀大面积掠夺而来.

The town had been pillaged and burned.

这座城镇被洗劫焚毁。

Eighteen shillings a month, together with diet and pillage.

月饷十八先令, 加上伙食和战利品.

[不可数名词]They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.

他们带回了残杀掳掠的可怕消息。

The rebels went looting and pillaging.

叛乱者趁火打劫，掠夺财物。

...the boldness to pillage and rape.

抢劫和强奸的胆子

Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.

士兵们横冲直撞，洗劫商店并且开枪射击。

The AI will no longer pillage Barbarian Cities.

AI不会去摧毁野人城市了.

There were no signs of violence or pillage.

没有暴力或劫掠的迹象。

The invaders pillaged many cultural relics and treasures.

侵略者掳夺走了很多的文物珍品.

The town pillaged by the invading army.

入侵的军队将该城镇掠夺一空.

Her handbag was pillaged on her way home.

在回家的路上,她的手提包被抢劫了.