The police hoisted the criminal with his own petard.

Critics say he is in danger of being hoist with his own petard.

有批评者认为他的话无疑是作茧自缚,但不管如何,切尔西是否能有一天超越在全球范围拥有五千五百万球迷、年获得五千万英镑收益的曼彻斯特联队?

This petcock is suitable to connect the rubber pipes with the inside diameter of 6 mm.

该小活栓适用于连接内径为6mm的橡胶管.

The doctor shut off the petcock.

医生关掉小活栓.

"Can you just get the message through to Pete for me?" — "No, no I can't."

“你就帮我把话带给皮特，行吗？”——“不，不行，我不能。”

Pete once bought the boys a bicycle cheap off the back of a lorry.

皮特有一回给孩子们买了一辆便宜的老鼠货自行车。

Pete got on his horse and started trotting across the field.

皮特跨上马，开始在田野间小跑起来。

There was a remarkable resem-blance between him and Pete.

他和皮特之间有着惊人的相似之处。

He turned on Pete and accused him of being mixed up in drugs.

他怒斥皮特，指责他沾染毒品。

We hold Peter in high scorn.

我们瞧不起彼得.

Seeing no future in it, his interest in the job peter out.

因为看不出有什麽前途, 他对那件工作的兴趣就日渐低落.

Many novels start well, but peter out before the end.

有很多小说开关都很好, 不过到后来就越写越差,草草结尾了.

Usually , however, such heresy-hunts peter out quickly in the face of faculty solidarity.

然而, 在学院团结的局面下这些怪论猎捕很快就消散.

As the river dried up, our water supply petered out.

由于河流枯竭, 我们的供水逐渐断绝.

For a while that book was very popular , but suddenly the demand just petered out.

那本书曾畅销了一阵子, 但很快就没人买了.

The couple's argument petered out.

夫妇俩的争吵平息下来了.

But the early advance quickly petered out, as the worries of the last few weeks returned.

但很快过去几周的担忧又重新占据了市场,早前的上涨随即烟消云散.

The storm petered out.

暴风雨渐息.

Her enthusiasm for dancing petered out and she stopped going to lessons.

她对跳舞渐渐失去了热情,后来便不再去上课了.

The car engine just petered out after ten years of hard driving.

结结实实开了十年之后,那部车的引擎渐渐耗损了.

Seeing no future in it, his interest in the job petered out.

因为看不出有什么前途, 他对那件工作的兴趣就日渐低落.