They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me any thing to the purpose.

Her argument is little to the purpose.

她的论据苍白无力.

His remarks about gardening were hardly to the purpose.

他对园艺的一席话简直是文不对题.

He gave no advance indication-not even to me-as to the purpose of this extraordinary gathering.

对这次非常会议的目的,他事先未作任何透露 -- 甚至对我也未透露.

What he had said was not to the purpose.

他所说的话并不中肯.

The parliament had passed a law to the purpose.

国会中肯地通过了一项法律.

Fool may sometimes speak to the purpose.

愚蠢之人也有说对的时候.

'And now let us get back to the question of " how " and " why ".

“ 现在再回到 ‘ 方法 ’ 和 ‘ 原因 ’ 问题上来.

The answer to the question is full of paradox.

对这个问题的回答矛盾百出.

He came straight to the question of money; which was a shock to me.

他开门见山就提到了钱, 使我不禁愣了一下.

The question of finance is subsidiary to the question of whether the project will be approved.

财务问题是这一项目是否获准的附带问题.

His answer was highly pertinent to the question.

他的回答非常切题.

This money was devoted to the relief of cases of distress.

这些钱都是用来救济贫民的.

She worked and dreamed daily to the tune of the bubbling stream.

她每天随着潺潺的泉韵工作幻想.

The bank was backing him to the tune of 10.000.

银行资助他总额达10,000英镑.

The cost of the repairs came to the tune of a hundred pounds.

修理费达100英镑之多.

He had to pay for all the damage-to the tune of over ￡ 200.

他不得不赔偿所有的损失,赔偿费高达200镑.

We can't dance to the tune of corrupt politicians and capitalists!

我们不能再对那些腐化堕落的政客和财阀们唯命是从了!

Antalya , Turkey , in particular, the increase in tourists to the tune of 18 %.

特别是土耳其的安塔利亚, 接待游客的增幅更达到了18%.

Let's sing these lines to the tune of Red Vally.

让我们用红河谷的曲调唱这些词.

The town is building a new hall to the tune of twenty thousand dollars.

这个小镇正在修建一座新礼堂,造价达两万美元.