Her performance was pleasing, though by no means capital.

Number of the men she knew already, and the dandies thronged round her.

许多原来认识她的人, 还有好些花花公子,都上来围着她.

Numbers of the men she knew already, and the dandies thronged round her.

许多她原来认识的人, 还有好些花花公子,都上来围着她.

Henry is spieling about the same old story-his innovation in techniques.

亨利在夸夸其谈地唱老调 -- 大谈他对工艺上的革新.

He spoke in a very rare and windy way.

他说话十分古怪,夸夸其谈.

We'll get nothing from him but rhetoric and grief.

除了夸夸其谈和伤心难过之外,我们从他那什么也得不到.

You need to be a bit of a politician to succeed in this company.

要想在这家公司步步登高,就需要耍点手腕.

She talks a mile a minute that you can't get a word in.

她讲话时滔滔不绝,你一句话也插不进去.

Young mothers are gushing over their babies.

年轻的母亲滔滔不绝地谈论她们的婴儿.

Young mothers talk a mile a minute over their babies.

年轻的母亲们滔滔不绝地谈论她们的婴儿.

His words gushed out [ forth ] .

他的话 滔滔不绝.

" Why, you -- you must be the famous Captain Butler we've been hearing so much about -- the blockade runner.

" 怎么, 你 ---- 你一定就是我们经常听到的那位大名鼎鼎的巴特勒船长 ---- 跑封锁线的人物了.

Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation.

大名鼎鼎的霍华德-凯利医生也参加了会诊.

I made the acquaintance of the well-known adventuress.

我认识了大名鼎鼎的女冒险家.

I wouldn't be found dead in their stuffy old Union Club!

我死也不愿意参加他们的死气沉沉的联合俱乐部.

The absence of green, growing things made the city seem dead.

这座城市见不到带绿色的生机盎然的东西,看上去死气沉沉.

They gave a lack-lustre performance.

他们的演出死气沉沉.

She was breathless with indignation.

她愤愤不平,气呼呼的.

She is said to be very bitter about the way she was sacked.

据说，她对自己被以如此方式解雇而感到愤愤不平。

I must set my affairs in order.

我必须使我的事情搞得井井有条.

Her house was in perfect order when she moved in.

她搬进来时，屋子里井井有条。