This may look like just semantics, but it matters.

I hate the rigid definition: It's so ugly, so obvious.

我不喜欢咬文嚼字,这样的做法太叫人不痛快, 也太外露了.

Have you swallowed a dictionary?

你为何一开口就咬文嚼字?

I don't like splitting hairs.

我不喜欢咬文嚼字.

Paying excessive attention to wording doesn't necessarily produce a good essay.

咬文嚼字未必能写出好文章.

Instead of deciding the real issue the commentator would chop logic.

这位评论家不去解决实质问题,而总是咬文嚼字.

Now is the time for you to pay off old scores.

现在是你报仇雪恨的时候了.

After the fight the defeated boxer swore he'd get his own back.

那场拳赛后败北者发誓要报仇雪恨.

After the fight the defeated boxer swore he'd get his own back ( on his rival ).

那场拳赛后败北者发誓要 ( 向对手 ) 报仇雪恨.

Jack's unit killed Drazen and now they are seeking revenge.

杰克带领的小队杀死了维克托,现在,对方想报仇雪恨.

Jingwei hate the merciless sea claimed his young life, she had to avenge their setbacks.

精卫痛恨无情的大海夺去了自己年轻的生命, 她要报仇雪恨.

I waved my arm as Launcelot swept in-he recognized my rag-I tore away noose and bandage.

一见朗斯洛风驰电掣而来,我就把右臂一挥 -- 他认出我那块破布了 -- 我扯下的绳子和绷带.

An ambulance dashed to the scene of the accident.

救护车风驰电掣赶往事故现场.

RUNNING like wind, roaring like thunder , tigers have long been a king of the animal world.

奔跑如风驰电掣, 咆哮如雷霆万钧, 它们就是一直被奉为“百兽之王”的老虎.

The car is going nice and fast.

小汽车风驰电掣般向前飞驰.

The train passed me as quickly as a flash.

列车风驰电掣地从我面前开过.

Johnson seemed without a care in the world.

约翰逊似乎无忧无虑。

He leads an army so massive It'shakes the ground with its march.

他率领的军队是如此雄壮,所到之处地动山摇.

With the booming sound which shakes earth.

随着地动山摇的一声巨响.

Normandy Beach became sea of fire, earth and the mountains shake.

诺曼底海滩成了一片火海, 地动山摇.

When a major planet-like Uranus-turns on its power you can feel the ground move.

当天王星这么一颗有份量的行星起源开释它的能量时,定会让感到地动山摇.