AFRICOM was created in late 2007 and formally activated a year later.

He came to see me in my office one day and asked me for a job.

有一天,他到我办事处来见我,要我给他个差使.

This is not a great labouur, and it may prove a real interest.

那不是什么苦差使,实际上倒是怪舒服的.

Then I began to look for a ship-I should think the hardest work on earth.

于是,我开始寻找出海船 ― ―是到了该想想干那种人间最苦的差使的时候了.

Never mind : at least I got a glimpse of what the job was like.

这总算见过差使的面!

It might be a stock-or-bond-selling proposition.

那也许是推销股票或者证券的差使.

He hated being stuck in the sour job but couldn't find another.

他讨厌老是做这份枯燥乏味的工作,可是找不到别的差使.

Each member of the family had his special duty to perform.

家里人人都有特殊的差使干.

It was not an errand that much pleased the doctor.

这种差使医生可不大喜欢干.

Notify to the supreme headquarters at once.

马上向总部报告!

It was carved with a nine-dragon design, symbolizing the supreme power of the emperor.

御座上刻着九条龙, 象征着皇帝至高无上的权力.

Ordinay people always subject to the abused supreme power.

民众总是受滥权的侵害.

He then names the supreme good as eudaimonia , which is usually translated , though inadequately, as happiness.

他将至善命名为eudaimonia, 该词通常被不完整地译为“幸福”.

When the picture was taken down, the wall looked very bare.

取下画来以后, 墙上显得光秃秃的.

Mostly the mountains were still sterile.

大多数山仍然光秃秃的.

The tree has only stark branches.

这棵树只剩下光秃秃的树枝.

Children's toys lay abandoned over a small patch of neat garden.

在光秃秃的花园的小路两旁乱七八糟地扔满了儿童玩具.

The ground is covered with sand, stones and bare rock.

地面都被沙土 、 石块和光秃秃的岩石所覆盖.

The top of the hill was bare.

小山顶上光秃秃的.

Someday your eyes will be filled with a joy so deep that they shine.

有一天,你的双眼将充盈着深深的喜悦,濯濯闪闪烁.

He brought to the job not just considerable experience but passionate enthusiasm.

他不仅给这一工作带来了不少经验，而且倾注了极大的热情。