They vainly attempted to turn back the wheels of history.

He tried in vain to write down the movement.

他妄图写文章诋毁这个运动,可是枉费心机.

I went and stood beside him, looking over his shoulder.

我走过去站在他身边，从他的肩头望过去。

Everything would seem waiting and expectant.

一切似乎都在等待和企望着.

Being contented with things as they are is a kind of inertia.

若以企望“将来”的动机,而尽“现在”的努力,则厌“今”思想却大足为进化的原动.

No one is expecting any let-up until after the Olympics.

没人企望在奥运会之前情况可能有所缓和.

Publishers and authors know not to expect much better than that.

出版商和作家都明白,不能企望超过这个数目许多.

What he had to say was simple : The Queen is his greatest come-on.

女王巡幸,招摇过市,全然是先王后裔大亮相.

Only five of the crew survived the shipwreck.

在这次海难中只有五名船员幸免于死.

I hope that you will not refuse.

幸勿推却.

He would wish that he had never known of it.

他但愿自己根本不晓得这件事.

You're not trying to see him, I hope?

但愿你不是想要去见他吧？

Interest rates, have thus , remained relatively high, even today.

港元利率至今仍持续高企.

Higher prices are here to stay , says the consensus of the industry.

业内共识是,大宗商品价格将在目前较高水平上企稳.

He said the company faced soft demand, excess capacity and high costs.

他表示,壳牌面临着疲弱的需求 、 过剩的产能和高企的成本.

This includes the market for bulk pick-up in commodity prices stabilize expectations.

这包含了市场对于大宗商品价格企稳回升的预期.

He has the ability to make a good plan.

他企画本领一流.

Would you bring me home or would you sponsor for me?

唔知你地愿唔愿意带我返屋企又或者助养我 呢 ?

But yesterday's business debt market actually continued to fall.

而昨日的企债市场却继续下跌.

I believe we'll be working on the JAM project together.

我相信我们会一起合作JAM企 划案.

They're saying that the economy is on the up.

他们称经济正在企稳向好。