To begin with, they may ask themselves whether they would like their child to go to a single-sex school or a co-educational school.

My daughter goes to a single-sex school.

我的女儿进一所女校读书。

The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist.

这位律师使她的委托人仅受到轻罚就获释了

Disciplinary committee maybe gives me a slap on the wrist.

纪律委员会也只会警告我一下。

Always gets off with just a slap on the wrist.

总是略予申斥就放了。

The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending

目前的经济衰退是由消费支出骤跌引起的。

Yet a slump in share prices could stifle new-found investor confidence in equities and limit the amount of capital raised from the market.

但股价的暴跌可能扼杀投资者对股市重新树立的信心，降低股市筹资额。

China would face a slump and the mother of all banking crises.

中国将面临一场暴跌和迄今规模最大的银行业危机。

Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage.

尊重和伴侣关系是婚姻的牢固基础。

Without a solid foundation, knowledge doesn't last.

没有坚实的基础，知识也会慢慢消失。

This provided a solid foundation for their marriage.

这为他们的婚姻提供了坚实的基础。

Now, now, don't be a sore loser.

你别输不起啊

You're quite a sore loser.

你真是个不折不扣的衰人。

You cant stop a sore loser from thinking what they want and you cant convince them out of their opinion.

你无法让一个输不起的人停下来想下他们要什么，也无法驳倒他们的观点。

A sound sleep would do you good.

好好睡一下对你会有好处的。

Don't work up me, I want a sound sleep!

别激起我的精神，我想好好睡一觉！

He awoke from a sound sleep.

他从酣睡中醒来。

He looks as though he hasn't had a square meal for weeks.

看他那样子，就好像几个星期没吃过一顿像样的饭了。

She filled her guests with a square meal.

她以丰盛的一餐来满足她的客人。

Give them a status symbol and you can't go wrong.

给他们象征身分的东西是不会错的。

Love of classical music is carried like a status symbol.

喜欢古典音乐是社会公认的身份标志。