Breakfast consisted of dry bread and a cup of tea.

A cup of tea? There's nothing I'd like better!

一杯茶？那最好不过了！

The flood was a danger to the livelihood of the inhabitants there.

水灾对那里居民的生计是个威胁。

The rocks are a danger to shipping.

暗礁对于航运是一个危险的东西。

Tidal wave is a danger to navigation.

海啸对航海来说是一大威胁。

He is a danger to the public.

他对于大众是个危险人物。

A dearth of technical talent seems to be another widespread problem.

缺乏技术人才则是这个行业的另一个普遍问题。

there's a dearth of computer science education on both sides.

老师和学生对计算机的认识都不够。

The town fell into a decline after the mine closed.

这个镇在矿井关闭后开始衰落。

Development of science and technology has been accompanied by a decline in traditional culture.

科技的发展伴随着传统文化的衰落。

Having a bad pas de deux partner's like having a bad tennis partner.

糟糕的舞伴就像糟糕的网球搭档

But in this paper, sketch expression is thought a pas de Deux of sensibility and rationality.

但本文认为素描表现恰似一曲感性与理性的双人舞。

From romantic dinners a deux to cosy evenings spent watching TV and munching popcorn on the sofa, spending time with your other half can be a calorific affair.

从浪漫二人晚餐，到窝在沙发上看电视吃爆米花的温馨之夜，和你的另一半腻在一起可能是你长胖的原因。

And when dining a deux, she says, just ask your dining partner which seat he or she would like.

如果是两个人单独吃饭，你就直接问对方愿意坐哪边好了。

Dates a deux, more daring, were soon taken in stride.

更大胆的二人约会也很快轻松实现了。

It's really unbelievable that some man can even marry a law-down dirty shame like her.

有人竟然和像他那样不知羞耻的人结婚，真是不可思议。

We're certainly glad we did a dry run on our new marketing plan for California before we sent our salesmen out.

我们在派出推销员之前，把我们为加利福尼亚州制定的新的推销计划进行了一次演习。

Stone wanted a dry run of my ad presentation to the company, ASAP.

Stone让我尽快演习一下给那客户的广告

a pathological fear of heights

n.恐高症，高处恐怖症

Those with a fear of heights might want to give this exclusive eatery a miss, because it juts right out hundreds of feet above a canyon-and there's a glass floor to make the experience even more stomach churning.

有恐高症的朋友们对这家独特的餐馆可能会避而远之，因为它就悬在几百英尺的峡谷之上，而且该餐馆采用玻璃地板，使得整个体验更加惊心动魄。

And he had PTSD and also a fear of heights, because in Vietnam, he had been rappelling backwards out of helicopters over the skids.

他有战后创伤症候群并且他还恐高，因为在越南，他经常从直升机上反向绕绳下降。