EXAMPLE: Fishing provides a dependable livelihood for many of the island’s residents.
對于該島的很多居民來說，捕魚是一種可靠的生計。  2017-04-07

EXAMPLE: Harmful chemical waste products disembogue from old factories into our local river, causing dangerous levels of water pollution.老工廠排出大量有害化學物質，流入了我們這個地方的河流，導致了嚴重的水污染。

  2017-04-06

EXAMPLE: The new company president had several new suggestions, but thecautious board of directors demurred until they had time to consider each of themcarefully.
公司新總裁有好幾條新建議，但是謹慎的公司董事會持反對態度，他們需要時間認真考慮。

  2017-04-05

EXAMPLE: Our cousins are farmers who we enjoy visiting every year because of the
bucolic charm of their peaceful village.
我們的堂兄弟都是農民，我們每年都要去看望他們，因為我們喜歡寧靜的鄉村美景。  2017-04-04

EXAMPLE: The poor country’s agrarian economy depends on plentiful amounts of rain each year.
這個窮國的農業經濟有賴于每年的豐富降水。

  2017-04-03

EXAMPLE: The company ingratiates itself with consumers at every price point by ranging $3,000 double-breasted cardigan sweaters from the Purple Label to Chaps brand clothing and home goods.
該公司的產品迎合了所有價位的消費者。它既出售3,000美元的紫標系列的雙排扣羊毛開衫，又出售Chaps品牌服飾和居家用品。  2017-03-31

EXAMPLE: My customers return to do business with me every year because they know I am always on the level with them.
每年，客戶們都回來和我做生意，因為他們知道我總是對他們坦誠相待。  2017-03-30

EXAMPLE: Our company president worries about the high cost of renting a larger office, but the flip side of his concern is the fact that we need space to grow.
我們公司的總裁擔心租用更大辦公室的高成本，但一些人的意見和他的擔心正相反，我們需要新的辦公空間來實現增長。  2017-03-29

EXAMPLE: My brother gets angry easily so I have to handle him with kid gloves when I ask him to do something for me.
我的兄弟容易發怒，所以我在請他為我做事時不得不小心說話。  2017-03-28

EXAMPLE: We decided to stock up on French wine after we heard that prices would be increased more than 30% due to higher import duties.
我們決定囤積法國葡萄酒，因為我們聽說，由于提高進口稅，酒價將上漲30%以上。  2017-03-27

EXAMPLE: For many years no one had lived in my grandfather's old house, and while searching its dark rooms, I found shelves of musty old books.
我祖父的舊宅多年來無人居住，當我在昏暗的房間搜索時，發現了好幾書架發霉的舊書。

  2017-03-24

EXAMPLE: Geologists recently found large areas of hyrdogenic rock in the arid desert, which they believe indicates an ancient lakebed.
地質學家最近在這片荒蕪的沙漠里發現了大片的水成巖，他們認為，這些巖石表明這里是古老的河床。

  2017-03-23

EXAMPLE: As a young person, I had a fleeting interest in studying architecture, but I became a civil engineer instead.
我年輕時對學建筑學有過短暫的興趣，但后來卻成了土木工程師。  2017-03-22

EXAMPLE: In the back of the city bus, a bevy of high school girls chatted and laughed as they rode home.
一群快樂的高中女生坐在城市公交車的后面，在回家的路上有說有笑。

  2017-03-21

EXAMPLE: The new owner of the famous old company took control by ignoring the recommendations and previous decisions of many managers, who believed him to be an arrant fool.
這家老牌公司的新老板無視很多經理的推薦和先前的決定，搞一言堂。這些經理認為他是個十足的傻瓜。

  2017-03-20

EXAMPLE: When I got married, my rich, magnanimous uncle gave me enough money to buy a large new house because he hoped I would start a family soon.
我結婚時，富有而慷慨的舅舅給了我足夠買一套新房的錢，因為他希望我能很快成家。  2017-03-17

EXAMPLE: I hope my wayward and impulsive young brother’s behavior does not result in his arrest by the police.
我希望，我的任性而沖動的弟弟的行為不會招致他被警察逮捕。  2017-03-16

EXAMPLE: My brother gets angry easily so I have to handle him with kid gloves when I ask him to do something for me.
我的兄弟容易發怒，所以我在請他為我做事時不得不小心說話。  2017-03-15

EXAMPLE: My favorite basketball team has lost every game so far this year, and I'm starting to think that it's a lost cause.
今年，我最喜歡的籃球隊輸掉了到目前為止的所有比賽，我開始相信，這支隊伍肯定沒戲了。  2017-03-14

EXAMPLE: We must drive slowly and cautiously on the tortuous road through the mountains.
我們必須在山間曲折的公路上緩慢小心地駕車。  2017-03-13