On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.
几年前,在一次去纽约的旅行中,尤多拉·韦尔蒂决定带几个纽约的朋友出去吃饭。
I had already met Pete a couple of times through – how should I put it – friends in low places.
我已经见过皮特好几次了,通过–怎么说呢–底层社会的朋友们。
Last week I came across a couple of old school friends and we spent the entire journey in the bar.
上周,我偶遇了几个老同学,于是我们整个旅程都在酒吧里度过。
Together with their family and friends, each couple is full of hopes and dreams for their future life together.
和他们的家人,朋友一样,每一对夫妻都对他们未来共同的生活充满了希望和梦想。
According to friends of the couple, the Gores cited "growing apart" as the reason for their split.
根据这对夫妻的朋友所说,戈尔一家引用“感情破裂”作为他们离婚的原因。
But each child a couple had further reduced the parents' susceptibility to being influenced by divorcing friends.
但受离婚朋友的影响,夫妻的孩子进一步降低了作为家长的感情和敏感性。
That means they get panic at the idea of meeting parents, or getting involved with your friends, or any activity which makes him feel like he's in a couple.
所以你如果想让他们见父母、融入你的朋友圈、或是参加任何会让他感到你们是一对儿的活动,花花公子会非常头疼。
Apple started as a couple of computer nerds trying to impress their friends.
苹果开始作为计算机试图打动他们的朋友书呆子夫。
The couple sent an e-mail to friends Friday announcing the news, saying they were looking at a possible wedding next summer.
这对情侣于上周五通过电子邮件向朋友们宣布了这一消息,并称两人考虑于明年夏天举行婚礼。
Hanging out with your friends might seem "unproductive" whereas staying an extra couple of hours at work is "productive".
跟朋友一起出去逛逛看起来是“毫无收益的”,与此同时加班完成工作是“有效能的”。
MEXICO CITY — Angela Alfarache and Ivonne Cervantes met at a party 16 years ago and have been a couple ever since, filling their lives with books and writing and friends.
墨西哥城——安吉拉.阿法拉奇和伊万.萨万特16年前在派对上相识,并走到了一起,从此她们的生活就充实着书籍,写作和朋友们。
Finally, I’ve lost a number of clients (and a couple of friends) over the years by losing touch with reality over deadlines.
由于我长时间忽视跟现实的练习,最终使我失掉了一些客户,还有个别的朋友。
When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking and drawing attention to them.
小两口儿开车离开教堂时,朋友们常常开车追赶他们,不停地按喇叭,引他们注意。
Let me give you an example: I have a couple of dear friends who are moving into adolescence. It's a time of great change.
我有这样一个例子:我有两位正值青春期的好朋友,青春期是一段剧烈变化的时期。
Tonight, over a couple of cocktails, one of my good friends spilled her guts to me about all of her failed attempts to find the perfect lover.
今晚,在几杯鸡尾酒下肚后,密友向我吐露说她所有的朋友都没法找到属于自己的完美情人。
There was another concert in the area in a couple of days, so I asked her to meet some of my friends and me there.
那段时间有另外一场音乐会,所以我叫她出来与我和我的朋友见面。
I think the way he treated his friends a couple of films ago was quite questionable.
我想,在开头的几部影片里他对待朋友的态度很有问题。
And there were difficult periods during my mid-teens when my friends started to couple up, while I kept my head in the books.
在少年时代最困难的时期就是我的朋友都成双入对了,而我只能埋头于书本。
Well, it means that we'll take care of you, but you probably gave it to a couple hundred of your friends, neighbors, co-workers and people you travel with.
好吧,那就是说我们会照顾你,可你也许已经传染给了你的两百个朋友、你的邻居。
He funded exhibitions (his own work appeared in a couple), bought his friends' paintings at generous prices and paid Claude Monet's rent.
他赞助各项展览(偶尔会有自己的作品展出),出高价购买朋友的作品,为克劳德·莫奈支付房租。
Yes, it will take some time, especially if you're connected to a couple hundred friends already.
虽然它会花费一些时间,特别是当你已经加入了成百个好友时。但是这一步,虽然不是最快的,但却是最简单的。
On 16 June, the day Sawers's appointment was announced, she posted 19 pictures of the couple on holiday with their friends in the West Country.
在6月16日,Sawers被任命的当天,她贴出了夫妇二人与朋友们在英国西南部共度假日的19张照片。
She's one of my best friends in the world. I call her and talk to her every couple of days.''
她是我在这个世界上最好的朋友之一,每隔几天我就会给她打电话。
As Grandpa Bob drove into the driveway he could see his 4-year-old granddaughter, Julie, and a couple of her friends playing in the backyard.
鲍勃爷爷开车驶进车道时,看到他四岁的孙女朱莉和她的朋友们一起在草坪上嬉戏。
“A couple of my friends on the music committee say Frank Zappa; somebody else says Stevie Wonder, ” Mr. Gissler said.
“我在音乐委员会里的几个朋友推荐弗兰克·扎帕(FrankZappa),还有人提议史蒂夫·汪德(Stevie Wonder),”吉斯勒先生说道。
“A couple of my friends on the music committee say Frank Zappa; somebody else says Stevie Wonder, ” Mr. Gissler said.
“我在音乐委员会里的几个朋友推荐弗兰克·扎帕(FrankZappa),还有人提议史蒂夫·汪德(Stevie Wonder),”吉斯勒先生说道。
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