有人说乔治·华盛顿的母亲很敬虔,华特·史考特爵士的母亲是诗歌和音乐的爱好者。
We are told that George Washington's mother was pious, and that Sir Walter Scott's mother was a lover of poetry and music.
当他因他的军事功绩而被授予考特爵士时,他登上皇位前的一个预言实现了。他受谋杀的诱惑而去实现第二个预言。
When he is pronounced Thane of Cawdor for his military victories – a prophecy come true before his ascension to the kingship – he is tempted into murder to fulfill the second prophecy.
与此同时,由前白厅官员约翰·齐尔考特爵士领导的,对伊拉克战争的正式调查(法庭进行的第五次)开始于2009年7月,现在仍在继续。
Meanwhile, a formal inquiry into the Iraq war (the fifth by some counts) that began in July 2009 is continuing, headed by a retired Whitehall mandarin, Sir John Chilcot.
巴特勒勋爵领导的调查委员会得出了部分调查报告,约翰·考特爵士也是这个调查委员会的一员。调查报告中的批评和嘲讽都处理得不温不火,满是调和色彩。
It was partly documented by a committee under Lord Butler, of which Sir John was a member, though its criticisms were swaddled in blandly conciliatory prose and so derided.
巴特勒勋爵领导的调查委员会得出了部分调查报告,约翰·考特爵士也是这个调查委员会的一员。调查报告中的批评和嘲讽都处理得不温不火,满是调和色彩。
It was partly documented by a committee under Lord Butler, of which Sir John was a member, though its criticisms were swaddled in blandly conciliatory prose and so derided.
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