巴克莱银行新任首席执行官——鲍勃·戴尔蒙德,告诉英国国会的一个委员会,银行业者因为高额奖金而感到“悔恨和抱歉的时期”已经结束了。
Bob Diamond, the new chief executive of Barclays, told a British parliamentary committee that the "period of remorse and apology" over bankers' bonuses was over.
英国会有可能成为无阶级的社会吗?
国会利用英国的税收资金,给予生产丝绸、铁、染料、大麻和木材等产品的美国人适度的鼓励。
Parliament used British tax money to pay modest incentives to Americans producing such items as silk, iron, dyes, hemp, and lumber.
国会议员希望推翻英国退出该条约的决定。
英国国会大厦是由芦笋、青豆和红花菜豆与甜玉米混合而成,以描绘复杂的石雕。
The Houses of Parliament are built from a mix of asparagus, green beans and runner beans which are mixed with baby sweetcorn to depict the intricate stonework.
如果整个国家能更加平稳的均衡增长,英国会更加美好。
Britain would be a better place if growth were more evenly distributed around the country.
法国和英国会有有利的多的年龄金字塔,每个退休者会有超过两个工作的人供养。
France and Britain will have a much more favourable age pyramid, with more than two workers per pensioner.
英国首相布朗成为第一位在白宫会见奥巴马的欧洲领导人。随后,布朗在国会发表了演讲。
Britain's Gordon Brown became the first European leader to meet Barack Obama in the White House; he later addressed Congress.
另一个担心是有着庞大金融服务业的英国会变成放大版的冰岛。
Another is that Britain, with its big financial-services sector, is Iceland writ large.
在英国,工作时打盹儿是不可以的,而在日本,上至国会下至普通的商务会议,打盹儿都是被允许的。
Napping at work isn't acceptable in the UK, but in Japan dozing anywhere from Parliament to business meetings is allowed.
我将去厦门大学,他们让我去做荣誉教授。这在英国会议论纷纷的。
I am going to Xiamen university, where they will make me an honorary professor, which will create a lot of comment in Britain.
卡塔尔表示将加入到对抗利比亚的战役中,这是第一个参加的阿拉伯国家;而英国国会以压倒性多数票支持英国介入其中。
Qatar says it will join the campaign against Libya - the first Arab country to do so - while the British parliament has overwhelmingly voted in support of the UK's involvement.
至于他们是否被邀请参会,这取决于我们的英国会议主办方。我并不确定。
With respect to whether they've been invited, that will be a question for our British hosts. I'm not sure that.
近期的一份英国国会报告中提到,以色列官方只让加沙进口4000多种该地区可得到物品中的73种。
As a British parliamentary report recently noted, Israel officially allows Gaza to import only 73 of more than 4, 000 items that are available in the strip.
近期的一份英国国会报告中提到,以色列官方只让加沙进口4000多种该地区可得到物品中的73种。
As a British parliamentary report recently noted, Israel officially allows Gaza to import only 73 of more than 4,000 items that are available in the strip.
与此同时,默多克和他的儿子詹姆士·默多克已经同意,下个星期将出席英国议会回答英国国会议员的质询。
Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch and his son James have agreed to answer questions from British members of parliament next week, after initially refusing to do so.
然而,在英国的一些地区,国会议员对这个问题产生了兴趣。
However, in some parts of the UK, legislators are taking an interest.
麦凯恩星期四访问英国,这是他作为国会议员出访欧洲和中东地区的组成部分。
McCain was in Britain Thursday as part of a congressional trip to Europe and the Middle East.
使加拿大成为一个国家的新法案是一项叫做“1867年英属北美法案”的英国国会法案。
The new legislation that created Canada was a British act of Parliament called "The British North America Acts of 1867".
就海外留学生的情况而言,这将意味着英国会面临损失可观的收入和声誉。
In the case of international students this could mean a significant revenue and reputational loss to the UK.
但是,当新的祈祷书获得国会批准时,在法律上有必要对1949年的婚姻法做出改动,使之包含新的结婚公告词,而英国国教会的律师却忘记做这件事了。
But when the new prayer books were approved, as is legally necessary, by Parliament, Church lawyers forgot to change the 1949 Marriage Act so that it included the new wording of the banns.
尽管有26%的人认为取缔皇家,英国会更富裕,而占大多数的63%的人认为正好相反。
While just 26% think the country would be better off getting rid of the royal family, 63% say the opposite.
他的客户包括诺基亚、美国国会图书馆和英国广播公司。
His clients have included Nokia, the Library of Congress and the BBC.
在一些方面,苏丹的竞选对数以千计的本周在英国掀起竞选活动的准国会议员来说将会是速见分晓的。
In SOME respects electioneering in Sudan would be instantly recognisable to the thousands of would-be MPs who set off on the campaign trail this week in Britain.
乔治·奥斯本向英国国会下院公布了的预算方案。
像英国和比利时这种内阁制的国家体系,当预期的选举被国会解散时,现任部长必须继续工作。
In parliamentary systems like that of Belgium or the United Kingdom, the existing ministers remain in office when parliament is dissolved in anticipation of an election.
面对国会山的僵局,偶尔可能会有亲英派提出建议,英国的体制看起来似乎结合了谦恭礼貌和解决难题的实际能力,那美国是不是可以从中借鉴呢?
Given the impasse on the Hill, the occasional Anglophile will ask, could not America borrow something from a system that seems somehow to combine civility with the ability to get hard things done?
在伦敦召开20国会议及英国率先采取银行救市和有效预算刺激(与保守党的建议形成鲜明对比),他理应得到赞扬。
He deserves credit for convening the G20 meeting in London, and for Britain's pioneering bank rescues and useful budgetary stimulus (in noted contrast to the Tories' proposals).
在1843年的一场大火之后,作为重建英国国会大厦的一部分,建筑师查理斯•巴雷和奥古斯塔斯•帕金共同设计了这座96米(合315英尺)高的钟楼,而大本钟就在钟楼之上。
The 96-metre (315-foot) high tower which houses the clock was built as part of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament by architects Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin following a major fire in 1843.
在1843年的一场大火之后,作为重建英国国会大厦的一部分,建筑师查理斯•巴雷和奥古斯塔斯•帕金共同设计了这座96米(合315英尺)高的钟楼,而大本钟就在钟楼之上。
The 96-metre (315-foot) high tower which houses the clock was built as part of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament by architects Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin following a major fire in 1843.
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