More than half of the people in a recent survey on the Internet answered these questions incorrectly: How many countries make up Great Britain? What is the world's largest desert?
最近在互联网上进行的一项调查中,超过一半的人错误地回答了以下问题:大不列颠由多少个国家组成?世界上最大的沙漠是什么?
They are putting up great buildings there.
他们正在那里兴建高楼大厦。
To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
为了引起大家的兴趣,他说汤姆十一岁了,来自英国。
The novelist lapped up great praise from critics.
小说家欣然接受了批评家们的高度赞扬。
'Your lips are holding up great,' Brandt says as he reaches for the Cosmoderm.
“你的嘴唇保持得好极了,”布兰德一边伸手拿美容皮肤一边说。
It has gobbled up great chunks of market share in deposits and new lending in the past year.
在过去的一年中,它吞噬了储蓄和新贷款业务市场的巨大份额。
I also think it's good for librarians and library students to know this, because it can open up great careers for them.
我也认为,它对图书馆员和图书馆学学生了解这一状况来说也是件好事情,因为它能为他们铺开美好的职业前程。
Starved of sweet fuel, the bugs cannot work hard enough to break up great wads of vegetation as they progress through the animal.
由于甜燃料匮乏,这些寄生虫工作再努力也不足以分解通过动物肠道的大团植物。
Theaverage person may not be able to explain the tangible differences thatmake up great design, but they can usually spot a design they like.
一般人可能无法解释说明卓越的设计的具体差别,但他们可以找到自己喜欢的网页设计作品。
The average person may not be able to explain the tangible differences that make up great design, but they can usually spot a design they like.
一般人可能无法解释说明卓越的设计的具体差别,但他们可以找到自己喜欢的网页设计作品。
She poured some water into a plastic bowl. Faust, her Great Dane, lapped it up with relish.
她往一个塑料碗里倒了些水,她的丹麦大狗福斯特津津有味地舐食起来。
Thinking of great people cheers you up.
想到伟大的人会让你振奋。
I was born with a recurring nightmare of a great bird picking me up in its claws and dropping me into an empty ocean.
自出生以来,我都反复做着一个噩梦,一只大鸟用它的双爪把我抓起,扔到汪洋大海之中。
Boats could carry heavy weights, but canals could not cross hilly terrain; turnpikes could cross the hills, but the roadbeds could not stand up under great weights.
船可以运载重物,但运河不能穿越丘陵地带;高速公路可以翻山越岭,但路基承受不了巨大的重量。
With a great deal of trouble, the grandfather had fitted up this place.
祖父费了好大的劲才把这个地方修葺好。
After a moment's hesitation he looked up innocently and asked, "What was the Great Seal like, my lord?"
犹豫了一会儿,他无辜地抬起头问道:“御玺长什么样呢,伯爵?”
Within his own lifetime, Aristotle would see Athens, Sparta, and the other great cities of Greece swallowed up by the great Macedonian Empire to the north.
在他有生之年,亚里士多德看到雅典、斯巴达和希腊的其他大城市被北方的马其顿帝国吞并。
It will be so great watching the sun come up.
看着太阳升起将会很美妙。
A five day holiday in the Bahamas would be a great pick-me-up.
在巴哈马群岛的五日假期很提神。
It would be a great pity if you gave up now.
你要是现在放弃,那就太可惜了。
We came up against a great deal of resistance in dealing with the case.
我们在处理该案件时碰到了很多阻力。
A great cheer went up from the crowd.
观众爆发出一阵热烈的欢呼声。
A great cheer went up from the crowd as they caught sight of their idol.
一看见他们的偶像,人群爆发出一阵热烈的欢呼声。
In the great effort not to offend, we end up saying nothing.
为了尽量不冒犯人,我们最终什么也没说。
She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort.
她深吸一口气,慢慢地、吃力地坐了起来。
The great beeches towered up towards the sky.
一棵棵山毛榉高耸入云。
Peeping out, he saw his train get up speed again and disappear at a great pace.
他往外偷窥,只见他乘的火车又加快了速度,然后在远处消失了。
After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.
在五个月的玩耍之后,皮诺乔在一个晴朗的早晨醒来,发现一个巨大的怪事在等着他。
从这上面看起来真棒。
He ran up the nose of the lion, awakening the great beast from his sleep.
他跑到狮子的鼻子上,把兽中之王从睡梦中惊醒。
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