He beat the water with his paws to hold himself up, but the harder he tried, the deeper he sank.
他用爪子拍打水面，想让自己浮起来，可是越用力，沉下去得越深。
After leaving college, he set himself up as a freelance photographer.
大学毕业后，他干起了特约摄影师。
He gathered himself up cursing, and his comrade said, "Now what's the use of all that?"
他咒骂着站了起来，他的同伴说：“现在那些有什么用呢？”
Toad jumped, rolled down a short embankment, picked himself up unhurt, scrambled into the wood and hid.
托德纵身一跳，滚下一段短短的路基，毫发无损地爬了起来，爬进树林，藏了起来。
In the meantime, Pinocchio lifted himself up from the ground, and with one leap landed on the donkey's back.
就在这时，皮诺乔从地上爬起来，一纵身跳到驴子背上。
It was easy to think this; but it was hard to brace himself up to try it.
这样想很容易；但他很难壮起胆来去尝试。
He raised himself up on one elbow.
他用一只胳膊肘支起身子。
He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest.
在布加勒斯特开创事业之前，他在伦敦当过舞蹈教练。
Sid yawned, stretched, then brought himself up on his elbow with a snort, and began to stare at Tom.
希德打了个呵欠，伸了个懒腰，然后用胳膊肘支起身子，哼了一声，开始瞪着汤姆。
He hesitated--braced himself up for an effort and strode on.
他犹豫了一下，然后鼓足勇气，迈步向前。
When he feels lonely and sad, he will play it to cheer himself up.
当他感到孤独和悲伤的时候，他会弹它来让自己高兴起来。
After setting himself up in Hollywood, he single-handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and merchandising—something his company still does brilliantly today.
进入好莱坞后，他单枪匹马开创了品牌和营销的概念，而他的公司至今仍在这方面做得很出色。
Thorvaldsen pushed himself up from the chair and lumbered over to a server table.
桑弗森把自己从椅子上撑起，艰难地走到一个服务桌边。
When he opened the door and went in, the godfather quickly got into bed and covered himself up.
他推开门走了进去，教父急忙躺到床上，用被子把自己盖上。
Friends star Matt LeBlanc is sending himself up in Episodes, a new comedy due on Showtime in January.
出演过《老友记》的巨星马特·勒布朗将加盟一部将于一月份在showtime首播的喜剧《戏里戏外》。
The stone was cold; the perspiration lay ice-cold on his brow; he straightened himself up with a shiver.
石块是冷的，他额上的汗也象冰似的，他把身子站直，一面却打着寒战。
Anybody who set himself up as king, without being appointed king by the Senate, that was itself an act of treason.
任何人自称为王，而不受元老院册封，那就是叛国罪。
What made the hostess very embarrassed was that the so-called special guest did not show himself up after her invitation.
使主持人非常尴尬的是尽管再三邀请，所谓的特邀嘉宾也没有出现。
He sets himself up as writing a history by the ancient standards of history, but is it history by our standards of history?
作者自称写的是历史，以古代的历史标准来看，是这样，但以我们的标准来看，这是否是历史呢？
All day long the battle raged, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening.
那日阵势越战越猛，以色列王勉强站在车上抵挡亚兰人，直到晚上。
He loves bundling himself up, heading out in the cold, and moving snow around - can you even imagine someone who sings when running their snowblower?
他喜欢大雪天把自己裹得严严实实的，出门扫积雪。你能够想象有人会一边推动吹雪机一边唱歌吗？
He scrabbled away in revulsion and began to run back toward the street. He stumbled then picked himself up and continued to sprint away from the pier.
他厌恶地夺路而逃，跑向主街，一路跌跌撞撞，绊倒后爬起来继续冲刺般地跑离码头。
In the nineteen-forties, a safe burglar named Nedelkoff set himself up as a fortune-teller in Eastern Europe, and asked clients to press their hands into a soft clay tablet.
在二十世纪40年代，东欧一位名叫内德考夫的保险箱窃贼假扮成算命先生，要求客户在一块黏土板上按手印。
He and his buyer are to count the time from the year he sold himself up to the year of Jubilee. The price for his release is to be based on the rate paid to a hired man for that number of years.
他要和买主计算，从卖自己的那年起，算到禧年，所卖的价值照着年数多少，好象工人每年的工价。
Jean Valjean cut the martingale which Javert had about his neck, then he cut the cords on his wrists, then, stooping down, he cut the cord on his feet; and, straightening himself up, he said to him.
冉阿让把捆住沙威脖子的绳子割断，又割断他手腕上的绳子，再弯腰割断他脚上的绳子，然后站起来说。
He was working himself up to a fury, his face reddening.
他怒发冲冠，脸色通红。
He was working himself up to a fury, his face reddening.
他怒发冲冠，脸色通红。
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