“白象”指的是无用却很昂贵的东西。
"A white elephant" means something that is useless, although it may cost a lot of money.
我说这些山看上去象一群白象。
在光照下呈现白象牙色带薰衣草紫闪。
Pale ivory taupe with lavender shimmer that show up when the light hits it.
天使小雕像使我想起了我们每年都会玩的“白象礼物交换游戏”;
The angel figurine reminded me of the white elephant gift exchange game that we play every year.
也因为如此,暹罗(泰国的旧称)的国旗便采用了红底衬托大白象的图案。
This led to the superimposition of a white elephant on the red field of the national flag of Siam, as Thailand was once known.
当他们走到离黑墙和长桥附近拥挤的街区更近的地方时,他们看见了很多白象。
As they drew closer to the Black Wall and the crowded districts near the Long Bridge, they saw a dozen of them.
我知道。但是如果做了手术后,我把东西比作白象,不会再引起不快,你会喜欢,是吗?
I know. But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and you'll like it?
报纸称这只白象身高2.16米,年龄估计为18岁。这是缅甸近10年以来发现的第5头白象。
The paper said that the white elephant is estimated to be 18 years old with the height of 2.16 meters and is the fifth white elephant captured since 2001.
不驾双轮战车的时候,他骑着战无不胜的白象艾拉·瓦塔,它有着四颗象牙,如同一座圣洁的山。
When not in his chariot, indra rode on the great white elephant Airavata, who was always victorious, and who had four tusks which resembled a sacred mountain.
当年他骑白象到峨眉山修炼,并在那里作坛讲经,峨眉山也就变成了虔诚的佛家弟子必来的佛家圣地。
When he was riding a white elephant to the Emeishan practice, where he made the altar preaching, Emei also became a devout Buddhist disciples must come from the Buddhist holy sites.
白象礼品交换:这个交换办法是这样的,每人都带来一件礼物或只是家里不太喜欢的某样东西来交换。
White Elephant Gift Exchange: This is a gift exchange where everyone brings a gift, or just something around the house, that they didn't much care for.
暹罗的王室有个习俗,那就是国王会把王室的白象赠予朝臣作为最高的奖赏,而这成为了朝臣受宠的标志。
It was the custom of the monarch to bestow the highest praise by giving a royal white elephant to a courtier5 as a mark of especial favour.
我应该带什么?如果你去参加一个“白象聚会”,千万记得随身带着七七八八的乐死人的礼物去参加聚会。
If you are invited to a white-elephant party be sure to find a ridiculous and funny present to bring with you to the party.
请看眼前是老龙睡觉的地方,这是由滴水长成的一对小白象,请看这是象鼻子,它每隔50年就长1公分。
Please look forward. This is the place for the dragon to sleep. These are a pair of little white elephants formed by water drops. Their trunks grow by 1cm every 50 years.
许多评论以不同角度探讨海明威「白象似的山丘」中的意涵,评论大多谈及文中男女主角、场景、与暗喻。
The varieties of interpretations of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" arouse different angles of analyzing the story.
海明威的著名短篇小说《白象似的群山》则凸显了“零度写作”的风格,主要表现在白描对话和象征手法的运用以及意犹未尽的零度结尾。
Hemingway's Hills like white elephants shows the style of degree zero writing in the following aspects: traditional line-drawing dialogue, symbolization and degree zero ending.
海明威的著名短篇小说《白象似的群山》则凸显了“零度写作”的风格,主要表现在白描对话和象征手法的运用以及意犹未尽的零度结尾。
Hemingway's Hills like white elephants shows the style of degree zero writing in the following aspects: traditional line-drawing dialogue, symbolization and degree zero ending.
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