He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.

他有种相当可怕的，阴郁的举止。

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Mr. Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour.

肯尼特先生有一种相当不寻常的幽默感。

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I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.

我发觉她是一个相当严厉、难以亲近、有些冷漠的人。

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People could now see battlefield deaths as captured by a camera rather than an artist's pen or paintbrush.

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That is a rather odd thing to think about, especially when Brooks goes so far as to say that he has a particular desire in mind.

这想起来更奇怪，尤其是当布鲁克斯更加进一步说明,他脑子里有一个明确的愿望。

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It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.

一般来说，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是简单的模棱两可的“是”或“不是”。

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Brendan Barber, the head of the Trades Union Congress, takes a rather different view.

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Unsurprisingly, the stench made the section south of the market a rather insalubrious place to live.

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It is already being called "the summit to save the euro" - a rather familiar billing!

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