The latest draft of the directive is “not protectionist”, he says, it just “sounds nice” in Britain to say it is.

他说，该指令最近的一份草案“并不是保护主义”，英国这么说只是为了“听上去好听”。

youdao

That sounds great! He has a nice voice!

听起来很不错。他的声音很棒！

youdao

The name he was given was Shi Datong, which sounds nice in Putonghua.

他得到的中文名字是“施大同”，在普通话里很好听。

youdao

I shouldn't even say script; that sounds like he's writing a nice cursive line.

我不应该称之为手迹,听起来像他们在写漂亮的弧线

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