我去塞维利亚之前一定得好好温习我的西班牙语。

I must brush up on my Spanish before I go to Seville.

《牛津词典》

我陷入了进退维谷的境地。

I've been placed in an impossible position.

《牛津词典》

她的声音颤抖着。“哎呀，西尔维娅，我真抱歉。”—“没什么。”

Her voice trembled. "Oh, Sylvia, I'm so sorry."—"Never mind."

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It would be, I think, extremely instructive to read it alongside The Return of the Soldier or Mrs. Dalloway for the reasons I've mentioned.

我觉得如果把这本书和《戴洛维夫人》或,《军士返乡》拿来一起看肯定更受启发。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So this is Virgil: "When I was fain to sing of kings and battles, the Cynthian god" -that's Phoebus Apollo -- "plucked my ear and warned me."

这就是维吉尔所写的：“我欣然乐意着笔于国王与战争“,“而辛西亚那之神“,即为阿波罗-“在我耳边低声警告我“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

A guy called Chip Sowerwine, Charles Sowerwine, who's a buddy of mine from--lives in Melbourne, in Australia, and it's a good book.

是一个叫"碎屑"索维温,就是查尔斯·索维温,我一哥们,住在墨尔本,澳大利亚,是本好书

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选