The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5.

参加面试的女性平均年龄才21.5岁。

...the population of this town.

该镇的人口

The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems.

这门课程旨在帮助学生了解当代政治与社会体制的结构。

Would you say what you felt was a feeling of betrayal?.

你是否觉得有一种被人出卖的感觉？

She let out a little cry of pain.

她疼得轻呼了一声。

...the problem of a national shortage of teachers.

全国性教师短缺问题

...a vague notion of democracy.

模糊的民主概念

...the recession of 1974-75.

1974至1975年的经济萧条

This has been a good chance of meeting up with everyone again.

这是一个和大家再次见面的好机会。

...the reduction of trade union power inside the party.

党内工会权力的削弱

...the assessment of future senior managers.

对未来高级经理的评估

...the death of their father.

他们父亲的死

...the Marriage of Figaro.

《费加罗的婚礼》

...7.6 litres of pure alcohol.

7.6升纯酒精

...a few kilometres of new roads.

几公里新修道路

...dozens of people.

几十个人

...billions of dollars.

数十亿美元

...groups of protestors.

成群结队的抗议者

...a collection of short stories.

短篇小说集

A flock of birds flew towards us slowly from far away.

一群鸟儿从远处朝我们缓缓飞来。

...the Prince of Wales.

威尔士亲王

...the Finance Minister of Bangladesh.

孟加拉国财政部长

...the superb rock-hewn Cave Temples of Badami.

巧夺天工的巴达米石窟庙群

We could all do with a cup of tea.

要是能给我们都来杯茶就好了。

Conder opened another bottle of wine.

康德又开了一瓶酒。

Marta drank a glass of juice.

玛尔塔喝了一杯果汁。

...a box of tissues.

一盒纸巾

...a packet of cigarettes.

一盒香烟

...a roomful of people.

一屋子人

...a blade of grass.

一片草叶

Marina ate only one slice of bread.

玛丽娜只吃了一片面包。

With a stick of chalk he wrote her order on a blackboard.

他用一截粉笔将她的指示写在黑板上。

...local decorations of wood and straw.

用木头和稻草制成的本地饰品

...loose-fitting garments of linen.

宽松的亚麻布衣服

...a mixture of paint-thinner and petrol.

油漆稀释剂与汽油的混合物

...the other side of the square.

广场另一侧

We had almost reached the end of the street.

我们几乎到了街的尽头。

...the beginning of the year.

一年的开始

Edward disappeared around 9.30pm on the 23rd of July.

爱德华失踪于7月23号晚上9点30分左右。

...the core of the problem.

问题的核心

He'd been dreaming of her.

他一直梦见她。

Listen, I shall be thinking of you always.

听着，我会永远记得你的。

Her parents did not approve of her decision.

父母不赞成她的决定。

The Americans cannot accuse him of ignoring the problem.

美国人不能指责他对问题置之不理。

The elderly relative had died of old age.

这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。

I have grown very fond of Alec.

我越来越喜欢亚力克。

His father was quite naturally very proud of him.

他父亲自然为他感到无比骄傲。

I think everyone was scared of her.

我想大家都很怕她。

She would be guilty of betraying her own mother.

她会犯下背叛自己母亲的错误。

This has been so nice, so terribly kind of you.

您这么做真是太好心，太令我们感激不尽了。

I suppose it's stupid of us not to be able to make up our own minds.

我们自己都没办法拿定主意，这真是太傻了。

That's certainly very generous of you Tony.

托尼，你真是慷慨大方。

...an awkward, slow-moving giant of a man.

举止笨拙、行动迟缓的巨人般的男子

Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize.

多余的脂肪对健康的威胁可能比你意识到的要大。

As time goes by, sleeping becomes less of a problem.

随着时间的推移，睡眠逐渐不再成为问题。

...the worth of their music.

他们音乐的价值

...the creaminess of her skin.

她皮肤的光滑细腻

She is a woman of enviable beauty.

她的美貌令人艳羡。

...a matter of overwhelming importance.

至关重要的事情

The new deal was considered to be the most generous of its kind.

这一新交易被认为是同类交易中最大的一笔。

The crisis faced over the next few months is of an entirely different scale.

接下来几个月内将要面临的危机规模将是无法相比的。

Both world wars were of unquestionable importance as economic events.

两次世界大战都是重要性无可置疑的经济事件。

Last Thursday, Nick announced record revenues of $3.4 billion.

上个星期四，尼克宣布公司收入创下34亿美元的纪录。

He has been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison since 1973.

自1973年以来，他已总共被判21年监禁。

The last figures so far this year indicate a rise of 13.8%.

今年到目前为止的最新数据显示增长了13.8%。

...young people under the age of 16 years.

16岁以下的青少年

I feel like a girl of 18.

我感觉自己像个18岁的小姑娘。

...eight bruising years of war.

艰苦卓绝的8年战争

The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.

该项目已历经近12年的规划。

At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls.

大约晚上8点差一刻的时候，乔·乌尔贝尔打来电话。

We got to the beach at five of one in the afternoon.

我们下午1点差5分的时候到达海滩。