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Some of the best services for the ageing are sponsored by philanthropic organizations.一些一流老人服务机构是由慈善组织资助的。

As she receded he waved goodbye.当她离去时，他挥手告别。

Marion berated Joe for the noise he made.玛丽恩指责乔制造的噪声。

（If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong. 严责）We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco...我们多少有点心血来潮，决定航海去摩洛哥。

It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend...阻止这种健康发展的趋势是没有道理的。

Some months ago angry demonstrators mounted a noisy demonstration beneath his window. His neighbours thereupon insisted upon more security.几个月前，愤怒的示威者在他窗下发起了喧闹的抗议活动。

随后他的邻居们就坚持要加强安保措施。

Every morning the kids say the Pledge of Allegiance in unison.每天早晨孩子们齐声进行效忠宣誓。

Charles's visit surprised and gladdened him.查理的造访让他又惊又喜。

（If something gladdens you, it makes you feel happy and pleased. 高兴）The discussions were beset with difficulties.会谈困难重重。

The international community is ready to work in unison against him.国际社会准备齐心协力对付他。

（If people or organizations act in unison, they act the same way because they agree with each other or because they want to achieve the same goals. 一致地）The country is beset by severe economic problems.该国为严重的经济问题所困。

We've had a series of athletes trying to come back well past their prime.我们有不少早已过了鼎盛时期的运动员在试图复出。

Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.弗兰克·马里亚诺驾驶他那辆破旧的敞篷小货车成功地穿越了沙漠地区。

（If you negotiate an area of land, a place, or an obstacle, you successfully travel across it or around it. 成功越过）Tired old trucks were struggling up the road below us, belching black smoke.疲倦的旧卡车正喷着黑烟吃力地攀爬着我们脚下的路。

His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job.他在自然历史上的天赋帮他找到了他的第一份工作。

（If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it. 天赋; 天生的喜好）He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.他编造了数不清的借口，说了无止尽的谎言。

I remember Mickey as a bundle of fun, great to have around.我记得米基是个非常有趣的人，有他在身边很开心。

Life at high school wasn't a bundle of laughs.高中生活并不是充满了笑声。

The army has not yet proffered an explanation of how and why the accident happened.军队还没有对这次事件发生的经过和原因给出解释。

（提出，提供建议等If you proffer something such as advice to someone, you offer it to them.）Mack lived in a commune.麦克生活在一个群居团体里。

（群居团体;社群;公社 A commune is a group of people who live together and share everything.）Pakistan became a conduit for drugs produced in Afghanistan.巴基斯坦成了阿富汗毒品的贩运通道。

Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.餐馆里饭菜的吸引力已经变得平淡了。

her quicksilver changes of mood.她变化无常的情绪（变化无常的;变幻莫测的Quicksilver movements or changes are very fast and unpredictable.）青少年罪犯对紧张刺激生活的贪求the young criminals' lust for life in the fast lane.He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.他站起身，伸手递过一个装满香烟的银盒子。

（提供；拿出；递给If you proffer something to someone, you hold it towards them so that they can take it or touch it.）Clouds had come down and it was starting to drizzle...云层压低,开始飘起了毛毛雨。

Dogs have to be quarantined for six months before they'll let them in.狗要进行6个月的隔离检疫之后才被允许进入。

(隔离检疫If people or animals are quarantined, they are stopped from having contact with other people or animals. )They have decentralised the company and made it less bureaucratic.他们已经分解了该公司的权力，以抑制其官僚作风。

（decentralise权力分散;下放…的权力）Such changes are indicators of economic dynamism.这些变化是经济腾飞的标志。

（If you refer to the dynamism of a situation or system, you are referring to the fact that it is changing in an exciting and dramatic way.令人振奋的发展变化）Trade discounts may be used as a competitive stratagem to secure customer loyalty.商业折扣可以用作维护顾客忠诚度的一种竞争手段。

（A stratagem is a plan that is intended to achieve a particular effect, often by deceiving people.花招，计谋，诡计）It's a technique that has become the hallmark of Amber Films.这是一项已成为安伯电影公司标志的技术。

How very thoughtless. I'll give him a piece of my mind.太欠考虑了。

我要狠狠地批评他。

I know he's an intense player, but he does enjoy what he's doing.我知道他是名很认真的选手，可他确实喜欢他所做的事情All the old crowd have come out for this occasion.所有老朋友都前来参加了这次活动。

Two men were on the bridge-deck, steadying a ladder.两人站在船桥甲板上，扶稳一个梯子。

The windows would probably have been crafted in the latter part of the Middle Ages.这些窗户可能是中世纪后期精制而成。

Mr. Brooke is an extremely affable and approachable man.布鲁克先生是一个极为和蔼可亲的人。

Rain had begun to streak the windowpanes.雨已开始在窗玻璃上留下条痕。

The walls were painted in two shades of green.这些墙壁被涂成了两种色调不同的绿色。