It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly -- The Picture of Dorian Gray 善不如美,但总比丑好。 It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done。 想得越美,做得越糟。 Better to take pleasure in a rose than to ...
He was a man who had made only a few mistakes in his career and had learned from every one of them.Only Hagen guessed the Don's real intentions and was not surprised when emissaries were sent to the Five Families to propose a peace. Not only to propose a peace but a meeting of all...
Let's go for dinner. The words and expressions in boulder from episode one must them with their different intentions. I was told that you are the winner of this year's outstanding new employee. A prize or other reward that is given to someone who has achieved something. But you did a ...
The phrase “It’s best if I just handle this myself” Workplace miscommunication occurs most often when we say something that reflects the result of a problem rather than address the problem itself. One of the most common examples of workplace miscommunication is the phrase, “it’s best i...
16. the meaning of a word or phrase in a specific context, esp. as isolated in a dictionary or glossary. 17. consensus: the sense of a meeting. v.t. 18. to perceive by the senses; become aware of. 19. to grasp the meaning of; understand. 20. to detect (physical phenomena...
例如,I am suspicious of his intentions(我怀疑他的动机),Miss Lenaut had grown suspicious(莱诺小姐已经起了疑心)。suspicious 还可指某人行为可疑、不诚实、涉及非法或具有危险性:He listened for any suspicious sounds(他注意听任何可疑的声响),in suspicious circumstances(在可疑的情势下)。
To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed: They mean well but lack tact.Idiom: mean business Informal To be in earnest. [Middle English menen, from Old English mǣnan, to tell of; see mei-no- in Indo-European roots.] mean 2 (mēn) adj. mean·er, mean·est 1. ...
What is impossible? These are good questions to ask on the threshold of a new year. Earlier this week I sat down to write some intentions for the new year and the page is still blank. I’ve decided it is best to leave the possibilities wide open. A blank page has become my intention...
Cruel Intentions Watchlist 6.4Single White Female Watchlist Storyline Edit Nick Eliot, a 28-year-old newspaper reporter, moves into the guest house of the Forresters. Everything goes fine until he meets 14-year-old Adrienne, the Forresters' only child. When she develops a crush and is ...
I said a pet twenty-one feet high and eighty-four feet long would be no proper thing to have about the place, because, even with the best intentions and without meaning any harm, it could sit down on the house and mash it, for any—one could see by the look of its eye that it ...