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tatter n.〔常 pl.〕破布條,碎布,碎紙片,破衣服。 in ...

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All night the hot wind had swept up the adriatic , and from the crowded docks down by the arsenale to the isola di san chiara at the western mouth of the grand canal , the old city creaked on its pilings like a vast , weary ship ; and clouds as ragged as tatters of sailcloth scudded across the face of the full moon , tangling with the silhouettes of a hundred fantastic spires and domes 整夜的熱風吹拂著亞得里亞海,從造船廠下方擁擠的碼頭直到大運河西入海處的圣克亞拉島,這座古老的城市就象是一艘在錨樁上吱嘎作響的疲憊的巨船,不計其數的船帆簡陋如破布一樣,在這座明珠之城中穿梭往來,與上百座奇異多姿的尖頂、圓頂建筑爭奪著天下。

This might be colors that appear to have the quality of lava , luminous , earthy and sometimes intoxicating , or are recognizable as material , some chance discovery , and we suddenly find ourselves perceiving the rust of ordinary metal as the astonishingly sumptuous expression of warmth and passion , and the spent blue tones of paper tatters as pleasant coolness 當驅車進入文化與工業并重的名城萊比錫,使人觸目驚心的是列寧龐然的胸像端據在城中心廣場,光熠的大禿頭在薄暮中婉如巨輪落日。政治緊抓藝術使人心不能自主,造成哲學性的禁錮。

But then it was mendieta back in the spotlight , given acres of space to sidefoot home boro ' s fourth in the 78th minute after aiyegbeni had shrugged off ferdinand and pulled the ball back from the byline . united ' s defence were in tatters , their shape had gone and although rooney offered cameos of his skill , they were a strangely sorry sight 實際上在門迭塔第一腳遠射時,以范德薩的位置和本賽季所表現出來的不凡身手,他完全應該有能力將對方的皮球沒收,而如果真的是那樣的話,或許范德薩的生日就不會過得那么郁悶了。

As just stepping into the 21th century , hi - tech has been rapidly penetrating almost all of the traditional industries . especially , the technologies of the new materials , it and the computer , are further combined with the traditional productive mode , so as to make the tatter ' s productive level an unprecedented improvement 在剛跨入21世紀的時刻,高科技正迅猛地滲透到包括土木工程在內的各個傳統行業中,尤其是新材料技術、信息技術及計算機技術正在進一步地與傳統生產方式相結合,使傳統行業的生產力水平有了空前的提高。

The singer , his reputation in tatters at home after winning a grueling molestation trial in california last year , is negotiating a position as a consultant with a bahrain - based company that plans to set up theme parks and music academies in the middle east , according to a press release 據美聯社1月16日報道,目前,杰克遜正在就“公司顧問”一職與aaj股份有線公司進行磋商。英國aaj公司屬于巴林艾哈邁德巴克爾賈納希名下,該公司欲在中東地區建立主題公園和音樂學校。

He was clothed with tatters of old ship s canvas and old sea cloth ; and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings , brass buttons , bits of stick , and loops of tarry gaskin 他穿著船上的舊帆布和防水布的碎片綴成的衣服,這件不同尋常的鶉衣全都是用一系列各不相同極不協調的栓結物連綴到一塊兒的,如銅扣小細棍以及涂了柏油的束帆索環兒。

He , and his old canvas frock , and his loose stockings , and all his poor tatters of clothes , had , in a long seclusion from direct light and air , faded down to such a dull uniformity of parchment - yellow , that it would have been hard to say which was which 由于長期與直接的陽光和空氣隔絕,他跟他那帆布外衣松垂的長襪和破爛的衣衫全都淡成了羊皮紙似的灰黃,混成一片,難以分清了。

A first minute goal from paolo maldini and a double strike from hernan crespo just before the break looked to have left the reds ' hopes of champions league glory seemingly in tatters before an amazing fightback saw them draw level 馬爾蒂尼開場不到一分鐘的進球以及克雷斯波閃電般的帽子戲法似乎將利物浦奪冠的希望化為烏有,但之后是紅軍匪夷所思的起死回生。

Africa receives billions of dollars in hiv aids funding , mainly to pay for life - prolonging drugs and education campaigns on a continent where many national healthcare systems are broke and in tatters 目前,非洲接受到的數十億艾滋病基金主要被用來支付艾滋病患者維持生命的藥物費用,以及非洲各國關于艾滋病的教育培訓活動。

Michael owen is expected to play at least half of a specially arranged practice match against a hartlepool united xi tomorrow as he continues his comeback from the knee injury that has left his season in tatters 外界認為歐文依然可能被特別安排在明天進行的對哈特爾普爾聯隊的訓練賽中打半場,隨著他逐漸從膝傷中康復。

Above the splintered mast a sail rent to tatters was waving ; suddenly the ropes that still held it gave way , and it disappeared in the darkness of the night like a vast sea - bird 在那折斷的桅桿上,有一張裂成碎片的帆還在飄著。突然間,那條掛帆的繩索斷了,那張帆便象一只大海鳥似的消失在夜的黑暗里了。

They found several hundred pounds in the house when he died ? enough to show that there had been no need for him to half - starve himself and go about in rags and tatters 他死后人們在他家中發現有好幾百鎊的錢,這足以表明他沒有必要過著半饑半飽的生活,穿著破破爛爛的。

With the credibility of ratings in tatters ( there have even been calls for warren buffett to take over moody ' s ) , investors have been left without a compass 當這些評級的信譽支離破碎(有人甚至要請沃倫.巴菲特出來收購穆迪) ,投資人就缺少了導航儀。

In learning her favorite piece , chopin ' s impromptu fantasia , she practiced so much that the score sheet was worn to tatters 在學習她最喜愛的一首曲子肖邦幻想即興曲時,由于練習得非常勤奮,甚至連琴譜都被她翻爛了。

The crowd swayed back , the banners and flags wavered , disappeared an instant , then reappeared in tatters 無數的旗幟,在人頭上空飛舞,忽而在人群中隱沒,忽而又被舉起,這時那些旗幟已經變成破爛的紙片了。

They overtured the platform , recaptured their torches , tore the enemy ' s banner to tatters and drove them from their position 他們掀翻講臺,奪回火把,把敵人的旗子撕得烯爛,最后將他們逐出陣地。

The magistrate dismissed the charge saying that the evidence had torn it to tatters and the man was clearly innocent 法官駁回該項指控,說所控罪狀已全部被證據推翻,那個人顯然是清白無辜的。

The business of extracting fat fees from creating complex debt structures is in tatters 通過制造復雜借貸結構而從中獲取豐厚費用的經營方法已經失敗。

The doha round of trade talks is in tatters , because farm protection is still too precious 由于對農業的過分保護,已使得多哈回合談判滿目蒼夷。