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wizened adj.凋敗的,枯萎的。

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He had hated the crowd so , and here all that was finest and most sacred of him had been thrown to the crowd . daily the vivisection of beauty went on . every nincompoop in the land rushed into free print , floating their wizened little egos into the public eye on the surge of brissenden s greatness 布里森登是那么仇恨群氓,而此刻他所有的最優秀最神圣的東西卻被扔給了群氓,每天詩里的美都遭到宰割這個國家的每一個蠢材都在借著布里森登的偉大所引起的熱潮大寫其文章,把自己枯萎渺小的身影硬塞進讀者眼里。

This tiny , wizened figure captured the respect of the world with her dedication to the poor , particularly in calcutta where she established her first shelter to cope with the thousands of “ pavement people “ 這位瘦小,蒼老的女人對窮人們的奉獻贏得了全世界的尊敬,特別是她在加爾各答建立的為成千上萬個'馬路人'修建的第一個庇護中心。

The wind was so nipping that the ivy - leaves had become wizened and gray , each tapping incessantly upon its neighbour with a disquieting stir of her nerves 寒風刺骨,長春藤的葉子被風吹得枯萎了枯黃了,不停地互相拍打著,把她的神經刺激得煩躁不安。

The day begins as a wizened old man awakens and takes his place on a bench in front of his house 一個干瘦老頭睡醒了,坐在房前的長椅上,一天就這樣開始了。

Many were shocked by the wizened appearance of the former leader ( saddam hussein ) 許多人對這位前領導人(薩達姆)老朽的樣子感到震驚。

The hand looked chapped and wizened , not a boy ' s 那手看上去粗糙干癟,不像是個男孩的手。

He seemed much aged, but the look of the old fox, who had escaped from so many tight fixes, was still imprinted on his wizened face . 他似乎老多了,不過他的曾經多次僥幸脫險的老狐貍的神倩,仍然刻畫在他那干癟的老臉上。

She complained of a headache, and she looked old and wizened . 她說她頭疼,看上去顯得又衰老又干巴。

She complained of headache, and she looked old and wizened . 她說她頭痛,看上去顯得又衰老又干巴。