10.Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has never suffered from lack of ambition and his latest goal is nothing short of reshaping and rejuvenating the Canadian workforce.
nothing short of ..... 咋翻译 ...
lamjin 发表于 2011-10-31 07:49
1.If this can happen to revered social justice advocates like the Heaps, who have a large and loving family to pitch in and generous pensions to pay for extra help, what hope is there for the rest of ...
lamjin 发表于 2011-10-18 09:45
1.If this can happen to revered social justice advocates like the Heaps, who have a large and loving family to pitch in and generous pensions to pay for extra help, what hope is there for the rest of us?
17. With experts forecasting that the GTA could literally grind to a halt if its traffic woes are left unchecked, we asked Torontonians if they would support a congestion tax in downtown Toronto.
17. With experts forecasting that the GTA could literally grind to a halt if its traffic woes are left unchecked, we asked Torontonians if they would support a congestion tax in downtown Toronto.
lamjin 发表于 2011-11-5 11:36
估计你眼看花了, 是grind to a halt 不是 half。 这是一个固定表达。
意思基本对,但关注woe 和 unchecked 的意思, 以及if its traffic woes are left unchecked的语法。 记得有人不习惯这种表达,总觉得怎么left unckeched 两动词连在一起了呢?
20. Wilding said it will take a variety of funding mechanisms to raise the money the region needs.
“There’s no one tool. It will be a number of different tools over a different period of time, and they’ll be staged. Some will be popular for a cycle, then they fade out and then they change into the next one,” she said.
21. The changes throw into question whether the Conservatives can fulfil election promises that were contingent on a balanced budget within their current mandate.