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The house had no garden to speak of.这栋房子没有一座像样的花园。He speaks of you in glowing terms.他说到你就赞不绝口。The play opened with no heraldry to speak of.那出戏事先未作什么宣传就上演了。He has no money to speak of.他没什么钱。They have no weaponry to speak of.他们没有什么武器值得炫耀。They speak of man as a free agent.他们把人说成是自由意志者。She never speaks of her suffering during the war.她从不提她战争期间的磨难。The village you speak of does not fall under my jurisdiction.你提到的村庄并不在我的管辖范围。There was no progress to speak of.没有值得一提的进步。Did you hear what happened to Anna yesterday - oh, speak of the devil, here she is.你听说安娜昨天出的那件事了吗——噢，说曹操，曹操就到了。You speak of them in the past. Are they dead?你谈到他们时用的是过去时。他们死了吗?It is a glaring anachronism to speak of Shakespeare as riding a bicycle.说莎士比亚骑自行车乃是把年代弄得大错特错了。When we speak of the eye of a needle, we use an anthropomorphic metaphor.当我们把针孔说成针眼时就是用上了一个拟人化的譬喻。She speaks of the government with open disdain.谈及政府，她毫不掩饰自己的蔑视。He still speaks of his ex-wife with affection.谈到前妻时他仍然充满感情。She has two young children but no money to speak of.她有两个年幼的孩子，但没什么钱。He didn't speak of the accident.他没有提到那次事故。There had been no rain to speak of for ten weeks and the garden was dying.十个星期没有下过像样的雨了，花园里草木枯萎。When Julie speaks of her disability, she talks in the same calm, level tones she uses to discuss her A level prospects.谈到自己的残疾时，朱莉的语气一如谈及她的高级证书考试前景般冷静平和。He was possessed of a large fortune, but sadly no brains to speak of.他很有钱但可悲的是毫无头脑。I say virtual habits because none of us have any real habits to speak of, good or bad.我说虚拟的习惯，是因为没有哪个人有真正的说得出来的习惯，不管是好习惯还是坏习惯。His friends and colleagues will be very upset, not to speak of his parents.他的朋友和同事都会为此难过，更不用说他父母了。There's been no rain to speak of for several months.好几个月都没下过什么像样的雨。This move caused consternation among universities and the government, not to speak of the students affected.这个举措在大学和政府里造成了恐慌，更不用说受到影响的学生们了。I don't think his handwriting was anything to speak of.我认为他的书法没什么值得称道的。Please don't speak of this,I don't want it to get round.请不要提这件事，我不想把它传出去。The heavy rain speak of the impossibility of the picnic this afternoon.这场大雨显然使今天下午的野餐泡汤了。Don't speak of war, or he will spout his story in the World War Ⅱ.别提起战争的话头，一提起他会滔滔不绝地说起他在第二次世界大战中的经历。Throughout the book Liu speaks of the abuse of Party power.刘在整本书中都谈到了党权滥用问题。The country has no mineral resources to speak of.这个国家无矿产资源可言。All his teachers speak of him in glowing terms.他的老师们说起他全都赞不绝口。There's no fuel oil left - none to speak of, anyway.已经没有燃油了一不管怎么说，已经所剩无几了。Reports speak of Berlin putting together an aid package for Moscow.报告称柏林正在制订一揽子的莫斯科援助计划。You can unhappen it just by saying we won't speak of it again.要说此事没有发生过还不简单，只需你说声我们不要再谈论此事就行。His diaries speak of a troubled mind. 他的日记说明他内心不平静。 |