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Richard was so strong he could pitchfork a bale of straw high onto a trailer.理查德非常有劲，他能把一捆稻草高高叉到拖车上。The hotel was expensive, the food poor, and the bad weather was the last straw.旅馆收费太贵，伙食极差，而恶劣的天气更是使人怎么也无法忍受了。A drowning man will catch at a straw.溺水的人连稻草也要死命抓住。They make the roofs out of straw.他们用稻草铺屋顶。The idea that national identity will be lost as a result of European integration is just a straw man which he is wasting his time fighting.欧洲一体化会导致民族身份的丧失，这只是他浪费时间进行驳斥的一个假想论点。It had been a difficult week, so when the car broke down, it was the last straw.那本已是艰难的一周，所以当车坏掉时我们终于不堪忍受了。She was noisily sucking up milk through a straw.她正嗞嗞地用吸管喝着牛奶。She described the theatre's closure as "a straw in the wind" as companies faced up to the realities of life after the lottery.她认为该剧院的关闭是一个信号，昭示着各家剧团终于放弃侥幸想法，开始面对现实了。After the accident, I could only suck liquids through a straw.那场事故之后，我只能用吸管吮吸流质。She drank her milkshake through a straw.她用吸管喝奶昔。Each wore a straw hat as a concession to the holiday atmosphere.每人都戴一顶草帽以迎合节日气氛。A straw poll conducted at the end of the meeting found most people agreed with him.在会议最后进行的非正式投票显示大多数人同意他的观点。His contumacy was the last straw, and he was dismissed from the Foreign Office.他的拒不服从使人忍无可忍，于是被解除了在外交部的职务。The local people made fancy straw hats for sale.当地居民制作花式草帽出售。He drew the short straw so he has to drive.他抽到了下下签，所以由他来开车。The floors are covered with woven straw mats.地板上铺着编织的草垫。He lowered the lamb on to the straw now that the blood had petered to a slow dripping.等到血渐渐流得少了，开始一点一点地往下滴时，他便把羊羔放到稻草上。Giles drew the short straw, and has to give us a talk this morning.贾尔斯运气不好，今天上午得给我们作报告。You've been late for work too often. This is the last straw. You're fired.你最近迟到次数太频繁，叫人忍无可忍，你被开除了。I have got my straw hat rejuvenated.我已将草帽请人修整一新了。Dr Radhy waves a straw fan at his face as he examines the child in the sweltering morning heat.拉德海医生一边用蒲扇扇着脸，一边在上午闷热的天气中给孩子作检查。The animals sleep on straw.这些动物睡在稻草上面。The last of these rows seems to have been the last straw.这场口角看来是彻底破裂的导火线。He was accused by his opponents of being a man of straw and lacking in decisiveness.对手骂他窝囊废，缺乏决断力。Fallen leaves, straw, loose earth all make good mulches.落叶、稻草和松土都是很好的覆盖物。She drank the juice through a straw.她用吸管喝果汁。She was drinking soda through a straw.她用吸管喝汽水。I took a straw poll among my colleagues to find out how many can use chopsticks.我在同事中间作了一个调查，看多少人会用筷子。She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw.她坐在草地上，用吸管吸着柠檬汁。She protected her head with a wide-brimmed straw-hat.她戴了一顶宽边草帽保护头部。The cage should be lined with straw.笼子里应该铺上稻草。The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants.最新的迹象是该国几家零售巨头的销售额有所上升。Toby sucked orange juice through a straw.托比用吸管喝着橙汁。When he didn't come home that night, it was the last straw.他那晚没回家，事情已让人忍无可忍了。The fraud depended on hundreds of bank accounts being opened on behalf of straw men.这个骗子赖以活动的数百张银行帐户都是开在一个虚构的人的名下。He put the straw in the can and began to suck noisily.他把吸管插进罐子里，开始哧溜哧溜地吸。Then came the recession. Revenues dropped, but the straw to break the camel's back was the war.之后出现了经济衰退，财政收入下降，但致命的打击还是那场战争。He'd broken his promise again, and it was the last straw.他又一次食言，这让人再也无法忍下去了。Losing my job was bad enough, but being evicted was the final straw.丢了工作已经够糟了，但被房东赶出门后我彻底崩溃了。In these critical times, most people will snatch at any straw.在这等危急关头，多数人都会抓住任何机会作一番最后挣扎的。 |