British

British

1. The word "postman" is used in British English.

"postman"一词用於英国英语中。

2. Expansionism was advocated by many British politicians in the late 19th century.

19世纪末,英国许多政客鼓吹扩张主义。

3. A young Chinese woman enters the British Consul's Office.

一位年轻的中国妇女步入英国领事处。

4. The House of Commons and the House of Lords comprise/compose/constitute the British Parliament.

下议院和上议院组成了英国国会。

5. British Columbia is a province of Canada.

不列颠哥伦比亚是加拿大的一个省。

6. Where did you learn this British folk song,any-way?

不管怎么样,你到底是在哪里学会唱这首英国民歌的?

7. Dominion or rule, especially the British rule over India(1757-1947).

主权,统治管辖或统治,尤指英国对印度的统治(1757-1947年)

8. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 to serve as a home guard and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.

义勇骑兵成立于1761年的一支英国志愿骑兵队,保卫本国安全,后被并入本土军队。

9. A former British colony and protectorate of southern Arabia, part of Southern Yemen(now Yemen) since 1967.

亚丁以前为英国的殖民地及阿拉伯半岛南部的一个保护国,1967年以后是南也门(现也门)的一部分。

10. Aden is a former British protectorate.

亚丁以前是英国的保护领地。

11. British prisoners used to be transported to Australia.

从前英国的囚犯常被流放到澳大利亚。

12. In former times the British army kept lots of soldiers at Fort William in Scotland.

从前英国陆军经常把大批士兵派驻在苏格兰的威廉堡。

13. They reacted to the appalling weather with typical British stoicism.

他们忍受着恶劣天气的煎熬,表现了英国人典型的坚韧不拔的精神。

14. Their aim is to regenerate British industry.

他们的目的是复兴英国的工业。

15. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.

他做过英国保护领地的总督。

16. His blood boiled with honest British exultation.

他具有老实的英国人的本色。

17. He's just published his observations on British bird life.

他刚发表了英国鸟类生活观察报告。

18. He had something to do with the British Embassy.

他和英国大使馆有些关系。

19. He was awarded a knighthood in recognition of his truly great contribution to the British cinema.

他因对英国电影的贡献而被授予爵位。

20. He is a Dane inasmuch as he was born in Denmark, but he became a British citizen at the age of 30.

他按其出生在丹麦来说是丹麦人,但他在30岁时成了英国公民。

21. He is a British to his fingertips.

他是个地道的英国人。

22. He is a British emigrant to Australia.

他是个移居澳大利亚的英国人。

23. He is a British subject.

他是英国国民或臣民。

24. He is a gunner of the British navy.

他是英国海军的一名炮手。

25. He is of British nationality.

他是英国籍。

26. He had a fling with a British model.

他曾和一位英国模特有染。

27. He's been called the mew genius of British opera.

他正被人们称作英国歌剧的新天才。

28. He is British by birth although he was born in America.

他虽然生在美国,但父母是英国人。

29. He speaks British English.

他说英国英语。

30. Hugh Grant is a famous British actor.

休葛兰是很有名的英国演员。

31. Have you done the British Museum yet?

你参观过大英博物馆吗?

32. If you compare British football with American football you'll find many differences.

你把英式足球与美式足球作一比较,便会发现许多不同之处。

33. Your carrier for this flight is British Airways.

你的这一班机是英国航空公司的飞机。

34. Do you know the locations of the British Isles?

你知道不列颠群岛的位置吗?

35. For several years more foreign cars have been sold in Britain than British ones; the government is now being asked to limit the sales of foreign cars to give British companies a chance to make up leeway.

几年来,外国轿车在英国的销量一直比英国的大; 英国公司正在要求其政府对外国(进口)轿车的销售加以限制,以便给它们一个迎头赶上的机会。

36. British singer noted for his comic stage persona, a wry and nostalgic Highlander.

劳德,哈里·麦克伦南1870-1950美国歌唱家,以讽刺怀旧的苏格兰高地人的喜剧舞台形象而著名

37. The British first colonized Australia in the 18th century.

十八世纪时英国人最先拓殖澳洲。

38. A British coin worth one half of a new penny.

半便士一种英国硬币,币值是新版便士的一半

39. British nurse who organized(1854) and directed a unit of field nurses during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing.

南丁格尔,弗洛伦斯1820-1910英国护士,在克里米亚战争中组织领导野战医院(1854年)并被视为现代护理的奠基人

40. India was once a British colony.

印度曾是英国的殖民地。

41. An official who assists a British sheriff and who has the power to execute writs, processes, and arrests.

司法官协助英国执行官的官员,有权执行令状、发传票以及逮捕

42. British actor and director particularly noted for his performances in and productions of Shakespearean plays.

吉尔古德,(阿瑟)约翰生于1904英国演员和导演,尤以其表演和制作莎士比亚的作品而闻名

43. British writer best known for his novels about poverty and hardship, such as New Grub Street(1891).

吉辛,乔治·罗伯特1857-1903英国作家,以其关于贫穷和艰辛的小说最出名,比如新穷人街(1891年)

44. British essayist noted for his trenchant literary criticism. His works include The Characters of Shakespeare's Plays(1817).

哈兹利特,威廉1778-1830因犀利的文学批评而闻名的英国散文家,他的作品包括莎士比亚戏剧中的人物(1817年)

45. British biochemist. He shared a1929 Nobel Prize for research on the fermentation of sugars.

哈登,阿瑟1865-1940英国生物化学家,因在糖发酵上的研究而获1929年的诺贝尔奖

46. By accident of birth (ie Because of where he happened to be born) he is entitled to British citizenship.

因出生的造化,他成为英国公民(因有缘生於该地).

47. His English improved enormously because of his association with British people.

因和英国人联系频繁,他的英语突飞猛进。

48. The king laid British tribes under tribute.

国王强迫不列颠各部族向他进贡。

49. In the massacre that followed the British quitting India, there was a photographer who made a sorrowing Indian family bury and rebury its dead several times till he got a perfect shot.

在英国刚刚从印度殖民地撤走之后的大屠杀中,有个摄影记者竟让一位死者悲痛的家人们数度将埋葬好的亲人挖出来再埋下去,直到获得一张满意的照片为止。

50. In British India, district commissioners had judicial powers.

在过去的英属印度,地区长官有审判权。

51. Irish patriot who fought for the rights of Irish Catholics and was executed for his part in a bungled uprising against the British.

埃米特,罗伯特1778-1803爱尔兰爱国主义者,他为爱尔兰天主教的权利而战,在反对英国的事件中,因失败而被处决

52. The largest of the Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece. It was held by the British from1809 to1864.

塞弗洛尼亚岛希腊西海岸外爱奥尼亚群岛中最大的一个岛屿。1809年至1864年被英国占领

53. A female personification of Great Britain or the British Empire.

大不列颠或不列颠帝国的阴性拟人化称呼

54. The British Empire is going to pot.

大英帝国快要完蛋了。

55. The British Empire once covered large parts of the world.

大英帝国曾经占有过世界上的大片地方。

56. She works in the confederation of British industry.

她在英国工业联合会工作。

57. She's a good prospect for the British team.

她很有可能被选入英国队。

58. She is the local representative for a British tour operator.

她是一位英国旅游经营者的当地代表。

59. She was a good friend of six British dukes.

她是六位公爵的好朋友。

60. She is British but also has German connections.

她是英国人,但也有一些德国亲戚。

61. She patronizes many contemporary British artists.

她赞助了许多英国当代艺术家。

62. I wouldn't have said it if you were British.

如果你是英国籍的人,我就不会这样说了。

63. Wales is in the southwest of the British Island.

威尔士在大不列颠岛的西南部。

64. The gap between school training and work training is, indeed, one of the greatest failures of the British system. "In general schools don't want to know anything to do with the world at work, " says Mr Hayes.

学校训练和工作训练之间的差距确实是英国制度方面的一个最大失败。“一般地说,学校不想了解任何与工作中的人们有关的情况,”海斯先生说。

65. It's easier to be a Bernard Shaw to the British or American public than it is to be a Bernard Shaw to your own family.

对着英、美的一般大众当萧伯纳(挖苦人家), 总比对着自己的家人当萧伯纳来得容易。

66. Nearly10,000 Western civilians, mostly British and American, are holed up in captured Kuwait City. If Saddam gets his hands on them, as he intends to, they are to be designated human targets and doomed.

将近一万名西方平民(多半是英国人和美国人)躲藏在被占领的科威特城。如果萨达姆能如愿,使他们落在他手里,他们将被指定为活靶,难逃浩劫。

67. British financier and public official who concluded the treaty between Great Britain and the United States that defined the border between Canada and Maine(1842).

巴林,亚历山大1774-1848英国金融家和国家官员,参加了英国同美国的谈判并签订了确定加拿大与缅因边界的条约(1842年)

68. Mohawk leader who supported the British in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.

布兰特,约瑟夫1742-1807莫霍克族领袖,在法印战争和美国革命中支持英军

69. The capital of Barbados, in the West Indies. It was founded by the British in1628. Population, 7,466.

布里奇顿西印度群岛的巴巴多斯的首府。由英国人于1628年建立。人口7, 466

70. The british churchgoer prefer a severe preacher because he think a few home truth with do his neighbour no harm.

常去教堂的英国人更喜欢严格的布教者,因为他认为一些深刻的真理不至于伤害他的邻居。

71. British explorer who sailed to New South Wales(1795) and subsequently made a thorough study of the Australian coast.

弗林德斯,马修1774-1814英国探险家,曾航行到新南威尔士州(1795年), 随后对澳大利亚的海岸作了详尽的研究

72. The British government at that time controlled the island.

当时英国政府控制该岛。

73. Peter applied for British citizenship last year.

彼得去年申请了英国国籍。

74. I'm thoroughly tired of the British winters so I've decided to kick up my heels and go to live in Australia.

我对英国的冬天实在厌倦了,所以我已决定离开这里去澳大利亚居住。

75. I am French by birth and a British subject by marriage.

我按出生是法国人,因结婚而成为英国公民。

76. I have consulted a number of law books in the British Museums.

我查阅了大英博物馆里许多法律书籍。

77. I, dare say you are British but you still need a passport to prove it.

我相信你是英国人,但仍需有护照加以证明。

78. I smelt the blood of a British man.

我闻到了英国人的血味儿。

79. British physiologist. He shared a1936 Nobel Prize for work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.

戴尔,托马斯卒于1619英裔海军司令和殖民地总督,因在弗吉尼亚(1611-1616年)的严厉法规而闻名

80. An island of the West Indies east of Puerto Rico. It is the largest of the British Virgin Islands.

托托拉岛西印度群岛中一岛屿,位于波多黎各以东,它是英属维尔金群岛中最大的一个岛屿

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