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1. A printer's unit of type size, equal to 12 points or about 1/6 of an inch.

12点活字打印机铅字大小的单位，相当于12点或大约1／6英寸。

2. They climbed the steep mountain inch by inch.

他们一点一点地攀上那座陡峭的山。

3. He came within an inch of being killed.

他差一点儿被弄死。

4. He drew the map to scale, making one inch represent 50 miles.

他按比例画那幅地图，每一英寸代表50英里。

5. He's a dodgy bloke I wouldn't trust him an inch.

他是个诡计多端的家伙——我一点都不相信他。

6. He was every inch drenched.

他浑身湿透。

7. He looked every inch a gentleman.

他看上去完全是正人君子。

8. He was dressed in a quiet grey suit and looked very well bred and every inch a gentleman.

他身着素灰色套装，看上去很有涵养，一副绅士派头。

9. He escaped death by an inch.

他险些丧了命。

10. The hem of your dress needs to be let down an inch.

你衣肤的折边有必要放长1英寸。

11. A unit of type width based on the number of times a character can be set in one linear inch.

印字宽度的单位，以一英寸直线距离上能安置的字符数计。

12. The number of units of useful information contained within a linear dimension, usually expressed in units per inch.

在一单位长度内包含的有用信息单位数。通常用每英寸多少单位表示。

13. In typewriters, spacing of10 characters to the inch.

在打字机中，一英寸十个字符的间隔。

14. The soldiers contested every inch of ground.

士兵们为争夺每一寸土地而斗争。

15. She told the height to an inch.

她丝毫不差地说出其高度。

16. She shortened the shirt by an inch.

她把衬衫截短了一英寸。

17. Her dress is a full three inch above the knee.

她的连衣裙下摆离膝盖整整三英寸。

18. A unit of length equal to one thousandth(10-3) of an inch(0.0254 millimeter), used, for example, to specify the diameter of wire or the thickness of materials sold in sheets.

密耳长度单位，等于一英寸的千分之一(10－3)(0.0254毫米), 如用来标明电线的直径或按页出售的材料的厚度。

19. Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

得寸进尺。

20. We argued for an hour but he wouldn't budge (ie change his attitude or ideas) an inch.

我们争论了一个钟头，但他毫无回旋余地。

21. My brother had hard luck in the snooker tournament; he came within an inch of winning the cup.

我兄弟在落袋撞球锦标赛中真倒霉，差一点儿就赢得了大奖杯。

22. Our soldiers disputed every inch of ground.

我方战士寸土必争。

23. The car stopped within a fraction of an inch of the wall.

汽车在离墙不到一英寸的地方停住了。

24. Evil come to us by ell and go away by inch.

祸来大步流星，祸去磨磨蹭蹭。

25. The candle grew down until only an inch was left.

蜡烛越来越短,最后只剩下一英寸了。

26. The police examined every inch of the house for clues.

警方为寻找线索彻底检查了整所房子。

27. The statue was made to scale, one inch to a foot.

这座塑像是按比例做的，大小是真人的十二份之一。

28. The new battle ship will be armed with16 inch guns.

那艘新的主力舰将配备口径16英寸的大炮。

29. The bus just shaved me by an inch.

那辆公共汽车从我身边掠过，离我只有一英寸。

30. Land is valuable. Not an inch of land is allowed to lie waste.

＂土地是宝贵的，一寸土地也不能让它荒废。＂