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1. "They" are "the people at the top", "the higher-ups", the people who give you the dole, call you up, tell you to go to war, fine you, "talk posh", "are all twisters really".

"他们"是"上流社会人物", 是"达官显贵"。他们给你一点施舍，动员你去服役，让你去打仗，调教你，"说起话来像上层社会那样咬文嚼字", 事实上他们"全是骗子"。

2. "No offence, John?" And John laughed. "Not between old comrades in arms, " he said, and backed out and along the top corridor away form a tyke you couldn't trust as far as you could throw him.

"约翰，不见怪吧？"约翰笑了起来。"战友之间没有什么见怪的，"他一边回答，一边退了出去，沿着顶层的走廊避开了一个他认为随时都有可能做蠢事的粗鲁家伙。

3. The first steam locomotive, introduced in1825, had a top speed of only thirteen mph, and the great sailing ships of the time laboured a long at less than half that speed.

1825年推出的第十辆蒸汽机最大速度每小时仅为13英里，而那时的大帆船行驶得更慢，还不到这个速度的一半。

4. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woollen goods.

一个男人躺在箱子里的一堆毛织品上。

5. A senator who is always on top of the issues.

一位消息总是很灵通的参议员

6. Make sure to top up the water level so that is always remains the same.

一定要把水注满使水平高度总保持不变。

7. Bits of smoke began to feather out from the top of the hill.

一缕一缕的烟开始从山顶飘散开来。

8. Met with the leadership of the nation's top unions.

与这国家中最高联合会的领导们会晤

9. Perhaps the top brass didn't confide in the journalists quite enough; at any rate, the United States government has, on the whole, had the worst press over the Indo-China was that any government has ever has anywhere.

也许是因为军中首要人物没有向记者们透露足够的消息; 不管怎么说，在印支战争问题上，美国政府受到报界的评价总的来说是有史以来所有政府中最坏的。

10. From the hill top we can see the plains below.

从山顶上我们可以看到山下的大平原。

11. He was wet from top to toe.

他从头到脚都湿透了。

12. He looks down from the top of the mountain to the valley far below.

他从山顶向下眺望下面幽深的山谷。

13. He peered at me over the top of his glasses.

他从眼睛的上沿注视着我。

14. They increased ventilation by opening the top center part of the carriage window.

他们把车厢上面的中央部分打开以增进空气的流通。

15. From his position on the cliff top, he had a good view of the harbour.

他位於悬崖顶上，海湾看得清清楚楚。

16. He was able to get himself accepted by a top law school.

他可以使自己被一所一流法律学校所录取。

17. On top of borrowing 50, he asked me to lend him my car.

他向我借了50英镑，此外还向我借汽车。

18. He watched the game from his perch on top of the wall.

他在墙头居高临下看比赛。

19. He is too timid to get up to the top of the ladder.

他太胆小爬不上梯子的顶端。

20. He raised the book to the top shelf.

他将书高举到顶部的书架。

21. He reached back carefully and got the pen on the very top of the cupboard.

他小心翼翼地往后探身终于拿到了橱顶的那支笔。

22. He wants to get to the top, and he'll stop at nothing.

他想谋得最高职位，而且是不择手段的。

23. He took it off the top shelf and put it back in the same place.

他把它从架子顶层上取下来，然後又放回到原处。

24. He is a Democratic top kick.

他是个民主党首领。

25. He's manchester's top scorer.

他是曼联队的头号得分手。

26. He's got every reason to feel on top of the world--a beautiful wife, talented children, no financial worries.

他有各种理由感到轻松愉快－－－有美丽的妻子，聪明的孩子，没有经济负担。

27. His ability carried him to the top of his profession.

他有才干能在本行业中首屈一指。

28. He's pasturing his cattle on the top meadow.

他正在高处的草地上放牛。

29. He was quite puffed by the time he reached the top.

他登上顶端时气喘得很厉害。

30. His family is out of the top drawer of Washington society.

他的家庭属于华盛顿的上流社会。

31. His hat blew off in a strong wind and landed up on top of a lorry.

他的帽子被一阵大风吹起，最后落到一辆卡车的顶上。

32. He laddered to the top of his profession.

他跃上他的行业的最高峰。

33. Before he reaches the top, he is already sweating and panting.

他还没有爬到山顶就已经浑身出汗，气喘吁吁了。

34. I don't mind living in a top flat. Going up and down stairs will be good exercise for me.

住顶楼，我不在乎。上上下下爬楼梯对我会是很好的锻炼。

35. As a top manager, he should appoint none but people on their merit.

作为一位总经理，他应该任人为贤。

36. You receive the top copy of the receipt, and we keep the carbon.

你把这收据上面的原件收下，我们保留下面的复写件。

37. Your room opens off the top landing.

你的房门朝向顶层楼梯平台。

38. The top of your pen is going adrift and will soon fall.

你的笔帽松了，很快就要掉了。

39. Can you reach the book on the top of the cupboard?

你能够到柜顶的那本书吗？

40. The heading at the top of a sheet of letter paper, usually consisting of a name and an address.

信笺抬头一张信纸顶端的标题，通常由名称和地址组成

41. A man of great ability like him will eventually reach the top.

像他这样才能出众的人终究会升到最上层的。

42. Claude was probably a humbug, whose vanity, ambition, and intelligence led him to carve out a niche as the wickedest man in the world; there is always room for a sadist at the top.

克劳德或许不过是个骗子，他的虚荣、野心和才智使他在世上恶人中争得魁首之名：有残忍癖，总能爬上顶端。

43. The company has briefed a top lawyer to defend it.

公司已将案件委托给最好的律师进行辩护。

44. Changes in top management of the company had been in the wind for weeks.

公司高层管理的人事变动已进行好几个星期了。

45. One more effort, and you will get to the top.

再加点油，你就可以到达顶端了。

46. A small writing board with a spring clip at the top for holding papers or a writing pad.

写字夹板一种小的写字板，顶部有一个弹簧夹，可以夹纸或书写笺

47. Chelsea and Manchester are two of the top teams in Britain.

切尔西队和曼联队都是英国的顶尖球队。

48. A flat facet cut across the top of a precious stone.

切平面在一颗宝石的顶部切出的平面

49. Gwendolyn Hatcher, former inspector general of the city Department of Cultural Affairs, told a federal jury that an outraged Myerson stormed into her office with three of her top aides in tow.

前[纽约]市文化局调查主任哈彻告诉联邦陪审团说：怒气冲冲的迈尔森带领着她的三个高级幕僚闯入她的办公室。

50. A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of an upright post with a transverse piece near the top of it, or a modification thereto.

十字勋章用接近顶部的地方横梁上的一根立柱的形状制成的勋章或徽章或由此加以装饰的饰物

51. An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times.

十字架一根在接近顶端地方横梁的立柱，在古代用来处死被判有罪的人

52. So long as we pull together, there's no mountain top we can't conquer.

只要咱们一条心，就没有攀登不上的高峰。

53. Gillian is one of the top seed.

吉利恩是最佳选手之一。

54. A rope passed through an overhead pulley, as at the top of a mast, that is used for hoisting.

吊绳用于提升事物的穿过高架滑轮的绳索，如在杆的顶端

55. Look ahead. What can you see on the top of the hill?

向前看。你看见山顶上有什么东西？

56. Harris go on top in the last lap.

哈利斯在最后一圈跑到了最前面。

57. Hal is a business genius and had reached the top of the tree before he was twenty-five.

哈尔是一个商业天才，因此他不到25岁就挤身商界的最高地位。

58. Hi! You guys keep talking so loudly that I have to speak at the top my voice.

哎！你们几个大声讲话，我都不得不扯着嗓子说话了。

59. For being late home you will have to stay in tonight-and don top of that you can tidy your bedroom.

因为回家晚了，今晚你只得呆在家里了——此外，你可以整理一下你房间。

60. There is a vane on top of the building.

在大楼的顶端有一只风信旗。

61. Block out this unimportant detail at the top of your picture.

在底片上把图象上部的这个不重要的细节涂没。

62. Outside the cinema, a man on a ladder was plastering an advertisement for a film on top of the old notice.

在电影院外面，站在梯子上的一个人正将电影广告贴在旧的布告上。

63. The top secret file was marked For the President's eyes only'.

在绝密档案上标有｀只供总统亲阅＇字样。

64. The top of the castle tower has been shot off.

城堡塔楼的顶部已被炸掉了。

65. The friezes round the top of the wall are delicate.

墙顶的横条很精致。

66. The top portion of the front part of an automobile body, supporting the windshield and dashboard.

外壳罩汽车车体前部的顶部，用以支撑挡风玻璃和遮泥板

67. The top floor of the building was signed over for use as offices.

大楼的顶层已签约售出作为办公室之用。

68. A transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which celestial observations are made for navigation.

天文观测舱，领航舱飞机顶部的一个透明圆顶形结构，航行时可通过它作天文观测

69. On a clear day you can see for mile from the top of the tower.

天气晴朗时，从塔顶上能看到很远的地方。

70. Space has no top, no bottom; in fact, it is bottomless both at the bottom and at the top.

太空无盖、也无底; 事实在，无论上、下都是无底的。

71. She (was) whisked up to the top floor in the lift.

她乘电梯迅速到达顶层。

72. She peer at me over the top of her glasses.

她从眼镜上方盯着我看。

73. She eyed me from top to top with coldness.

她冷淡地把我从头打量到脚。

74. She's out of the top drawer/She's very top drawer.

她出身上层社会[她社会地位极高]。

75. She's in the top set in maths.

她在数学成绩最好的班上。

76. She slip the paper over the table top to Marvin.

她将报纸从桌面上悄悄地递给马文。

77. She's in the top flight of journalists.

她是出类拔萃的新闻工作者。

78. She's in top position in the class.

她是班级里的优等生。

79. Her rapid rise to the top has been one of the film industry's most remarkable success stories.

她迅速走红是电影界最杰出的一个事例。

80. In the case of unusual complaints, it is best to try to go straight to the man at the top.

如有特别的抱怨，最好设法直接去找上边的人解决。