beliefs

n. 信，信任（belief的复数形式）；

例句
He does not think that his beliefs make him any worse than any other man.
他觉得自己的信仰并不让他比其他人更邪恶。

Underpinning

n. 基础材料，基础结构，（学说、理论等的）基础，（人的）腿；v. 用砖石结构等从下面支撑（墙等）( underpin的现在分词 )，加固（墙等）的基础，为（论据、主张等）打下基础，加强；

例句
...the beliefs underpinning contemporary art.
支撑现代艺术的一些观念

contemporary

adj. 当代的，现代的，同时代的，同属一个时期的；n. 同代人，同辈人，同龄人，当代人；

例句
This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。

art

n. 艺术，艺术作品，（需要技术、工艺的）行业，文艺（包括绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧、文学等）；vi. thou art 即 you are,对一人讲话时用；adj. 艺术的，（为）艺术家的，艺术品的，具有艺术性的；vt.& vi. [口语]（把…）装饰得古色古香，（把…）装饰得古怪而有艺术趣味，把…装饰得有艺术价值，把…加以艺术乔装，使艺术化[仅用于 art up 短语中]；

例句
When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others.
奥利弗在不搞自己的艺术创作时，就会忙着帮助别人完成作品。

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飞机减速的螺旋形气流涡旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我随后就来。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打儿子的,是恨恶他;疼爱儿子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那儿，听我陈述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切尔女男爵的主张在很多人看来是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收获。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
该法令迫使工会推迟罢工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索权当有支付义务的第一方不能支付时，可以向商业票据的背书人要求支付的权力。