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houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs是什么意思？

houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs

附在峭壁上摇摇欲坠的房子

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houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs

houses

n. 住宅( house的名词复数 )，议院，（从事某种生意的）公司，（英国）下议院；
例句
Anyone from the houses across the road could see him...
马路对面房子里的任何一个人都能看见他。

clinging

adj. 执着的，有黏性的，紧靠着的，紧贴着的；v. 附着于( cling的现在分词 )，抓紧或抱住，坚持，依恋，依附于；
例句
His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.
湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。

precariously

adv. 不安全地，危险地，碰机会地，不稳定地；
例句
...the vast slums that perch precariously on top of the hills around which the city was built.
坐落在城市周围的山峰上、摇摇欲坠的贫民窟

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；
例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

sheer

v. （使）偏航，（使）转向；adv. 完全地，全然，垂直地，陡峭地；n. 舷弧，单锚系泊的船位，偏离的方向，船体型线；adj. 完全的，全然的，极薄的，几乎垂直地，陡峭的，绝对的；
例句
For sheer scale and grandeur, Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
单从规模和气势来说，肯特的利兹城堡独领风骚。

cliffs

n. 悬崖，峭壁（cliff的复数形式）；
例句
...the highest chalk cliffs in Britain...
英国最高的白垩悬崖
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He acknowledged publicly that he might have made a mistake.
他当众承认自己可能犯了个错误。
...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。
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。
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。
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。
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他们很快结成牢固的友谊。
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谨防日晒。
They were arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
他们因酗酒和妨碍治安而被捕。
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罗马是西方文明之母。
I’ve spent all afternoon grappling with these accounts.
我用了整整一下午处理这些账目。
His past experience qualified him to handle such a delicate matter.
他过去的经验使他有办法处理好这件微妙的事情。
She came to me asking for a handout.
她来找我, 请求我施舍。
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这个院子非常脏。
Seventy protesters were killed by indiscriminate gunfire.
70 名抗议者被乱枪射杀。
They sell inferior goods at that store.
那家商店卖劣等货。