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...a cantankerous old man.是什么意思？

...a cantankerous old man.

牢骚满腹的老人

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cantankerous old man

cantankerous

adj. 脾气不好的，爱争吵的；
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a cantankerous old man
爱抱怨的老头

old

adj. 老的，古老的，以前的，（用于指称被替代的东西）原来的；n. 古时；
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She was old enough to absent herself from the lunch table if she chose...
她长大了，可以自己做主不来吃午餐了。

man

n. 男人，人类，男子汉，雇工；vt. 使振作，操纵，给…配置人员，在…就位；int. （表示惊讶、气愤等）嘿，天哪；
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Derek was taken aback when a man answered the phone.
德里克吓了一跳，居然是一个男的接的电话。
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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。
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。
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It's kind of a referendum, though a lot of issues are packed in.
这算是全民公决，虽然牵涉到很多问题。
The name is picked out in gold letters over the shop-front.
店面上方的招牌醒目地刷成了金色大字。
...the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Miss Benazir Bhutto...
巴基斯坦前总理贝娜齐尔·布托女士
She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs...
她选择玛吉为她拍订婚照的时候化妆。
He was able to deal with his captivity by maintaining a high degree of anger about the unfairness of his capture.
他对自己不公正的被俘极为怨愤，正是这股怨愤使他得以熬过囚禁生涯。
The exercises can be fun and a good warm-up for the latter part of the programme...
这些练习很有趣，而且为该课程后面的部分做了很好的铺垫。
She held the photos with the determined grip of a small child and wouldn't let go.
她像小孩一样紧紧攥住那些照片，不肯放手。
'I love my wife, my horse and my dog,' he said, and that summed him up...
他说：“我爱我的妻子、我的马和我的狗。”他大致上就是这么一个人。
His self-control, reserve and aloofness were almost inhuman...
他自制、矜持和冷漠得几乎有些不近人情。
...an imprudent investment...
一笔轻率的投资