The president beat his breast and called that deal a mistake.

I shivered and pulled my scarf more tightly round my neck.

我打了个寒战，用围巾把脖子围得更紧了。

Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.

道格拉斯29岁，是个技术不错的拳击手，在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。

Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.

埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。

Most people who smoke began smoking in their teens.

多数烟民从十几岁时就开始抽烟了。

The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading.

酒水单一共有十几页长，读起来很有趣。

My late teens and early twenties were really rough years.

我二十岁前后那几年过得真苦啊。

The riot left four people dead and several dozen injured.

暴乱中四人丧生，数十人受伤。

Her mother had bundled all her Forties clothes up and burnt them.

她母亲把她四十几岁时穿的所有衣服都包起来烧掉了。

She loaded me down with around a dozen cassettes.

她塞给我十几盒磁带。

She covered the walls with the signs of the zodiac.

她在墙上贴满了十二星座的标志。

A decade later, the company has gone from strength to strength.

十年后，该公司已经逐渐壮大。

Lacking self-confidence and maturity, many teenagers are left feeling very vulnerable.

许多十几岁的孩子既缺乏自信又不够懂事，所以感情上十分脆弱。

These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.

这些发展早在十多年前的萌芽阶段就已预见到。

She became quite a notable director in the thirties and forties.

她在三四十年代成了一位名导演。

He has said he will use all the weapons at his disposal.

他放出话说他将使出十八般武艺。

Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.

好几十英里的铁轨被毁坏了。

Ms Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI's punishing work schedule.

凯丽女士似乎将她的精神崩溃归咎于百代唱片公司高度紧张的工作日程安排。

The allegations ranged from the banal to the bizarre.

从平淡无奇到离奇百怪的各种说法都有。

The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred.

工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。

Several hundred people twirl around the ballroom dance floor.

几百人在舞厅的舞池里旋转。