And because they were sacred , it was unlawful to put any of them to work.

They retreated before the advance of the enemy.

他们在敌人进军的威逼下撤退.

A promise given under a threat is useless.

威逼之下的保保证是没用的.

She tendered a coin, smiling boldly , holding her thick wrist out.

她粗鲁地笑了笑, 伸出肥实的手脖子,递过去一枚硬币.

She was already plump, homely and sprouting a faint moustache.

她已经臃肿 、 不好看了,而且开始长出一些微微的胡须.

For instance, consider the fit man and the fat man.

就以身体结实和体态臃肿这两类男人为例吧.

Three years ago, the poorest and most vulnerable were left to fend for themselves.

三年前, 最贫穷和最羸弱的人被留下来自卫.

We mustn't tell her. Her weak body can't bear the blow of her son's death.

我们不要告诉她了, 她羸弱的身体再也不能承受失去儿子的打击了.

At just 1.4 metres in height, Partner Robot a wimp-but its talent is versatility, not strength.

相比之下,只有1.4米高的机器人助手就像个羸弱的家伙,但它多才多能, 只是力气不足.

She is a softspoken and slender young girl.

她是个话语轻柔、身体羸弱的姑娘.

He has never been very strong.

他身体一向羸弱.

His imagination was lively, and his frame of body delicate.

他想象丰富而体格羸弱.

He is looking rather thin after his illness; we must feed him up well.

他病后显得很瘦弱, 我们必须给他吃些营养食物,使他很好地恢复健康.

Ann is a slight girl.

安妮是个瘦弱的女孩.

Those two weak boys are distant relations.

那两个瘦弱的男孩是远房亲戚.

A shiver passed through the slight frame of the blind girl.

盲女瘦弱的身躯微微地一抖.

The animals were thin and ill because the farmer had neglected them.

这些牲口瘦弱有病,因为农场主没给予足够的关心.

He looked neither robust nor weak.

脸色发黄,不显着足壮,也并不透出瘦弱.

The males are masculine but never coarse; the bitches are feminine but without weakness of structure.

雄性肌肉发达,但是轮廓不粗糙; 雌性充满女性美,但是不孱弱.

I felt the pain which these daily excesses must have inflicted upon so frail a constitution.

她身体孱弱,每天还要过这样的放荡生活,以此折磨自己,我真为她心疼.

They saw compromise as a confession of weakness.

他们认为妥协就是自认孱弱.