We were often vexed by bedbugs.

There are many beeches in this wood.

这片树林里有许多山毛榉.

The beeches, oaks and chestnuts all belong to the same family.

山毛榉树 、 橡树和栗子树属于同科树种.

The soldiers issued forth from a side gated in the wall, and attacked their besiegers.

战士们从城墙的侧门出来，向包围他们的人发动进攻。

The besiegers dug their first forward assault line parallel that night, in textbook fashion.

按照教科书中的做法,工兵在是夜首先向前挖掘了平行的突击壕沟.

The besiegers used starvation to induce surrender.

围攻者利用饥饿来劝降.

They sallied out against the besiegers.

他们突然向包围者出击.

The besiegers hungered the garrison into surrender.

围攻者使守军饿得只好投降.

I went and bought about six dollars' worth of potato chips.

我去买了大约6美元的薯条。

I charge twenty dollars an hour plus out-of-pocket expenses.

我每小时收取20美元，另加垫付的现金开支。

His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year.

他母亲继承了一处年产值为1.5万美元的农场。

They had shoplifted thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise.

他们已经偷了商店价值好几千美元的商品。

The deficit is now running at about 300 million dollars a year.

现在，每年的赤字约达3亿美元。

Success never seems to come but through hard work, often physically demanding work at that.

不付出艰苦的努力似乎就不会取得成功，而且这一努力通常要劳其筋骨。

He was at my door night and day, demanding my attention.

他日日夜夜呆在我门口，想引起我的注意。

Bill was in the doctor's surgery demanding to know what was wrong with him.

比尔在医生的诊疗室里想要知道自己到底得了什么病。

He took out a court injunction against the newspaper demanding the return of the document.

他取得了法院强制令，要求报社归还那份文件。

The authorities have to manoeuvre the markets into demanding a cut in interest rates.

当局不得不干预市场，迫其提出削减利率的要求。

He found he could no longer cope with his demanding job.

他发现自己已无力应对那份劳神费力的工作了。

There are fears that he will not be able to keep it up when he gets to the particularly demanding third year.

有人担心他到了要求极其严格的第3年时会坚持不下去。

He stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was.

他气冲冲地闯进一间办公室，质问部门经理在哪里。