THE true critic, Vladimir Nabokov once observed, reads not with his brain but with his backbone.

He has no backbone.

他没有骨气.

Not shy on muscle or tannic backbone.

酒质及单宁较为醇厚,耐人寻味.

Incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society.

清廉的法官是社会的基石.

Recently, Yang on 5 gang backbones already by Public security organ legally arrest on criminal charge.

近日, 杨某等5名团伙骨干已被公安机关依法刑事拘留.

Network backbones have undergone a great deal of change in the past decade.

在过去的十年中,主干网经历了巨大的变化.

Backbones -- the high bandwidth, high speed data communication lines between supporting hosts or nets.

主干 —— 支撑主机和支撑网络之间的高带宽 、 高速数据通讯线路.

Seriously distorted backbones will affect both people's ability to walk upright and their daily life.

脊椎骨严重变形会影响人的直立行走及日常生活.

The common characteristic of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals in that all have backbones.

鱼类 、 两栖动物 、 爬行动物 、 鸟类和哺乳动物都长有脊椎.

Many companies also are installing a combination of singlemode and multimode fiber in backbones.

还有许多公司在主干网中结合安装单模和多模光纤.

The mollusc phylum includes all soft-bodied animals without backbones.

软体动物门包括所有无脊椎的软体动物.

Good service is our foundation and high quality drivers are our backbones.

优质服务是强生立足之本,高素质司机是强生之脊梁.

They are vertebrates, that is, animals that have backbones.

它们是脊椎动物, 即有脊骨的动物.

Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones?

为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨?

To look after these children is really a backbreaking job.

照看这些孩子确实是一件非常累人的事.

Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.

翻整花园的地是件累人的活.

That's backbreaking work and may be too much for us.

这可是累人的工作,我们可能负荷不了.

These machines would relieve the peasants of their backbreaking labour.

这些机器可以把农民从繁重的体力劳动中解放出来.

I want none of your backchat!

我不许你顶嘴!

I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.

在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。

These brave souls have a few names for themselves: backcountry skiers, cliff skier, or extreme skiers.

这群勇敢的人有几种方式自称: 偏远滑雪者 、 悬崖滑雪者, 或极速滑雪者.