But he wonders if there is really inneeda need. He says most flowerpots are never reused.

The flower pots flowerpots are made of by reducing chicken feathers a powder.

这种花盆是用鸡毛分解的颗粒制成的.

The flowerpots are made by reducing chicken feathers to a powder.

要制造这种花盆,首先把鸡毛弄成粉末.

The interpolation appears to have been inserted very soon after the original text was finished.

插补文字似乎是在原文完成后不久被补充进来的。

The imitation hardly matches up to the original.

这个仿制品简直不能同原件相比.

Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes?

他为什么就不能讲些有新意的话，而不是喋喋不休地说些老生常谈呢？

I think the translator missed some of the subtleties of the original.

我认为译者漏掉了原著中一些微妙之处.

The residents of Leningrad voted to restore the city's original name of St Petersburg.

列宁格勒市的居民投票决定恢复该市原来的名字——圣彼得堡。

Somewhere along the line they begin to avoid becoming self-responsible.

失败者半途而废,在中途就开始不对自己负责了.

We must carry the experiment through to the end, not give up halfway.

这项试验一定要搞到底, 不能半途而废.

He decided that he must advance farther, rather than retreat.

他宁可再接再励, 不愿半途而废.

He became more and more irritated by her inability to stick at anything.

他对她做任何事都会半途而废感到越来越恼火。

There is a danger of the housing programme running out of steam, ie losing its impetus.

住宅兴建计画有半途而废之虞.

I approach things enthusastically and I don't like leaving things half done.

我热诚对待每件事,不喜欢半途而废.

They wouldn't stop halfway however great the difficulties might be.

不管困难多大,他们也不会半途而废.

He is not such a man as would leave his work half done.

他不是那种做事半途而废的人.

Now the question is, whether it's worth while to undo all that has been done.

现在的问题是半途而废是否值得.

There are no half measures with this company.

这家公司做事决不会半途而废。

They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures.

他们已经宣布要继续战斗，而不是半途而废。

She found him lifting her head and looking into her eyes.

她发现他抬起了她的头,目光直盯着她的眼睛.

With the lifting of the mist, the view opened up.

雾气一散, 四处显得十分开豁.