She was paralysed from the waist down (= in the area below her waist) .

He put his arm around her waist.

他搂住了她的腰。

He was stripped to the waist.

他上身赤裸。

Here are ideas people have about life in the twenty-first century.

这儿是 二十一 世纪人们对生活的一些想法.

Add up 6,7 and 8 and you'll get 21.

把六、七、八相加,总数是二十一.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二.

This reservoir will be twelve times as large as that reservoir.

这座水库将比那座大十一倍.

He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread.

他是一名有才华的钢琴家,但他不能即席演奏.

He is doing an unseen.

他正在即席翻译一篇东西.

He would often sit and play patience.

他常常坐着玩单人纸牌游戏。

She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.

她很难接受这类观点。

That sort of work wants a lot of patience.

做这样工作需要很大的耐心.

He tended to stutter, which tried her patience...

他老结巴，这叫她难以忍受。

It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.

拍摄野生动物要肯花时间，要有毅力。

Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding.

教育有特殊需要的儿童需要耐心和体谅。

I have run out of patience with her.

我对她已失去耐性。

Even mother's patience was wearing thin.

甚至连母亲都渐渐变得不耐烦了.

I don't have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles.

我没有耐性做拼图游戏。

Your patience is tested by time.

时间将考验你的耐心.

People have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform.

人们对改革的缓慢速度已失去耐性。

He doesn't have the patience to wait...

他没有耐心等待。