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High interest rates put a curb on spending.

高利率抑制了消费。

Several small businesses consolidated to form a large powerful company.

几家小企业合并成了一家实力雄厚的大型公司。

The brain needs a continuous supply of blood.

大脑需要不断地供血。

Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing.

要认真做好出版工作。

The businessman was sent to prison for trying to corrupt a tax official with money.

那个商人因企图向税务官员行贿而被判狱。

Buying a house is a serious matter.

买房是一件需要认真考虑的事。

He put a deposit on a house.

他给一所房子付了押金。

A diamond is a precious stone.

金刚钻是一种宝石。

A donkey can carry a heavy burden.

驴子能负重载。

This is a chord of a circle.

这是个圆的弦。

A church is a place of worship.

教堂是礼拜的地方。

A coyote-dog cross is called a coydog.

易与家犬杂交，后代称为科伊狗（coydog）。

A novelist creates characters and a plot.

小说家塑造人物并设计情节。

A kite dangles from a telephone wire.

一只挂在电话线上晃来晃去。

Is it a jeep or a car?

这是一辆吉普车还是辆轿车?

A cinema is a place of entertainment.

电影院是公众娱乐场所。

She becomes a companion to a foreigner.

她成为一个外国人的同伴。

He endowed a bed in a hospital.

他向医院捐赠了一张病床。

He escorted a lady to a party.

他陪一位女士赴宴。

A snake has a highly exsertile tongue.

蛇的舌头可伸得很长。