phones

I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient.

我电到你办公室确认这个日子是合适。

The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.

表示愿意提供帮助电接连不断。

Rick's hold on the phone became viselike. "You let me lie the judge of that."

瑞克紧紧地握着筒：“你让我来自己判断。”

He put his hand over the mouthpiece and called his wife to the phone.

他用手捂住筒，叫妻子来接电。

The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge.

电放在窗台上，摇摇欲坠。

The phones of important officials were tapped.

政府要员们电遭到窃听。

I phoned to make sure the train had arrived.

我了电证实火车已经到了。

Mary phoned that her son was lost.

电来说她儿子失踪了。

If anybody phones, tell them I'm busy.

要是有人电来, 告诉他我很忙。

I phoned them in Edinburgh but we got disconnected.

我往爱丁堡给他们了电，但电断了。

He phoned me and called the appointment off.

他给我电取消了这次约会。

She phoned me that she was leaving by the first train.

她电告诉我说她要乘首班车走。

To his way of thinking, mobile phones should be banned on public transport.

在他看来，公共交通工具上应该禁止使用手机。

She always talks in such a genteel voice when she’s on the phone.

她电时, 说总是摆出一副上流架子。

Once the books are open, phone calls go unanswered, TV unwatched and newspapers unread.

一旦开书本学习，就不接电、不看电视、不读报纸了。

Hasn't he bothered them enough with his phone calls?

难道他电声对别人干扰还不够吗？

She tried to sound breezy on the phone.

她尽量使自己语气在电里听起来轻松愉快。

The sales directress phoned her counterpart in the other firm.

销售部女经理给另一家公司销售部经理了电。

The phone ringing interrupted my train of thought.

电铃断了我思绪。

We pay our phone bill in instalments, which takes the sting out of it.

我们分期付电费，这样就好周转一些了。