Ellen had hinted before the wedding that marriage was something women must bear with dignity and fortitude, and the whispered comments of other matrons since her widowhood had confirmed this.

她举行婚礼之前，母亲曾含蓄告诉她，结婚是女人必须庄严而坚忍受的某种事件，后来她当寡妇，别的已婚妇女时常悄悄说的一些话更加证实这一点，思嘉高兴，自己在**和结婚方面总算已经过关。

Naturally, when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters, they protested strongly, and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan.

我向圣约翰和他的妹妹们提出这个建议时，他们自然坚反对。我费力气才说服她们我一定要这样办。

'Arthur would rather that we spoke the truth, ' the girl answered firmly.

'阿瑟一定也愿意咱们说实话。'这位姑娘坚回答说。

Come into the house, said Holmes in his crisp, firm way.

福尔摩斯坚、干脆说道：咱们进屋里去。

When leadership insists that these policies change, they will.

当导层坚改变政策时，变化就会出现。

We'll soon see, Ned Land replied, shaking his head with a determined expression.

我们瞧着办吧。尼德·兰回答，神气坚摇摇头。

He intimated, politely but firmly, that we were not welcome.

【intimate】他有礼貌但坚暗示，我们是不受欢迎的。

No great and famous soldier ever battled more strongly against an enemy. The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared.

没有哪位伟的名将能比他更坚敌人作战，火鸡和其他食物一端上来就不见。

Sure enough, once they had left the castle for break and were standing around in the weak May sunshine, she fixed Harry with a beady eye and opened her mouth with a determined air.

果然，当他们刚一离开城堡，在五月柔和的阳光下站在一起休息时，她就睁圆眼睛盯着哈利，表情坚张开嘴巴。

Rosa Parks remained strong and stayed in her seat, to defend the truth etched into our Declaration of Independence that all of us, regardless of the color of our skin, are created equal by God.

罗莎.帕克斯态度坚坐在位子上，她要捍卫铭刻在独立宣言里的真理神造众生，生而肤色不同但众生平等。

It seems that Kendra thought the move to Godric's Hollow was the perfect opportunity to hide Ariana once and for all, something she had probably been planning for years. The timing was significant.

看来肯德拉坚认为搬到高维克山谷是把阿里亚娜藏起来的最佳机会，她可能已经计划多年，时间的拿捏是十分重要的。

However, he had trained himself not to look at the picture very much, and always to tell himself firmly that his eyes were playing tricks on him when anything like this happened.

不过，首相训练自己不要经常去看那幅画像，每当出现这类蹊跷的事情时，他总是坚告诉自己是他的眼睛出现错觉。

It seems that Kendra thought the move to Godric's Hollow was the perfect opportunity to hide Ariana once and for all, something she had probably been planning for years.

看来肯德拉坚认为搬到高维克山谷是把阿里亚娜藏起来的最佳机会，她可能已经计划多年。

Carthage and Corinth, marked Rome's control of the Mediterranean world, and Rome's determination to hold onto everything it had captured.Yet Rome itself was on the verge of being captured.

迦太基和科林斯都意味着罗马对中海区的控制，罗马也坚竭尽全力但是罗马本身也处于被征服的危险边缘。

When I was growing up my parents were adamant that my brothers and I were always saying please and thank you when we wanted something.

在我成长的过程中，我的父母坚要求我和兄弟们在我们想要什么时需要说请和谢谢。

For one thing, the Yankees had been stoutly repulsed in September when they had tried to follow up their victories in Tennessee by an advance into Georgia.

比如说，去年九月间北方佬试图乘田纳西胜利的声势向佐治亚挺进，结果却被坚击退。

" What is very clear to me from having spent the last two days with all of our colleagues is that that support remains strong, resolute, determined."

“在其它外长共度的这两天里，我发现有一点是非常明确的，我们依然坚、坚定支持乌克兰。”

" At once, " Wendy replied resolutely, for the horrible thought had come to her: " Perhaps mother is in half mourning by this time" .

" 立刻就走。" 温迪坚回答，她心里已经产生可怕的想法：" 也许母亲这会儿已经在哀悼我们。"

She nodded her head determinedly. " Yes, I'm going with you, so you may as well secure the boat and arm me with a club" .

她坚点着头。 " 是的，我要跟你一道，因此你最好把船拴好，也给我一根棍子。"

Most linguists would probably plump for New Guinea, an island that has 830 recognised tongues scattered around its isolated, jungle-covered valleys.

部分语言学家可能都会坚认为是新几内亚，在这个岛上，有830种已被认可的语言散布在丛林广布的偏远山谷中。