You recall afternoons talking on the phone while crouching in the bedroom closet, and being convinced your child would be the first Ivy League college student to graduate wearing pullovers at the ceremony.

你记得那些蜷缩卧室的橱里与朋友通电话的下午，深信你的孩子将是第一个身着套头衫出席毕业典礼的常春藤名牌大学毕业生。

Some lucky species happen to be naturally suited to cities.

很多幸运的物种碰巧能适应城市的生活。譬如说常春藤。

Long graceful ropes of ivy and grapevine and smilax were hung everywhere, in looping festoons on the walls, draped above the windows, twined in scallops all over the brightly colored cheesecloth booths.

到处垂挂着长串的常春藤、葡萄藤牛尾藤，上围成花环，窗户上变为翠绿的流苏，所有用彩鲜艳的粗布围着的摊位上则盘成扇形的图案。

There was some ivy on the opposite wall and she could see the leaves dancing in the harsh wind.

对面上有一些常春藤，她能看到树叶刺骨的风中翩翩起舞。

Some of the country's most famous doctors, statesmen, engineers, scientists, and educationists have studied and taught within these ivy-covered walls.

许多国最有名的医生、政治人物、工程师、科学家教育家都曾这些上爬满常春藤的校园内学习执教。

This includes the Ivy Leagues and MIT.

包括常春藤联盟麻省理工学院。

For poinsettia scenes with shades of red and green, they plant Christmas cheer " leafing" it to be seen with the holly and the ivy.

一品有绿，人们圣诞时种植它，与冬青常春藤一起观赏。

Very likely. I wanted to make sure no one could climb up on the ivy.

很可能。我想确保没有人能顺着常春藤爬上去。

Serena, you need your rest, okay? It’s ivy week.

Serena 你需要好好休息 现是常春藤联盟周。

And all his kids are going to Ivy League schools, Mariska adds.

“他所有的孩子都要上常春藤盟校，”玛丽丝卡补充道。

If you said Harvard, you are Ivy League.

如果你说是哈佛，那你就是常春藤水平。

If it holds if long enough, it can be a breeding ground for more mosquitoes.

如果常春藤含有有水分，而且枝叶很长，那就可能成为更多蚊子的繁殖地。

The scandal stretches from the Ivy League and Texas to southern California.

丑闻从常春藤盟校、德克萨斯大学一直延伸到南加州。

This order meant that displaying Christmas decorations such as holly and ivy were banned.

这项命令意味着禁止展示冬青常春藤等圣诞装饰品。

" Heads down! " yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy which hid a wide opening in the cliff face.

“低头! ”当第一批小船驶近峭时，海格大声喊道。大家都低下头来，小船载着他们穿过覆盖山崖正面的常春藤帐幔，来到隐秘的开阔入口。

He decided to reach for the moon and apply to the top Ivy League universities.

他决定志存高远，申请顶尖的常春藤盟校。

She wrote about the Ivy League presidents for The Conversation.

她为《对话》杂志写过关于常春藤联盟校长的文章。

Katie Kelley, admissions counselor at IvyWise admissions consultancy, wrote in an email.

常春藤招生咨询公司的招生顾问凯蒂·凯利一封电子邮件中写道。

I like The Ivy. Their lime chicken is great.

我喜欢常春藤。他们的酸橙鸡很好吃。

And then I made sure he didn't get into Dalton.

然后我确保他进不了达尔顿学院顶级私立大学预备学校 位于纽约曼哈顿上东区 年级包括幼儿园到高中 每年约有三分之一的毕业生被常春藤录取。