Illumination came from a roaring fire beneath a handsome marble mantelpiece surmounted by a gilded mirror.

大理石壁炉熊熊的火焰是房间内的唯一光源，壁炉的方有一面镀金的镜子。

For mile after mile the trenches encircled the town, red gashes surmounted by red mounds, waiting for the men who would fill them.

它们绵延不断地环走着城市，每隔一段距离有个切口，面耸立着红土墩，正在等待战士们进来驻守。

" Why" ? He hesitated. " Because I loved you so" ! And congratulating himself at having surmounted the difficulty, Leon watched her face out of the corner of his eyes.

" 为什？" 他踌躇了一下。 " 因为我爱你呀！" 莱昂心中暗喜，总算跨过了这一道难关，于是斜着眼睛看她的脸。

As the resting man looked at the barrow he became aware that its summit, hitherto the highest object in the whole prospect round, was surmounted by something higher.

这个在路边休息的人望着古冢，注意到本来是视野中最高的顶点，有什东西爬了去。

But I think Camus' genius lies in this insight: " There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn."

但我认为加缪的天才就在于这句洞见：“没有什不可以用藐视来克服。”

Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.

这立着一个意大利式的小柜橱，柜橱顶摆着一个德尔夫特（德尔夫特系荷兰西部一个小城，以生产蓝白色釉陶闻名）的陶；挂着一块浮雕美术品。

No, I mean, it's really striking because the late Republic is essentially the breakdown of a political system that had surmounted the tremendous challenges of the third and second century and then just falls apart.

不，我是说，这真的很引人注目，因为晚期共和国实质是政治体系的崩溃，这个体系曾经克服了三世纪和二世纪的巨大挑战，但随后却瓦解了。

This bas-relief was surmounted by a projecting plinth, upon which a variety of chance growths had sprung up, —yellow pellitory, bindweed, convolvuli, nettles, plantain, and even a little cherry-tree, already grown to some height.

这浮雕方有一个突出的基座，面长满了各种随机生长的植物——黄虎耳草、牵牛花、旋花、荨麻、车前草，甚至还有一棵小樱桃树，已经长得相当高了。

His glance explored the melancholy penumbra of the long narrow room, resting on the blotched walls, the discoloured rows of books, and the stern rosewood desk surmounted by the portrait of the young Honorius.

他的目光扫过狭长房间的忧郁半影，靠在斑驳的墙壁， 一排排褪色的书，以及严肃的红木书桌面是年轻的 Honorius 的肖像。

But as much as this day is a moment of achievement, there is no denying that your class has confronted and surmounted a set of challenges that truly sets you apart.

但尽管今天是成就的时刻，但不可否认的是， 你们班已经面对并克服了一系列真正让你们与众不同的挑战。

Her hair, which had tried to turn white and only succeeded in fading, was surmounted by a Spanish comb and black lace scarf, and silk mittens, visibly darned, covered her rheumatic hands.

她的头发试图变白， 但最终还是褪了色，面罩着西班牙梳子和黑色蕾丝围巾， 还有明显织补过的丝绸连指手套， 遮住了她风湿的双手。

As these, again, were surmounted by tall trees, which appeared to totter on the brows of the precipice, it gave the stream the appearance of running through a deep and narrow dell.

由于这些，再次，被高大的树木所覆盖，它们似乎在悬崖的眉毛摇摇欲坠，这使溪流看起来像是穿过一个又深又窄的山谷。

The room's usual furniture had been pushed carelessly up against the walls, and illumination came from a roaring fire beneath a handsome marble mantelpiece surmounted by a gilded mirror.

房间平常用的家具都被粗鲁地推到了墙边，明亮的火光来自一座气派的、带有精美大理石壁炉台的壁炉， 壁炉台顶镶着一面镀金的镜子。

Encountering for the first time in the history of the Anglo-Saxon race the problem of aridity, the Mormons surmounted the most perplexing obstacles with astounding skill.

面对盎格鲁-撒克逊种族历史的第一次干旱问题，摩门教徒以惊人的技巧克服了最令人费解的障碍。

The chair was set down at a small doorway, surmounted by a cross, in a long white wall, and Kitty stepped out.

椅子放在一个小门口，面有一个十字架， 在一堵长长的白墙，基蒂走了出来。

In the center, a big clock of speckled marble was surmounted by a little domed edifice with Corinthian pillars in front.

中央矗立着一座斑驳大理石制成的大钟，其覆盖着一座带有科林斯式柱廊的小圆顶建筑。

I followed them; they led me to the foot of a mound which was surmounted by a deserted, dilapidated hovel.

我跟着他们；他们把我带到一个土丘脚下，土丘方是一间废弃的破旧小屋。

He wore pale blue silk pyjamas, on the pocket of which were embroidered his initials surmounted by his count's crown.

他穿着淡蓝色的丝绸睡衣， 睡衣口袋绣着他名字的首字母， 面是伯爵的皇冠。

Repugnance would have been surmounted by the immense need to win, if chance would be kind enough to let him.

反感会被对胜利的巨大渴望所克服，如果机会足够好的话。

The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.

卫房和门洞两旁柱间并廊子，都有严紧的窗棂，边都有窗棂，柱有雕刻的棕树。