The train snailed up the steep grade.

火车蜗牛一般地慢慢爬上陡坡。

In the town streets and squares sprang up as if by magic.

城市中的街道、广场象魔术变化一般地先后出现了。

It means to leave -- often quickly.

它的意思是离开——一般指很快地离开。

Generally - when the action happens more often than not.

一般地 - 个动作一般候都会发生。

Treading delicately, like a cat, Aslan stepped from stone to stone across the stream.

阿斯兰石头上猫一般灵巧地跳跃着，跨过小溪。

Like a cetacean's tail, its propeller churned the waves slowly.

它的推进器像鲸鱼类的尾巴一般，慢慢地冲开海浪。

His thoughts fled in panic; like bandits from a burglar alarm.

让他的思绪像强盗被防盗铃吓跑一般慌乱地消失了。

The concrete path ended as abruptly as a diving board.

混凝土小径如跳水板一般突兀地终止。

Understanding stative verbs will help you use simple and progressive forms correctly.

理解静态动词将有助你正确地使用一般态和进行态。

You could just use the simple past or the simple present.

你可以简单地使用一般过去或一般现。

Lower costs explain why so many digital news firms, like Silicon Valley start-ups, are launching today.

低成本运行解释了为什么现如此之多的新闻公司就像硅谷的暴发户一般地崛起。

Today, those that survive are not even 50 years old, but they struggle like senior citizens.

如今幸存者不但已50岁，还必须如老年人一般地奋力求生。

Once or twice she could discern a faint blush; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear.

夏绿蒂有一两次被她看得微微脸红了，不过一般总是很聪明地装作没有听见。

By his own admission, he wasn't “constructed for getting along comfortably with the general run of people.”

他自己承认，他并非「天生能够和一般人自地相处」。

We also explored how Americans have been using the simple past more often than the present perfect.

我们还探讨了美国人如何更常地使用一般过去而不是现完成。

A columnist is a writer (usually a journalist) who writes regularly (often weekly) for a newspaper or magazine.

一个columist（专栏作家）指的是写作的人（通常是journalist——新闻工作者），一般是有规律地（通常是每个礼拜出一次作品）为报纸或者杂志写东西。

After that she showed no interest in me at all. There was a deathly stillness in the house.

之后，她对我不再有任何兴趣。家里面死一般地寂静。

Similarly, the present simple is often used in newspaper headlines, even for things which happened in the past.

同样地，一般现也常用于报纸标题，即使是过去发生的事情。

All right there, Scarhead? yelled Malfoy, shooting underneath him as though to show off the speed of his broom.

你没事吧，疤头？马尔福喊道，他箭一般地哈利下面穿梭，似乎炫耀他扫帚的速度。

Last evening it went to sleep just as we did, and there it is, waking up after a peaceful night!

昨天，它跟我们一般安静地睡着，现，过了平安的一夜，它又动起来了。