Don't gloat; the same misfortune may happen to you one day.

要幸灾乐祸，说定同样的幸会落到你的头上。

Its debts are much smaller and its finances less reliant on unpredictable trade union bosses.

保守党的负债相对少得多，财政上也太依赖那些飘忽定的工会主席。

" Ron! " Harry bellowed, as somewhere out of sight Hermione screamed, and Harry heard innumerable objects crashing to the floor on the other side of the destabilized wall: He pointed his wand at the rampart, cried, " Finite! " and it steadied.

“罗恩！”哈利喊道，赫敏见的地方发出尖叫，摇摆定的垃圾墙的另一边有数清的东西稀里哗啦地落到地上。哈利用魔杖指着墙大叫道：“咒立停！”垃圾墙再摇晃了。

But investors are warned off by the capricious way he takes decisions.

是他举棋定的决策方式吓跑了投资者。

We use 'such' before a noun phrase with the indefinite article.

我带定冠词的名词短语前使用 such。

It could be you, for all I know.

说定就是你干的。

We need to define addiction in a new way: addiction is the manic reliance on something, anything, in order to keep our dark or unsettling thoughts at bay.

上瘾是对某物、任何事物有一种疯狂的依赖。为了要远离除掉我那些黑暗或是动摇定的想法。

But they account for over 20% of the population in several swing states, including Colorado, Florida, Nevada and New Mexico.

一些选情摇摆定的州里，他占据了超过总人口数的20%，这些州包括科罗拉多州，佛罗里达州，内华达州和新墨西哥州。

Then a few hours later it can be insensately churning under a fugitive sky.

短短几个小时后，会阴晴定的天空下狂暴地翻滚。

A) They are frequently scheduled at irregular times.

A）他经常安排定期的时间。

It might, you see, have been a new kind of baobab.

这东西说定是一种新的猴面包树。

And I hate to say it, but between our phones and our smartwatches and just our own wandering thoughts, it's easy to get distracted, and we tend to listen to other people that way, too.

我并想这么说，是电话、智能手表，乃至漂浮定的思绪，都很容易分散我的注意力，我往往也会以这样的方式倾听别人的谈话。

Can you identify the split infinitive in that example?

你能辨认出那个例子中的分裂定式吗？

Maybe her landlord can check her apartment.

说定她的房东可以帮忙查她的公寓。

Ah, I know, I'm really bad with my phone. I hate the phone.

啊，我知道，我实搞定我的电话。我讨厌电话。

Overall, the numbers have charted a bumpy graph worldwide with cases rising and falling, as different nations have reported different impacts at different times.

总体而言，由于同家同时期报告的影响同，全球范围内的病例数量呈现出起伏定的情况。

But there are two types of infinitives in English.

是英语中有两种同形式的定式。

The drifting focus is sometimes discombobulating, at other times charming.

这种飘忽定的焦点有时令人安，有时又令人着迷。

Infinitives like TO TALK or TO SAY often modify nouns that don't have clear meanings.

TO TALK 或 TO SAY 之类的定式经常修饰没有明确含义的名词。

As a child, you probably grew up with an unpredictable parent.

孩童时期，你可能是一个性情定的父母的陪伴下长大的。