(figurative)His debts were a noose around his neck.

A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.

一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上.

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Although she has spent many nights in a dungeon, she has avoided the noose so far.

虽然她在地牢里度过了许多夜晚, 她还是远远的避开了绞架.

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When you hang up a noose, that's no joke to us.

当你挂起套索, 这对我们来说不是一个玩笑.

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While the otter is going about this task , the rabbit fashions a noose from tree bark.

趁着水獭抓鸭子的工夫, 兔子用树皮做了一个绳套.

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The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital...

叛乱分子正在收紧对首都的包围。

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Be careful. Here's a noose.

小心! 这里有个陷阱.

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One day the boys snared a sparrow in instead of a rabbit with a noose.

有一天,男孩们用索套逮住了一只麻雀而不是野兔.

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The nooses are no prank. We were lynched, we were murdered.

这些绳套不是恶作剧. 我们被处以了私刑, 我们被谋杀了.

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Now I must prepare the nooses and the rope to lash him alongside, he thought.

现在我得准备好套索和绳子,把它绑在船边, 他想.

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Three nooses round me here.

我的脖子上套着二道绞索.

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Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.

女性常常感到工作成了一种束缚。

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IGF-1 level was much lower in Group PMO than those in Group NOP and Group Contrast.

绝经后妇女IGF -1 含量降低,骨质疏松组IGF-1含量最低.

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Products from these companies cannot be used as organic ingredients in NOP certified processed food.

但是这些公司的产品不能作为有机成份添加在NOP认证的加工产品中.

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NOP certificates are valid until revoked, suspended, or surrendered.

NOP证书 直到被撤销, 暂停或交回都是有效的.

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Hilary was neither shocked nor surprised by the news.

希拉里对这个消息既没有感到震惊,也没有觉得意外。

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It was not my fault, nor his.

那不是我的错,也不是他的错。

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He wasn't there on Monday. Nor on Tuesday, for that matter.

他星期一没在那儿，星期二也一样，也不在。

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(formal)Not a building nor a tree was left standing.

没有一栋房屋一棵树仍然站着没倒。

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They couldn't understand it at the time, and nor could we.

他们当时无法理解,我们也是。

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Neither Mr Rose nor Mr Woodhead was available for comment yesterday...

昨天罗斯先生和伍德黑德先生都无暇发表意见。

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