Some people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
有的人因不准时而受到指责,这时他们唯一的过失就是把时间抠得太紧了.
《用法词典》
表面上道貌岸然的人或有声望的家庭,却有着骇人听闻,多年不让人知道的秘密,这样的事情我们经常在小说里读到.
《用法词典》
Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards...
美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't...
虽然我有时会觉得这是在找麻烦,但是通常并不会这样。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Yet, as often as not, they find themselves the target of persecution rather than praise...
然而,他们发现自己往往不是被赞扬而是遭刁难。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
