22-08-24 独当一面，汉语成语，意思是单独承当一方面的工作或使命。可以翻译为be on ones own，shoulder responsibilities alone等。 例句： 她吃苦耐劳，能独当一面。 She is a willing worker and able to shoulder responsibilities alone....

21-07-15 中文里我们会说：能借你的肩膀用一下吗？这是口语会话中向对方寻求安慰的一个常见说法。 而在英文里，a shoulder to cry on 可以依偎着哭泣的肩膀的含义和上面提到的说法相近，意思是愿意倾听苦衷、提供慰藉的人。 例句 Just so you know - if you ever need a shoulde...

20-12-21 闭门羹，中文俗语，意思是被摒拒在门外、被拒绝。常用来形容遭到冷遇或碰壁。可以翻译为cold shoulder，give the cold shoulder，表示reject or be deliberately unfriendly，也可以用slam the door in somebodys face。 例句： 接下来这两名男子同样也给他吃了闭门羹...

15-09-09 As early humans increasingly left forests and utilized tools, they took an evolutionary step away from apes. But what this last common ancestor with apes looked like has remained unclear. A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco shows that...

14-09-26 Both are convinced that a sudden surge of emotion bound them together. Beautiful is such a certainty, but uncertainty is more beautiful. Because they didn't know each other earlier, they suppose that nothing was happening between them. What of the s...

11-11-16 Tongue and Groove Dave Smith Forms a lock. But how does it begin in this world? The twig（嫩枝） falls, snaring（捕捉） another, and another, a storm's blackness gathers and sends its will scudding down and over the quiet niches of the forest, where...

09-11-11 The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous（灵巧的） digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls, and ergonom...