His deft and skilful handling of the abdication issue raised him in a fortnight from the depth to the pinnacle.
他对逊位问题处理得很机巧,使他在两个星期内从深渊上升到宝塔的尖顶。Will Haller's legal cunning be enough to keep readers coming back for more, or will they tire of his cynicism?
哈勒使用的法律机巧能足以留住读者吗,或是他们会厌倦他的玩世不恭?He was on his own ground now, well-trodden with cunning arguments and quotations.
现在他站在了自己的领地上,一路机巧地辩论着并引经据典。Brooks's ideas gelled in a cockroachlike contraption the size of a football called "Genghis. "
布鲁克斯的设想在一个叫“成吉思”的机巧装置上成形。成吉思有橄榄球大小,象只蟑螂似的。I ask him why he's willing to pledge $100, 000 for a piece of smart software. Is it all his own money?
我问他,为什么他愿意出十万美元寻求一个机巧的软件,那全是他自己的钱吗?Was my failure a result of my latent commitment-phobia (cleverly masked as really wanting commitment), as one helmet-haired expert implied?
是否因潜在的承诺恐惧症(机巧地伪装在渴求承诺的面具下)而导致失败的,就像一位钢盔头的专家暗示的那样?It took quite a little ingenuity to live on nothing.
一文不名地过日子着实需要点机巧。President Obama's Cairo speech characteristically blended idealism with cunning.
奥巴马总统的开罗演说,集中体现了理想与机巧的混合。Rule of Clarity: Clarity is better than cleverness.
清晰原则:清晰胜于机巧。