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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

for one's sins
  1. 1. [谑语] 该死,活该遭报应

Examples

People have been crying out for more money for mental health for a long time.
人们长久以来就一直迫切希望加大心理健康方面的投入。
I'll strongly advise Eric to apply for that job, it's a wonderful chance for him.
我要强烈建议埃里克接受那份工作,这对他来说是个难得的机会。
She was so anxious for her dog…she refused to eat for two days.
她很担心她的狗……她都绝食两天了。
I've been waiting for you at home for more than 4 hours.
我已经在家等你四个多小时了。
I'll be on the bench for a case of murder tomorrow morning, I'm afraid I have no time to meet you for lunch.
明天上午我要审理一桩谋杀案,恐怕不能和你共进午餐了。
Pelicans wait for the fishes to come up for air to capture them.
鹈鹕会等鱼浮出水面换气时将其捕食。 capture
Sally needs two bunches of bananas for the cake, can you buy them for her?
萨利需要两串香蕉做蛋糕,你能帮她买来吗?
The madam was arrested for having underage girls working for her.
这个老鸨因其手下有未成年少女而被捕。 arrest
He was on for hours, segueing from one song to the next without so much as a pause for applause.
他已经唱了几个小时了,一首接一首,甚至连给人鼓掌的间歇都没有。 pause
For peasant workers, the prospects for life and work in the city have not been good.
对于农民工来讲,城市里生活和工作的前景都一直不是很好。 peasant

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