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- 他是个蹩脚的拳击手.He's not much cop as a boxer.
- “他是个蹩脚的厨师。”“我完全同意!”'He's a lousy cook.' 'I couldn't agree more (= I completely agree)!'
- 卡尔如果应允了你,就不会使你失望。他是个说话算数的人。If Carl promised you, he won't let you down. He is a man of his word.
- 她是个蹩脚的歌手。She's a rotten singer.
- 这下他真是惊恐万状了;毕竟,他只不过是个蹩脚拳师而已。Now he gets the jitters. He's only a ham-and-egger after all
- 汤姆是个优秀的拳击手。这个青年只是个新手,汤姆会出他的洋相的。Tom is a fine boxer. This boy is just a beginner. Tom'll make a monkey of him.
- 给我看病的医生真是个蹩脚大夫,他甚至没看出我的腿破了。The doctor I saw was such a quack that he did not even realize that my leg was broken.
- 查尔斯使那个办公室的气氛很活跃。他是个出色的行政人员。Charles makes things hum around that office. He's an excellent administrator.
- 他是个敢于思考的人,富有创新观点。He is a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.
- 他是个所有他的朋友全都钦佩的、甚至赢得敌人尊敬的人。He was a man whom all his friends admired and who won the respect even of his enemies.
- 我不想与夜总会那看门的人交往,他是个令人讨厌的家伙。I wouldn't want to annoy the bouncer on the door of the night club; he's a nasty piece of work.
- 约翰成为大人物之前可比现在要友善得多,当时他是个极谦逊的人。Before he became the big banana John was a much friendlier and most modest person.
- 每当我打牌赢了他时,他总是很生气,他是个输不起的人。He always gets annoyed when I beat him at cards; he's a bad loser.
- “总统向他的一些朋友读了那份演讲稿,他们说这是个蹩脚的报告”(约翰P.罗奇)"The President had read the speech to some of his friends and they told him it was a dog" (John P. Roche)
- 我原以为他是个诚实的人,然而他的举动却显示出他有不为人知的缺点。I believed him to be honest but his actions showed that he had feet of clay.
- 他是个妒忌心很强的人,发现妻子有情人,一时盛怒打了她一顿。He was a jealous man who had discovered that his wife had a lover and had hit her in the heat of the moment.
- 所有的女孩子都喜欢约翰,因为他是个足球队长。有本事就有人缘。The girls all like John because he is a football captain. Nothing succeeds like success.
- 马丁太太一直信任这个律师,后来才了解他是个披着羊皮的狼。Mrs Martin trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
- 他是个有雄心壮志的贫家子弟,打定主意要受好的教育。He is a boy from a poor family who has hitch his wagon to a star and is determined to get a good education for himself.
- 他是个弃儿,在为无家可归的男孩而开设的学校里长大。He is a foundling, and has grown up in a school for homeless boy.
