(Credit: time.com)
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No doubt he’d been looking forward to the wedding, ever since it was announced, as an invaluable chance to cut quite a figure and do some good public relations work.
毫无疑问,打从婚礼的消息宣布之日起,他就盼着这一天,盼着这个出头露面、建立良好公众联系的宝贵机会快些到来。
With his handsome face and polished manners Benjamin cuts quite a figure with all the ladies. 凭着英俊的长相和潇洒的风度,本杰明在所有女士中都很出风头。
She can skate circles around him when it comes to computer programming.
她在计算机编程方面比他要强多了。
The teacher asked me many questions, so I found myself skating on thin ice the whole evening.
老师向我提了好多问题,弄得我整个晚上战战兢兢,如履薄冰。
skate round a delicate problem
对微妙问题一带而过,不予深究 This is not something that can be skated over. 这可不是一件能含糊过去的事情。
The work was hard sledding.
这项工作很费劲。 It has been rough sledding for him ever since. 从此他的日子一直就不好过了。