GbEng
迟到总比不到好。 Better late than never.
我找不到你寄给我的那封信。 I can't trace that letter you sent me.
班个子太矮了, 拿不到桌子上的书。 Ben is so short that he can not get at that book on the table.
我在人群中寻找她，但看不到。 I looked for her in the crowd but couldn't see her.
诗人造了几个词典里找不到的词。 The poet minted several words that cannot be found in any dictionary.
请把窗子弄干净，我几乎看不到外面。 Please clean the window as I can hardly see out.
亿万人的收入增加了，这是他们自己做梦也想不到的。 Incomes of millions upon millions of people have increased beyond their dreams.
我们（各处）找了半天, 却找不到那本书. We searched (around) for hours, but couldn't find the book.
他故意不到会. He deliberately absented himself from the meeting.
真想不到在这儿遇见你。 Fancy seeing you here.
她用的时间正好不到四分钟。 Her time was just under four minutes.
那是我想象不到的。 That's beyond the reach of my imagination.
谁也料不到有这些奇怪的事情. No one could have foretold such strange events.
你在夜晚可以看到星星，白天却看不到。 You can see stars by night, but not by day.
汽车在离墙不到一英寸的地方停住了。 The car stopped within a fraction of an inch of the wall.
由于找不到工作，许我男人都报名参了军。 Many men sign up for the army because they can not get ordinary jobs.
我原来一直盼望著能收到她送的礼物, 所以因得不到而失望. I was expecting a present from her, so I was disappointed I didn't receive one.
我们所办不到的是要使云产生雨，如果它不是随时要产生雨的话。 What we can not do is make a cloud produce rain if it is not ready to produce it.
大声叫嚷的孩子听不到妈妈的叫唤。 The shouting boy did not hear his mother call him.
他用光明正大的方法得不到的东西, 就采取卑鄙的欺诈手段. When he couldn't get what he wanted openly and honestly, he resorted to low cunning.
真想不到会在这儿遇见你！ Fancy meeting you here!
不到半小时后，他开始有点忍耐不住了。 After half an hour, his patience began to wear out.
战胜癌症的征途是漫长的，而且布满意想不到的困难。 The road to the conquest of cancer is long and full of pitfall.
我不管目前化妆品的价格如何，这不重要，但你仍旧得不到更多的零用钱。 I don't care how much make-up costs these days. That's not the point; you're still not getting any more pocket money.
玛丽因工作得不到赏识而灰心丧气. Mary was frustrated by the lack of appreciation shown of her work.
【谚】狐狸吃不到葡萄，就说葡萄酸。 "The grapes are sour", as the fox said when he could not reach them.
交通车辆不停的喧闹声使我们得不到片刻安宁。 The incessant noise of the traffic give us not a moment's peace.
今天气温有多少度? 五十几度（不到六十度[五十度出头]）. How warm is it today? It's in the (high/low) fifties.
不到两天，我就收到了经理写来的录取信。 Within two days I received a letter of acceptance from the manager.
精确预言未来的事实际上是办不到的. It is virtually impossible to predict the future accurately.
不管他工作多努力, 他就是得不到提升。 No matter how hard he works, he can not get a promotion.
狐狸躲在猎狗抓不到它的灌木丛中。 The fox hid in the thicket where the dog could not reach it.
如果你找不到别人，我同意为球队上场打球，但我先告诉你，我的球艺因久不练习已经生疏。 If you can't get anyone else I don't mind playing for the team, but I warn you that I'm not in practice.
给你施麻醉後, 你就什麽也感觉不到了. You'll be under (an) anaesthetic, so you won't feel a thing.
哦！对了！我为什么不到学校的就业咨询处去查询一下呢。 Oh, well why do not I check out the campus employment office?
变迁，盛衰在人的一生中、活动中或者周围环境中会碰到的忽然或者想不到的变化或变迁 One of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life, activities, or surroundings.
"父母们所了不解的是，脂肪提供非常宝贵的热量，并且每个细胞都需要脂肪和胆固醇才能生长，"她说。"胆固醇的名声太坏，我们从来看不到它好的一面，但是它对孩童，尤其两岁以下的，极为重要。" "What parents don't understand is that fat provides very valuable calories and that every cell needs fat and cholesterol to grow, " she said. "Cholesterol has gotten such bad press that we never see it in a good light, but it is essential for children, especially those under2."