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| 那次失败是一次难以吞咽的苦果。 | The defeat was a bitter pill to swallow. |
| 吃东西不要狼吞虎咽. | Don't wolf down your food. |
| 这个港口每年货物吞吐量达1亿吨. | This port handles 100 million tons of cargo each year. |
| 家庭小商业遭到大公司的吞并. | Small family businesses are often gobbled up by larger firms. |
| 火焰吞没了房子。 | The fire swallowed up the house. |
| 他用开水吞服药丸。 | He washed down a pill with water. |
| 她忍气吞声地继续进行下去。 | She swallowed her anger and carried on. |
| 他侵吞了其他人应得的钱。 | He screwed the others out of their share of the money. |
| 问起他收入的来源, 他就有些吞吞吐吐. | He was a bit coy when asked about the source of his income. |
| 食物吞下去之前先要细细咀嚼。 | You must chew your food well before you swallow it. |
| 那鱼轻咬[浮向/咬著了/吞下了]鱼饵. | The fish nibbled at/rose to/took/swallowed the bait. |
| 圣诞岛爪哇岛南部印度洋东部的一座岛屿，由澳大利亚管辖。在1888年由英国吞并，1958年主权归澳大利亚 | An Australian-administered island in the eastern Indian Ocean south of Java. It was annexed by Great Britain in1888 and came under Australian sovereignty in1958. |
| 拥挤的车辆慢吞吞地穿过狭窄的隧道。 | The heavy traffic crawled through the narrow tunnel. |
| 路易斯制造的局面使得该政府首脑不仅能够在竞选中弄虚作假，而且还可以肆意侵吞联邦公款，除掉可能的竞争对手。 | Lewis had created a situation whereby it was possible for the man at the top to fiddle elections, embezzle union funds and do away with potential rivals. |
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