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她一直想成名。 She has always been desirous of fame.
我一直对心理学感兴趣。 I am always interested in psychology.
新学期开学前，我一直无所事事。 I'm just kicking my heels until the beginning of the new term.
我一直抬那些重东西, 现在腰都痛了. All that heavy lifting has given me a pain in the back.
拥有汽车的人数一直在逐渐上升。 There has been a gradual increase in the number of people owning cars.
几个星期来她一直呆在家中照顾有病的父亲。 She has been tied to the house for weeks looking after her invalid father.
她的命运一直与悲哀相连。 Sorrow has always been her portion.
在以后的岁月中，他一直记着她临别时的一吻。 He remembered her parting kiss in the following years.
由于投资少，我们的工业生产一直停滞不前。 Due to low investment, our industrial output has remained stagnant.
简给他写了封长信，然而他一直没有回信。 Jane wrote him a long letter, but he never wrote back.
自从我们在学校认识之后，我们就一直是好朋友。 We've been friends ever since we met at school.
他姐姐过去一直指导他，给他出主意，是他的朋友。 His elder sister had been his guide, counsellor and friend.
这条新的公路一直延伸到我们村庄。 The new road reaches as far as our village.
一直朝著这个方向走就看见指示牌了. Continue in this direction until you see a sign.
她在演讲时一直都在玩弄手帕。 She was playing with her handkerchief all the while during the speech.
如果你一直呆在家里，就永远不会有生活经验。 You'll never see life if you stay at home forever.
在过去的两年中, 那家钢铁厂一直提供给我们原材料。 The steel works has been supplying us with raw material in large quantities.
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.
好长时间，我妈妈和我嫂子一直争论这样小的细节问题。 My mother and my sister-in-law have been arguing about such minor details for a long time.
新的住宅区一直延伸到游乐场的那一边. The new housing estate stretches beyond the playing-fields.
我对一直放在走廊里的那个包裹有些怀疑。 I'm a bit suspicious about the package that's been left in the corridor.
在她患病期间, 她的律师一直代理她的业务. During her illness her solicitor has been acting for her in her business affairs.
秘密一直没有泄漏。 The secret endured.
一直向前走过了教堂，约莫半英里就是体育场。 Keep on past the church; the stadium is about half a mile further on.
前年圣诞节过後我一直没见过他. I haven't seen him since the Christmas before last.
我一直在（多方）打听这件事. I've been making (some) inquiries (ie trying to find out) about it.
我们吵架以後, 他一直如避蛇蝎似的躲著我. He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.
这些火车头在1940年以前一直在大西部铁路线上运行. These locomotives ran on Great Western Railway metals until 1940.
多丽丝在厨房里向外叫道："换个调儿，行不行？你可意识到，你修窗子时一直在那儿反复地哼同一个调子？" "Change the record, will you? " shouted Doris from the kitchen. "Do you realize you've been whistling the same tune over and over, all the time you've been fixing that window? "
他一直工作到深夜. He carried on working long into the night.
站在那儿的那个人就是我们一直在谈论的那个人。 The man standing over there is the very man that we have been talking about.
我一直在四处寻找它。 I have been seeking it all round.
他的行为一直无可质疑。 His conduct has always been above suspicion.
有一个离奇的故事一直流传着。 A strange story has been going round.
在过去十年里，物价一直在上涨。 Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.
她一直在照管日常的行政工作. She has been looking after the ,day-to-day administration.
边界从北部山地一直延伸到南部海岸. The frontier ranges from the northern hills to the southern coast.
邮包一定投递错了，因为她一直没有收到。 The parcel must have miscarry, for she never receive it.
他一直在讨好导演, 想在剧中扮演主角. He has been courting the director, hoping to get the leading role in the play.
开汽车的人让两个小学生上车，把他们一直带到了县城。 The motorist picked up a couple of pupils and took them as far as the county town.
自从工人要求增加工资后，工厂的生产一直就没增产。 Production has stood still at the factory since the men began demanding higher wages.
我一直惦记着这件事。 I've kept on thinking about that all the time.
她梳头的时候我一直看著她。 I watched her as she combed her hair.
炉子上锅里的水一直开著. There's a saucepan boiling away on the stove.
警方一直严密监视著可疑分子的活动. The police have been keeping a close watch on the suspects' movements.
他近来一直诉说自己患了失眠和头痛症。 Lately he has been moaning about his insomnia and headache.
他本来答应跟我们同往，但后来一直借故推辞了。 He promised to go with us, but he has since begged off.
那个政权一直是受到若干垄断资本家的支持而维持着的。 The regime has been propped up by several monopoly capitalists.
他们一直纠缠着要他买一台电脑。 They kept badgering him to get a home computer.
科学家们一直在想法子提高牲畜的质量以向市场提供更好的肉食。 Scientists have been trying to find methods of grading up cattle to provide better meat for the market.
这是我们一直在期待的（从纽约来的）邮包. This is the parcel which we have been expecting (from New York).
偿清了欠债之后，他长久以来一直在每个圣诞节寄给我20美元钱。他这是为了表达他的感激之情啊！ He kept on sending me$20 every Christmas long after his debt was paid. That's gratitude for you!
这个国家一直治理得不错。 The country has always had fair government.
沙漠一直延伸到远方。 The desert stretched away into the distance.
我一直期待着和您见面。 I have been looking forward to seeing you.
沙漠一直伸展到视线的尽头. The desert continued as far as the eye could see.
她一直在鼓吹新鲜空气的好处。 She's always preaching the value of fresh air.
总的来说, 公司对我一直很好. By and large, the company's been pretty good to me.
她只要醒著就一直为工作发愁。 She spends all her waking hours worrying about her job.
你应该体谅他, 因为他一直病著. You must make allowances for him because he has been ill.
你一直睡著, 这场雷雨都没把你吵醒. You slept right through the thunderstorm.
我一直坐在地板上, 脚都麻木了. I've been sitting on the floor and my foot's gone to sleep.
我们整星期一直工作, 没有片刻空闲. We've been working all week without a moment's leisure.
今年的春季会较往年来得晚，因为天气一直还这么冷。 Spring will be a backward season this year, for the weather has all along been so cold.
因你一直工作到如此晚的时间，今天不计较那迟到的五分钟了。 As you were kept working so late, you will be excused from being late for five minutes today.
根据牛顿第一定律，如果不对物体施加力的话，静止物体会一直保持静止。 According to Newton's first law, a body at rest will remain at rest until a force is applied to it.
自从她在学校里获奖以来，她就一直目中无人，不愿与别的女孩子说话。 Since she won a prize at school she's been going about with her nose in the air and refusing to talk to the other girls.
他一直在生病，尚不能工作。 He's been ill and isn't fit for work yet.
主席一直以沉闷的语调讲了几小时. The chairman droned on for hours.
有些人一直密谋想让老板把秘书解雇。 Some of the members had been intriguing to get the secretary dismissed.
从上个世纪以来人们一直耕种着这块土地。 This land has been in cultivation since the last century.
他急切地取食物，因为从黎明开始，他一直没吃东西。 He took the food eagerly, for he had eaten nothing since dawn.
他一直对我心怀嫉妒. He has been harbouring/nursing a grudge against me.
有些猎获的飞禽一直保存到开始变质才烹制. Some game-birds are kept until they are high before cooking.
洋葱的味道一直都不散，是吗？ The smell of onions clings, doesn't it?
他心头一直萦绕著可能失业的恐惧感. The spectre of unemployment was always on his mind.
"不要泄气，不要泄气，"我一直对自己说。 "Don't give up. Don't give up, " I kept telling myself.
场雷雨一直捱到我们回家以后才开始下。 The thunderstorm dept off until we were safely indoors.
过去这些年来，用蒸馏法制取淡水成本一直很高。 In the past, obtaining fresh water by distillation has always been too expensive.
那两个赛跑选手竞争激烈－－在赛程中一直不相上下。 The two runners contested the race closely it was nip and tuck all the way.
"那些男孩一直在花园里点火堆。""他们又在搞这名堂了，是不是？" "The boys have been lighting fires in the garden." "So they're at it again, are they? "
约翰储蓄10分钱的储蓄券，一直到他有足够的钱才换成25元的公债券。 John saved10 cent savings stamps until he had enough to exchange for a$25bond.
你们在外面享福，我却一直在这里辛辛苦苦守着火热的炉灶。可我又得到了什么报答呢？ Here I've been slaving over a hot cooker while you have been out enjoying yourselves, and what rewards do I get?
约瑟醒来马上起床，连夜带着母子俩逃往埃及。他在那儿一直住到希律王死去。 So Joseph rose from sleep, and taking mother and child by night he went away with them to Egypt, and there he stayed till Herod's death.