GbEng
你在发动引擎时，一定要让汽车处于空档。 When you start the engine, be sure the car is in neutral.
今天早晨我的汽车发动不起来了。 I couldn't make my car start this morning.
我们关闭发动机开始滑行. We switched off the motor and started to drift (along).
我们的部队已经退下来重新整编，以便发动新的进攻。 Our armies have retired to regroup for a fresh attack.
我们得把发动机拆卸开来找出毛病。 We'll have to strip the engine down to find the fault.
飞机在大西洋中部飞行时, 其中一个发动机出了故障. One of the plane's engines gave out in mid-Atlantic.
这些发动机是由蒸汽驱动的。 The engines are driven by steam.
发动机发出一阵轧轧声, 随即停了下来. The engine gave forth a grinding noise, then stopped.
这辆倒霉汽车就是发动不起来! The wretched car won't start!
发动机将水沿管道抽来。 The engine draws water along the pipe.
那司机等候绿灯放行，让发动机空转著。 The driver waited for the green light, his engine racing.
我的车发动不起来了，我就向碰巧路过的人求助。 My car had stalled and I sought help from casual passer- by.
如果他们企图发动突然袭击，我们就有能够摧毁他们发动战争的能力。 If they should launch a surprise attack, we will be able to destroy their war-making capabilities.
敌军发动袭击，结果反陷入我方伏击而被歼灭。 The enemy came upon us only to be entrapped and wiped out.
发动攻击的谣传後来得到了证实. The rumours of an attack were later confirmed.
救护车发动机罩盖上标有逆序反向字母的AMBULANCE字样. Ambulances have `AMBULANCE' printed in reverse on their bonnets.
那些是发动机的部件。 Those are the components of an engine.
军方发动了一场政变. The army staged a coup (d'etat).
那台陈旧的发动机抖动著发出摩擦的声音。 The old engine ground and shuddered.
由於发动机突然出现故障, 飞行员不得不（在爱尔兰海上）紧急降落. A sudden engine failure forced the pilot to ditch (in the Irish Sea).