idiom是什么意思_idiom短语搭配_idiom权威例句

柯林斯词典

同近义词

• n.成语，习语；土话

  phrase   /   dialect

词组短语

1. modal idiom 情态习语 ; 情态成语 ; 情态习语动词

2. adverbial idiom 副词词组 ; 副词片语

3. Chinese idiom 汉语成语 ; 跟我学成语 ; 成语

4. Chinese idiom anime 成语动画廊 ; 成语动画廊全集

5. Dog Idiom 成语

6. IDIOM ACTIVATOR 习语联想

7. idiom principle 习语原则 ; 成语原则 ; 惯用原则 ; 短语原则

8. English idiom 英文成语

9. Money Idiom 成语 ; 与钱有关的成语

权威例句

1. Both English and Chinese are abound with idioms.

英语和汉语都拥有丰富的成语.《期刊摘选》

2. There are some English idioms that cannot be adequately rendered into other languages.

有些英语成语很难帖切地译成别种语言.《期刊摘选》

3. Serial music may be written in various idioms.

序列音乐可以根据不同的风格创作而成.《期刊摘选》

4. Idioms are crystallizations of a nation � � s wisdom and the cram of its language.

习语是一个民族智慧的结晶,是语言中的精华.《期刊摘选》

5. Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language.

许多中国成语浸透到日语中.《现代英汉综合大词典》

6. Listing 5 shows a complete program demonstrating the idiom differences just described.

清单5显示了一个完整的程序，它将展示刚才我们描述的风格之间的差异。

7. And remember even though the idiom says "Curiosity kills the cat", it ends with satisfaction bringing it back.

记住，尽管俗话说：“好奇心害死猫”，但最终满足感会让它没事。

8. By the late 1890 s Bonnard's artistic idiom began to assume new features.

到1890年代后期,博纳尔的艺术风格开始呈现出新的面貌.《期刊摘选》

9. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.

麦卡特尼也热衷于古典风格而不是通俗风格的创作。《柯林斯例句》

10. This idiom satirizes those who instead of taking changed circumstances account. “

刻舟求剑”这个成语讽刺那些办事迂腐，不知道变通情况的人

11. ‘Let the cat out of the bag ’ is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.

“让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。《牛津词典》

12. Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of America's great masters of the blues, a musical idiom that's essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.

查尔斯，除了其他方面，你被誉为是美国最伟大的蓝调大师之一，这种音乐风格大体上是描述失去的东西，特别是浪漫爱情的逝去。

13. It is difficult for a foreigner to get the hang of English idioms.

对一个外国人来说,掌握英语习语很难.《期刊摘选》

14. He has a great number of English idioms at his command.

他掌握了大量的英语成语.《简明英汉词典》

15. He delved deeply into his mind for an English equivalent to the Latin idiom.

为找到一个与该拉丁语习语意义对等的英语习语,他绞尽脑汁苦苦思索.《期刊摘选》

16. Pay attention to words, idioms, sentences and discourses , among which the most important is sentences.

阅读时关注字词 、 习语 、 句子和语段, 其中尤以研究句子为重要.《期刊摘选》

17. To practice skills in handling Chinese idiom and sayings.

练习汉语习语和名言口译技巧.《期刊摘选》

18. Idioms make your language lively and interesting.

习语会使你的语言变得生动而有趣。《中考真题- 2019 长沙 阅读》

19. Idioms may be difficult and challenging, but they are also creative and fun to learn!

成语虽难, 却最有创造性!学起来也最有趣!《期刊摘选》

20. We can study British culture through analyzing origins of English idioms.

通过学习英语习语的来源,就可以研究英国的文化特色.《期刊摘选》

21. Memorizing lists of vocabulary words and idioms is generally an inefficient way to learn a language.

尽管很多人仍希望靠死记硬背单词和短语学习语言,但是这种方法的效率很低!《期刊摘选》

22. This idiom excoriates those who show accomplishments in front experts.

“班门弄斧”这个成语,用来在行家面前显示本领.《期刊摘选》

23. Word Wise is a dictionary of idioms, which are among the most common figures of speech.

《言语明了》是一本成语词典, 成语是最普通的修辞格.《期刊摘选》

24. The student identified the identical idiom on the identity CARDS.

学生辨认出了身份证上相同的成语。

25. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one

麦卡特尼也热衷于古典风格而不是通俗风格的创作。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

26. His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.

他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。

27. Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of America's great masters of the blues, a musical idiom that's essentially about loss, particularly about the loss of love.

除此之外，查尔斯被认为是美国最伟大的蓝调大师之一，蓝调是一种关于“失去”的音乐风格，尤其是爱情的离去。

28. The book centers on the use of idioms, proverbs and aphorisms.

这本书着重讲成语 、 谚语以及格言的用法.《期刊摘选》

29. This leads to buyer distrust and the old idiom: Buyer Beware.

因而产生了买家对卖家的不信任，以及“买家自负”这句习语。

30. I will buy a book, which about the use of English idioms.

我要买一本书, 是讲英文习语用法的.《期刊摘选》

31. Example: Jane knows all the idioms by heart. Cut to the chase

简熟记所有的成语。

32. Differences in historical background and the background knowledge of cultural allusions , proverbs and idioms areexemplified.

不同的历史背景和不同的文化谚语、成语等在本文中得到举例证明.《期刊摘选》

33. This idiom is awkwardly used.

这条习语用得很生硬。

34. It is getting better, but It'still struggles with colloquialisms and idioms.

机器翻译的质量虽然有所改善, 但翻译起口语体和习语来还是困难重重.《期刊摘选》

35. You can make yourself a laughing stock by using idioms in a incorrect way.

有的时候,误用成语是会贻笑大方的.《期刊摘选》

36. An idiom is a group of words.

习语是一组单词。

37. Proverbs and idioms may become worn with overuse

谚语和习语会由于使用过多而变得俗套。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

38. This idiom excoriates those who show accomplishments in front of experts.

这个成语谴责了那些在专家面前炫耀自不量力的人

39. This word is based on the idiom "everything but the kitchen sink", which hails from World War II.

这个词是基于向二战致意的习语“everything but the kitchen sink”（尽其所能地，几乎包括了所有事）。

40. This idiom excoriates those who show accomplishments in front experts. “

班门弄斧”这个成语，用来在行家面前显示本领

41. What a dictionary of idioms! There are not any commendatory terms about us rats.

啥破成语词典,有关我们的没一句读着舒服的!《期刊摘选》

42. Is it when a new idiom is measurably better?

只有当证明了一个新的习惯用法更好时 吗 ?《期刊摘选》

43. This idiom is used to describe doing evil things in collusion with others.

“狼狈为奸”这个成语比喻坏人互相勾结起来干坏事.《期刊摘选》

44. Can you think of a situation where this idiom can be used?

你能想出一个使用这个成语的情况 吗 ?《期刊摘选》

45. The author hopes that paper can make its due contribution to translation studies, particularly idiom translation.

作者希望本文能为翻译研究特别是成语翻译研究做出应有的一点贡献.《期刊摘选》

46. An idiom was engraved at the university gate.

大学的校门上刻着一馈谚语.《期刊摘选》

47. His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.

他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。

48. When did these idioms come up?

这些习语是什么时候开始流行的?《辞典例句》

49. Professional English – This idiom also be used in a professional environment.

职场英语–该习语还可在职业场合使用.《期刊摘选》

50. Proverbs and idioms may become worn with overuse...

谚语和习语会由于使用过多而变得俗套。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

51. One old idiom is "luoyeguigen", which means returning to one's homeland at the old age, like fallen leaves return to the roots of their trees.

有个古老的成语叫“落叶归根”，意思是年老时回到自己的家乡，就像落叶返回树根一样。

52. Chinese idioms; English idioms; translation; culture connotation; original language; target language.

汉语针言, 英语习语, 翻译, 文化内在, 源语, 目标语.《期刊摘选》

53. I like the idiom of modern popular music.

我喜欢现代流行音乐的风格.《简明英汉词典》

54. Trying to force the C ++ idiom of deterministic finalization into the C # language won't work well.

试图强制将已经习惯的C++的确定性终结方式用到C # 语言中,不能很好的工作.《期刊摘选》

55. Slang is the informal usage in vocabulary and idiom.

摘要俚语是英语词汇和习语的非正规表达方法.《期刊摘选》

56. They were subtle portraits, sometimes catching exactly the dry New England idiom.

行文极其细致, 有时能够恰如其分地获得新英格兰那种淳朴的口语的真趣.《辞典例句》

57. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.

但是不久之后, 英语习语的重要性一次令人喷饭的经历中体现了出来.《期刊摘选》

58. It was an old building in the local idiom.

那是一座具有当地风格的古建筑。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

59. Idioms usually cannot be translated literally into another language.

成语通常不能用另一种语言逐字翻译.《期刊摘选》

60. 'Let the cat out of the bag' is an idiom meaning to tell a secret by mistake.

“让猫从袋子里跑出来”是惯用语，意思是无意中泄露秘密。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

61. He was not sure about two things: the grammar and some of the idioms.

他对语法和某些成语这两方面没有把握.《期刊摘选》

62. I singled out a few English idioms to test my classmates.

我挑出几条英语成语(idiom),考了一下我的同班同学. .《期刊摘选》

63. This is a familiar idiom to users of drawing programs and many word processors.

鼠标释放后包含在矩形中的任何对象都被选定,画图程序和许多文字处理器的用户可能很熟悉这个习惯用法.《About Face 3交互设计精髓》

64. This idiom is an allusion to the analects.

这个成语的出典见《论语》。

65. One example of an idiom in the Chinese language is "dui niu tan qin", or "to play the lute to a cow."

汉语成语的一个例子是"对牛弹琴"。《中考真题- 2019 长沙 阅读》

66. The English idioms are concise and comprehensive , pregnant with meaning, visual and vivid.

习语言简意赅, 寓意深刻, 形象生动,是语言的精华也是重要的修辞手段.《期刊摘选》

67. Teaching idioms has remained a challenge in the EFL or SLA classrooms.

摘要教授外语学习者或第二外语学习者成语,对教师来说仍是一种挑战.《期刊摘选》

68. Let us look at an idiom: kill two birds with double-edged sword.

我们再看一个成语：一举两得/一箭双雕。

69. The idiom came from what the emperor said.

成语“画饼充饥”就来自于皇帝所说的话.《期刊摘选》

70. The Bible is one of the sources for English idioms.

很多英语习语的出处是圣经.《期刊摘选》

71. the classical/contemporary/popular idiom

古典 / 当代 / 通俗风格《牛津词典》

72. Chen yu luo yan and idiom, used to describe a woman's beauty.

“沉鱼落雁”这则成语是形容女子容貌极其美丽.《期刊摘选》

73. There are some idioms which may just get under the wire of the above definition.

有几个成语勉强符合上述的定义.《期刊摘选》

74. One of the best ways to learn an idiom is by looking at the context in which it is used.

学习成语的最好方法之一是查看它所在的上下文。

75. Likewise, the new idiom for line in file: is supported via an iterator that calls.readline .

同样，通过调用. readline迭代器支持新的习惯用法for line in file：。

76. The teacher kept explaining the use of the idiom to me until I understood it.

老师一直向我解释这个成语的用法,直到我听懂为止。《中考真题- 2016 福建 短文填空》

77. W: Charles, among other things, you are regarded as one of the America’s great masters of the Blues, a musical idiom that’s essentially about loss, particularly the loss of romantic love.

女： Charles ，除了其他一些身份，你还被看作是美国最伟大的蓝调大师之 一，蓝调这种音乐风格基本上是关于失去的，尤其是失去爱情。《15年12月六级真题（第二套）| 听力》

78. "They're very good students that struggle with American idiom and American culture," he says.

“他们是非常好的学生，努力适应美国习语和美国文化，”他说。

79. Listing 5 shows an example of a coding idiom at risk for lapsed listeners.

清单5显示了会造成失效侦听器的编码习惯的示例。

80. Theres a surprising similarity in the origins of and Chinese idioms.

在英汉成语的来源上,两者有着惊人的相似之处.《期刊摘选》

81. This article will about some major methods of the translation of English idiom.

本文就英语习语汉译的几种主要方法稍作了谈论.《期刊摘选》

82. People drew the Chinese idiom "立木取信" from this story.

中国成语“立木取信”便取自于这个故事。

83. ...her command of the Chinese idiom.

她对汉语方言的掌握《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

84. JMX registers and accesses management objects using the ObjectName idiom.

JMX使用ObjectName语言注册和访问管理对象。

85. This idiom indicates achieving two things with one stroke.

这个成语比喻用一种办法同时得到两种收获或效果.《期刊摘选》

86. This idiom stems from an ancient Greek fable.

这个成语源自一则古代希腊寓言.《期刊摘选》

87. But that still doesn't mean that you should use this idiom!

但是仍然不意味着应当使用这个idiom ！

88. The Singleton creation pattern is a common programming idiom.

单例创建模式是一个通用的编程习语。

89. The idiom is used to describe a secluded and peaceful utopia.

这个成语用来形容一个与世隔绝、活安乐的理想国家.《期刊摘选》

90. The thesis includes three parts: the first part expounds the structure traits of numeral idiom.

本文分为三部分: 第一部分是数词成语构成的结构特点.《期刊摘选》

91. Idioms most have the vitality in the part of a kind of language.

由于语言的广泛使用,习语大量涌现.《期刊摘选》

92. What image or idiom will make it clearer?

什么形象或习语能让意思更明白？

93. We should look it up in a good idiom dictionary.

我们应该查一本好的成语词典。

94. One common idiom you may hear in English is "hit the road".

英语中有一个常见的习语是"上路"。《中考真题- 2019 长沙 阅读》

95. It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.

外语里的口头习语很难懂.《简明英汉词典》

96. Idioms are fixed phrases that go through the test of history and cannot be treated separately.

习语是指那些经受了历史的长期考验,千锤百炼而形成的固定词组.《期刊摘选》

97. Study the idioms and synonyms l wrote down before your test.

学考试前我给你写的习惯用语和同义字。

98. For example, under the weather is an idiom meaning ill. So when people say "I'm under the weather", they are saying that they're not feeling well.

例如，“under the weather” 这个习语的意思是“生病了”。所以当人们说 “I'm under the weather” 时，他们是在说他们感觉不舒服。

99. He spoke in the idiom of the New England countryside.

他讲新英格兰乡下的方言.《辞典例句》

100. The idiom, "The fox is sad at the death of the hare," comes from the story above, illustrating4 how one feels sad for the death or misfortunes of his companions.

成语“兔死狐悲”就源自这个故事，表示因同类的死亡或不幸而感到悲伤。

101. This is a useful idiom to take note of — save and reload.

这是一个需要注意的有用习惯——保存和重新加载。

102. I don't know many idioms; but I'll have a try. It's neck or nothing.

我知道的习语不多, 不过我要试一试. 这是孤注一掷.《辞典例句》

103. I came upon this idiom in the newspaper.

我是在报纸上看到这个成语的。

104. Many functional languages have specific methods to iterate over lists using this idiom.

许多函数语言均利用这一特点通过特定的方法实现列表遍历。

105. second, "ge ge" is also the first two words of the Chinese idiom "ge ge bu ru ( square peg3 in a round hole)", implying that those people cannot fit in the workplace philosophy.

第二，“格格”同时也是成语“格格不入”的前两个字，暗示这些人在职场中格格不入。

106. Idiom is the important rhetoric means and independent, irregular and fixed element of a language.

习语是语言中的重要修辞手段,是语言中独立 、 不规则而固定的因素.《期刊摘选》

107. He couldn't catch on to the English idiom.

他没有领会这个英语习语的含义.《期刊摘选》

108. English is full of idioms. You won't learn these expressions in standard textbook.

英语充满了很多成语, 你不会在一般性的教科书上学习到这些日常语句.《期刊摘选》

109. Expressions like this are called idioms.

这样的表达被称为习语。《中考真题- 2019 长沙 阅读》

110. This idiom satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.

“杞人忧天”这个成语讥笑那些没有必要或毫无根据的忧虑。

111. Foreigners are extremely interesting in Chinese idiom because.

外国人对此很感兴趣因为.《期刊摘选》

112. When some chinese idioms are tramslated into English, Their meanings may startle some English readers.

一些汉语成语被翻译长英语后, 会使一些英语读者感到很吃惊.《期刊摘选》

113. When many natural disasters occur, people will use this idiom to describe it as something very powerful.

当许多自然灾害发生时，人们会用这个成语来形容它是非常强大的。

114. This book guides us in using English words and idioms.

这本书引导我们如何使用英语单词和习语.《简明英汉词典》

115. Every language has its own idioms.

每种语言都有自己的习语.《简明英汉词典》

116. The people used this idiom to indicate failing an examination or competition.

人们用“名落孙山”来比喻考试没有考上或者选拔没有被录取.《期刊摘选》

117. Numeral idiom, as an important part of the idiom, is a special language phenomenon.

数词成语是成语的重要组成部分之一, 是成语中较为独特的语言现象.《期刊摘选》

118. What is an idiom?

什么是成语呢？

119. Let's get back to idioms that begin with the word "hit".

让我们回到以单词“hit”开头的习语。《中考真题- 2019 长沙 阅读》

120. This idiom means to fail to succeed for lack of final effort.

这个典故用以形容“离成功只有一步之遥，但最终失败告终”的意思。

121. It was an idiom he'd caught from Carol Goldsmith.

这是他从卡洛尔·戈德史密斯那儿学来的一句口头禅.《辞典例句》

122. Now complete the sentences below by using one of the idioms.

现在请用以上的某个习语完成下列句子.《期刊摘选》

123. When all matches have been made, the students read their idioms aloud to the class.

当所有的习语搭配都完成之后, 学生向全班同学大声朗读各自的习语.《期刊摘选》

124. The idiom "Mengzi's mother makes three moves" tells of a mother who did all she could to provide the best environment for her child.

“孟母三迁”这个成语讲述的是一位母亲竭尽全力为孩子提供最好的环境的故事。

125. "If," I said, "I might use the American idiom I would say that he has said a mouthful."

我说，“如果我可以借用美国的成语，那么，我要说他说得恰到好处。”

126. It's just the first half of an idiom.

它只是一个习语的前半部分。

127. The proper use of idioms can give life and richness to the language.

习语的适当运用能使语言丰富而具有表达力度.《期刊摘选》

128. Another difference from conventional teaching is the evidence that students can regularly learn 1000 new words of a foreign language during a suggestopedic session, as well as grammar and idiom.

另一个与传统教学的不同之处是，有证据表明，在暗示教学法的实施过程中，学生可以定期学习1000个外语新单词，以及一些语法和习语。

129. And nothing was so irritating as the confident way he used archaic idiom.

没什么比他使用过时的方言时那种自负的神态更气人的了。《柯林斯例句》

130. The logical shortcut of (statement1) && (statement2) is a common Perl idiom.

（语句 1）&&（语句 2）这种逻辑快捷表示是一种常见的 Perl 习惯语法。

131. This is a very powerful idiom, which is also used in the Usage() routine.

这是一种非常强大的习惯用法，Usage() 例程也使用这种方法。

132. She is, in fact, a perfect illustration of the French idiom 'to be comfortable in one's own skin.'

实际上，她很好地诠释了“欣然接纳自我”这一法语习语的意思。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

133. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one...

麦卡特尼也热衷于古典风格而不是通俗风格的创作。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

134. The little play was sprinkled with humour and local idiom.

这个短剧很幽默风趣,用了本地方言.《辞典例句》

实用例句

1. At first, the conversational idiom is falsely debonair, the plot too easily manipulated.

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2. Mr Sullivan has an ear for lyrical phrases and for catching the idiom of everyday speech.

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3. Peanut butter and jelly, peas in a pod, whatever the idiom is, there is no question Coughlin and Manning fit.

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4. Developer William West Durant's Camp Pine Knot, begun on Raquette Lake in 1877, established the architectural idiom of these retreats--log-cabin construction, stone chimneys, decorative woodwork--and the camps proliferated throughout the dense woods of northeastern New York.

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5. her command of the Chinese idiom

她对汉语方言的掌握

6. "They are taking a southern American idiom and moving it into the 21st century, " he told Zane Lowe.

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7. The singing, performed by members of London's the Opera Group, does not shy away from the operatic idiom, and the plot is an adventure with fanciful creatures and dramatic challenges.

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8. Inevitably, the critical idiom which Mr Fish uses has changed over this 30-year period, although he claims, a little too proudly perhaps, that his central beliefs about Milton have not.

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9. Twenty years after his pioneering "Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, " Schuller turned to the swing era, a glorious period in American music, when Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington developed an idiom that was accessible yet also innovative and artistically satisfying.

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10. The three large, round air vents in the centre with their distinctively designed cross-form nozzles are sporty features that contribute to the emotional design idiom of the interior.

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11. Hope and Knauer played Copland's country-tinged idiom with consummate style.

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12. The earliest recordings were made in the blues idiom, aimed solidly at the African-American "race" market.

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13. The idiom of this music often moved away from the poignant, seductive minor-key flavor of Balkan, Arabic and Klezmer music.

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14. It is pretty heavy going, and a taste for neologism and idiom will help.

这相当难懂，但对新词语和习语有兴趣就会好些。

15. a church in the idiom of the thirteenth century

一座13世纪风格的教堂

16. As a jazz pianist, Mr. Tepfer says, the challenge in recording the Goldbergs was to remain true to himself in both the baroque and the contemporary idiom.

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17. For the Jets, the 2013 off-season will be about whether they recognize the old economics idiom that sunk cost are sunk.

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18. Cool was not the idiom for Mingus, an artist variously described as "mercurial, " "volcanic, " "volatile" choose your euphemism.

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19. How did this obscurantist, pseudo-Islamic creed manage to become the dominant idiom not only among the extremists but increasingly the Islamic establishment?

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20. In some places there was no material to go on at all for the last movement, and therefore for the work as a whole, Mr Payne has had to invent a conclusion, drawing on his own sense of the Elgarian idiom, formed over some 40 years' devotion to the master.

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21. It was an old building in the local idiom.

它是一幢具有地方特色的老建筑。

22. Paul McCartney was keen to write music in a classical idiom, rather than just a pop one.

保罗•麦卡特尼不光喜欢创作流行音乐，还热衷于编写古典风格的曲子。

23. Like most true stories, the beginning isn't tidy, but we'll start in the 1920s when the idiom top of the world was first used as an advertising catch phrase.

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24. They adopt a different idiom, oriented toward people in businesses, churches, constabularies and intact families, rather than toward single mothers, academics envious of others' success, union members, government workers, criminals and professional Greens or grievance groups.

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25. An early encounter with Dizzy Gillespie's Afro-Cuban music persuaded Acuna that she could find original common ground between the Latin music of her youth and the modern jazz idiom.

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26. By default, an app and a view controller's supported interface orientations are set toUIInterfaceOrientationMaskAll for the iPad idiom and UIInterfaceOrientationMaskAllButUpsideDown for the iPhone idiom.

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27. At age 87, he easily had the most modern ears in the room, and took her to task for singing a phrase with a flatted fifth in it a cliche in the jazz idiom for many decades.

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28. Quite a lot of ersatz Holmes betrays itself in the field of idiom, but Mr. Horowitz turns out to be notably sure-footed.

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