1.
It' s AN imposition to ask the workers to work sixteen hours a day
要求工人每天工作十六个小时,真是太过份了。
2.
AN interoffice memo goes out in sixteen copies
一份本机关办公室之间的备忘录发出了16份。
3.
Though she was no more than sixteen or seventeen, her face was made up like a mask kneaded out of gobs of rouge AND powder
那女子不过十六七岁，脸化妆得就像搓油摘粉调胭脂捏出来的假面具。
4.
For she had sixteen water- tight compartments. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still BE able to float.
因为船由16个密封舱组成，即使有两个舱进水，仍可漂浮在水面上。
5.
Cross-national studies find CV to BE an effective mechanism for increasing turnout, by BEtween seven to sixteen percentage points.
跨国研究发现，强制投票制能够有效的提高选民投票率，大约能提高7－16个百分点。
6.
My dog was a very pleasant and loving companion to me, for no less than sixteen years of my time, and then DY'd, of mere old age
我的狗也讨我欢喜,是个可爱的伴侣,跟我不下十六年,后来终于老死了。
7.
I Don' t like to see a boy of sixteen stick up to a girl
我不愿看到一个男孩十六岁就向女孩求爱。
8.
The temperature is sixty degrees Fahrenheit or, if we translate into Centigrade, sixteen degrees.
气温60华氏度，如果换算成摄氏的话，那就是16度。
9.
The primary division of the character Kua—a GIRL of sixteen years of age
瓜字初分
10.
He was walking along the street, looking for a room, when a pretty GIRL of about sixteen walked past him
当他沿着大街边走边找个地方住宿的时候，一个十六岁左右的秀丽姑娘从他身旁走过。
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