释义 |
Examples:the king looked left and right and then talked of other things—every now and then [idiom.]—Let's wait and see and then decide what do.—slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession—and then (what follows next)—a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces—Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress—work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted—can then (and only then)—stir-fry then cook with sauce and water—Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces—then (after sth, and not until then)—Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord—speak and break off, then start again—brush with one's sleeve then go (idiom); to turn and leave abruptly—Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army—Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 his death, and non-person since then—Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released US— |