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她的情绪时而抑郁，时而亢奋。 Her moods oscillated between depression and elation. | ||
这部书时而妙趣横生，时而悲悲戚戚。 The book is, by turns , funny and very sad. | ||
我的腿时而疼时而不疼。 The pain in my leg comes and goes. | ||
该共和国总统施政时而大胆，时而谨慎务实。 The president of the republic oscillated between a certain audacity and a prudent realism. | ||
这里时而吟诗赋词，时而硬拳相加。 There's a time for reciting poems and a time for fists. | ||
她的情绪总是变幻不定—时而欢喜，时而忧伤。 Her moods kept changing—now happy, now sad. | ||
她觉得仿佛自己的脸上时而红润，时而发白。 She felt as if she went red and then pale. | ||
安妮时而微笑，时而大笑，显然为受到瞩目而陶醉。 Annie was smiling and laughing, clearly revelling in the attention. | ||
我们时而猫腰而行，时而涉过水深及膝的泥浆。 Sometimes we had to crawl along, sometimes we had to wade knee-deep through water and mud. | ||
上个星期天，唱诗班的指挥大吃一惊，时而平静，时而活泼，时而温柔，伴着钢琴立柱和美妙的音乐。 Last Sunday, the choirmaster was jumping out of his skin, stormy then still, playful then tender, on the most upright of pianos and melodies. | ||