| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
|---|---|---|
上面不要缝口，也不用针线。 Without to seams nor needle work. | ||
我放下活计眼里充满雾水。 I turn from my work and my eyes fill with the mist. | ||
说我的手更适合缝纫的针线。 Who says my hand a needle better fits. | ||
她抬头看了一眼，又接着做她的针线活儿。 She looked up briefly then returned to her sewing. | ||
有人在忙着活计，角落里响着她脚镯鸣奏的乐音。 Some one was busy with her work, and her bangles made music in the corner. | ||
在卧室里，我找到了一本用手工针线装订成册的内战诗集。 In the bedroom, I found a hand-sewn book containing an anthology of civil war poems. | ||
他刚能逃脱便开始拦路行劫，干各种各样的卑下活计。 As soon as he could escape, he took to the road, doing various menial jobs. | ||
在后方的家中，外祖母含辛茹苦，抚养子女，并在轰炸机装配线上找了份活计。 Back home, my grandmother raised a baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. | ||
汤姆心急如焚，企盼着早点下课，不然弄点有趣的活计 捣鼓捣鼓来打发时间也好。 Tom's heart ached to be free, or else to have something of interest to do to pass the dreary time. | ||
他给政客的咨文好似效仿他的外祖父当年给他的简单家训：干好你的活计！ His message to politicians echoes the simple homilies his grandfather taught him. Do your job. | ||
