| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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让他松一口气的是，引擎发动起来了。 To his great relief the engine came to life. | ||
松下、富士和三星的机主们不在榜上，应感到松一口气。 Panasonic, Fuji and Samsung owners should be relieved rather than offended that they were not included. | ||
最后一句话大概会让今夏花费了大笔转会费的安东尼奥·瓦伦西亚松一口气。 That last sentence would come as a relief to his one big-money summer signing, Antonio Valencia, who is a good, muscular winger but is not in the class of Beckham, Cantona or Keane. | ||
石油泄漏被堵住了，但这并不意味着我们大功告成可以松一口气；还有许多工作要去做。 Just because the oil spill is plugged doesn't mean we're off the hook: there's still work to do. | ||
演说者停下来喘一口气。 The speaker paused for breath. | ||
而她就像在大海中溺水后被人捞起，因为得救而长松一口气，并且相信自己爱上了救她的人。 She is so relieved to be rescued, like someone plucked from a deep sea, that she believes she is in love with her rescuer. | ||
他缓缓地深吸了一口气。 He took a long slow breath, inhaling deeply. | ||
他一口气背出了整篇诗。 He recited the whole poem in one breath. | ||
我浮上水面，深吸了一口气。 I bobbed to the surface and gasped a lungful of air. | ||
我内心释然地长出了一口气。 I sighed with inward relief. | ||
