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In 1931, Thomas Edison confided to his friend, Henry Ford, "we are like tenant farmers, chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using nature's inexhaustible sources of energy, sun, wind, and tide."
1931年,托马斯·爱迪生悄悄告诉他的朋友亨利·福特",我们就像土地租用人,当我们需要时,砍我们房子周边的篱笆做燃料,自然就是取之不尽用之不竭的能源,太阳,风和潮水"。
《America Revealed》《透视美国》
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I have been afraid,' she confided.
“我很害怕,”她倾诉道。
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The property of others confided to their care was unjustifiably risked.
别人托付给他们照管的财产被毫无道理地置于危险中。
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He confided in friends that he and his wife planned to separate.
他向朋友吐露他和妻子打算分居。
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[with clause]he confided that stress had caused him to lose a stone in weight.
他吐露说压力使他的体重减轻了一英石。
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[relative pronoun]her mother, in whom she confided, said it wasn't easy for her.
她向母亲吐露了秘密,母亲说这对她来说很不容易。
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[with obj.]he confided his fears to his mother
他向他母亲吐露了他心中的恐惧
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Whatever I see or hear of a confidential nature or that is confided to me in my official capacity will be kept ever secret unless revelation is necessary in the performance of my duty.
对于我所看到的、听到的或工作上委托于我的任何具有机密性质的事情,我都要做到永远严守机密,非工作需要决不泄露。
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The preservation of the holy fire is confided to us by the world, and the sparks which will emanate from it will ever serve to rekindle it in other quarters of the globe.
为世界保卫圣火的责任在我们身上,它的星火会从这里燃遍世界的其他角落。
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One internationally known climber confided to me that he isn't sure whether his cognitive function recovers completely after big climbs, or if he just gets accustomed to the diminished capacity.
一个国际知名的登山者对我透露,他并不确定他的感知能力是否可以在攀登高峰之后完全恢复,或是否他只是对失去的功能逐渐适应。
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Listen, you wanna know something, Vanessa? she confided , her voice only slightly blurred. Your dad was the only person in Manawaka that ever done anything good to me.
喂,凡乃莎,让我告诉你吧?她声音有点模糊不清地悄悄对我说,你爸爸是马纳卡瓦镇上唯一对我好的人。