The police failed to ferret out the truth.

警察查明真相。

This thought kept me awake all night.

这种顾虑使我通宵合眼。

He was ill, and therefore could not come.

他病了, 所以来。

Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature.

化妆品饰天生的缺陷。

They were unable to run the telephone network economically.

他们经济地经营电话网络。

I was hindered from getting here earlier.

我因受阻早些到达这里。

Sickness deprived me of the pleasure of meeting you.

疾病使得我和你经常欢聚。

I think the couple misunderstand each other.

我认为这对夫妇真正互相了。

Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing the work.

数不清的干扰使我完成这项工作。

I haven't been able to orient my ideas to the new conditions.

我还使自己的观点适应新情况。

Many interruptions have prevented me from finishing the work.

许多打岔的事使得我完成这项工作。

An overdraft results when a note discounted at a bank is not met when due.

银行贴现的票到期而付就成为透。

This fatal miscalculation lost them the final victory.

这个致命的错误估计使他们夺得最后胜利。

We failed to inculcate students with love of knowledge.

我们通过谆谆教诲使学生们热爱知识。

He gloated over his fellow student's failure to win the prize.

"他的同学获奖,他却幸灾乐祸。"

Leeds failed to recapture the form which had swept them to the title.

利兹找回曾经使他们飞黄腾达的那张表格。

They failed to win the requisite twothirds majority.

他们赢得所必须的2/3 多数票。

The government’s record on employment did not endear them to the voters.

政府促进就业的成绩为它赢取选民的持。

Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.

他是个外国人, 理这个笑话的含意。

Which the elation of liberty and the pain of exclusion were indistinguishably mingled.

她既为自由而洋洋得意，又因参加而不胜伤心，两种感情难分难地纠集在一起。