1·He's British through and through.
他是地地道道的英国人。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·She is British but also has German connections.
她是英国人,但也有德国亲戚。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He was born in France but his parents are British.
他生在法国,但父母是英国人。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·After ten years I'm used to the strange British ways.
十年之后,我习惯了英国人的奇异习俗。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·Individuality is a valued and inherent part of the British character.
个性是英国人重视并固有的特征。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·Which British band are you?
你属于哪支英式乐队?
2·American and British grammar can be also different.
美式英语和英式英语的语法也可能不同。
3·British, American, and South African English are all spoken differently.
英式英语、美式英语和南非英语的使用方式都不一样。
4·They're talking about the British personality—the famous British "reserve".
他们谈论的是英国人的性格——著名的英式“保守”。
5·The normal thing is that you get a stove—I think that's a cooker in British English.
正常的情况是你会拿到一个炉子(stove)——我想在英式英语中那叫炊具(cooker)。
1·The pictures have been reproduced by courtesy of the British Museum.
承蒙大英博物馆惠允,复制了这些画。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·It's spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire.
由于大英帝国的存在,世界上很多国家都说这种语言。
3·The British began to copy the French, and the restaurant idea spread throughout the British Empire.
英国人开始效仿法国人,于是餐馆的理念传遍了整个大英帝国。
4·Neil MacGregor, who was once director of the British Museum, was asked by BBC to choose 100 objects from the museum's huge collection.
BBC 邀请大英博物馆前馆长尼尔·麦克格瑞格从博物馆庞大的藏品中挑选100件展品。
5·The book was then destroyed in the London Blitz. It took Bray another 40 years to finish the next copy, which was donated to the British Library after his death.
而这本书却在伦敦闪击战中被毁,于是布雷又花费了40年的时间完成了第三本书,在他死后把这本书捐献给了大英图书馆。