1·It's useful to have a few friends who are in the gravy.
有几个非常有钱的朋友总是有用的。
2·All this, and she was still taking George his home-cooked dinners in prison, roast potatoes and gravy all the way to Brixton.
除此之外,她还坚持一路来到布里克斯顿,为乔治往监狱中带来自己做的晚餐,烤土豆和外卖。
3·This inequality, in which an enormous segment of the population struggles while the fortunate few ride the gravy train, is a world-class recipe for social unrest.
当幸运的少数人可以轻易地赚大钱的同时,很大一部分人却在吃力地生活,而这样的不平等就成为了社会动荡的必然因素。
4·As long as the state’s gravy-train keeps running, solar power’s future is bright in the land of the rising sun.
只要国家列车继续运行,太阳能发电的未来在日本这片土地上就十分光明。
5·But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now.
但事实是如果她睡在自己的床上,她现在就该发现那汤勺。
6·That steaming mixture of meat and potatoes, carrots in a sort of gravy got its name from the pot in which it was cooked.
这道热气腾腾的土豆胡萝卜炖肉,其名字来源于烧这道菜的锅。
7·There is an old episode of "The Simpsons" in which Homer goes for a checkup and is told, "Your cholesterol level is lethally high, but I'm more concerned about your gravy level."
有一个老笑话,Homer去检查身体被告知,“你的胆固醇水平高得致命,不过,我更关心你的肉汤水平。”
8·On eating habits in the south: "If it can be eaten, it can be battered and fried. If it's an entree we put gravy on it; if it's a dessert we put sugar on it."
关于南部的饮食习惯:“只要能吃的,就都活上面糊炸;只要是主菜,我们就淋上肉汁;只要是点心,我们就往上撒糖。”
9·The roast lamb was swimming in gravy.
烤小羊肉泡在肉汁里。
10·She enriched the gravy with a little flour browned in butter.
她用一些在黄油中炒过的面粉给肉汁调味。