1·They were in the middle of dinner when I called.
我打电话的时候，他们正在吃饭呢。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Do try and eat a bit of dinner.
试着吃点晚餐吧。
3·We're right in the middle of dinner.
我们正好在吃晚饭呢。
4·I spent most of dinner talking with his impressive 10-year-old son.
在晚餐时间我大部分时间是与他那令人印象深刻的10岁的儿子聊天。
5·B: Could you come here in 20 minutes? We're right in the middle of dinner.
你20分钟后过来好吗？我们正好在吃晚饭呢。
6·This is the type of dinner that I was talking about in my Sunday Dinner post.
我周日晚餐日志里面提到的就是这样的饭菜。
7·on a Chinese table; food is frequently the main topic of dinner-time conversation.
这一古老的风俗习惯反映了食物在中华文明史上的重要地位： 占据餐 桌中心位置的是炒菜，而不是鲜花，晚餐的主要话题常常是食物。
8·Certainly not the whole leaf kind, and few of us would consider using a teabag as part of dinner.
当然不是整个叶子，我们当中的很少人会考虑把一包泡茶作为晚餐的一部份。
9·I could write a whole list on the lost etiquette of dinner - but I shall simply abridge it for this list.
我可以把全部的晚餐礼仪写出来但是我在这里只提及几个。
10·High property values price first-time buyers out of the market, besides crowding out other topics of dinner-table conversation.
首次置业者由于购买力不足而被排挤在市场之外，而物业由于定价过高以致无人问津，只能成为人们在餐桌上的谈资。