1 | She seemed averse to being under pecuniary obligations. | |
2 | 政府本身只能匍匐在华尔街的铁蹄下,仰人鼻息。
The Government itself lies prone in the dust with the iron heel of Wall Street upon its neck. | |
3 | 我们仰人鼻息,在学术上长期当别国学徒的日子快要结束了。
We tender mercies, in the long academic apprenticeship days when other countries will soon end. | |
4 | 这类计划,当然得在华盛顿削减预算压缩机构的政策背景下仰人鼻息。
Such plans, of course, are at the mercy of the budget cutting and government downsizing spreading in Washington. |