The Gadfly was written by Irish authoress Ethel Lilian Voynich and published in England in 1897.(《牛虻》一书由爱尔兰女作家艾捷尔•丽莲•伏尼契写成并于1897年在英国出版。)
The Gadfly 's endurance was failing him at last.(牛虻的忍受力也终于不能维持了。)
Maybe Arthur had been a truly gadfly, flying happily in the sky.(或许,亚瑟真的变成了一直牛虻,自由快乐地在天空中飞翔。)
He brings with it important benefits and in the passage that I'm referring to, he defines himself as a gadfly, everyone will remember that, the gadfly who improves the quality of life in the city.(他强调能带来显著好处,在我将引用的段落中,他自称是只牛虻,众人都将铭记,是牛虻改善了,城邦的生活质量。)
She'd been there 30 years but was still a gadfly. I loved that.(尽管在那儿干了30多年,她与职工之间依然直来直去,有时也刺儿你一下,我就喜欢她的那种性格。)
So she sent a gadfly to bother the poor cow.(所以她派了一只牛蝇去打扰这只可怜的牛。)
No matter I live, or I die, I was a gadfly, happy flying.(不管我活着,还是我死去,我都是一只牛虻,快乐地飞来飞去。——《牛虻》。)
In November 2005, Rosenbaum, who enjoys a reputation as a literary gadfly, wrote a column, "Dear Dmitri, Don't burn Laura!" in the New York Observer.(2005年11月,被视作文学界牛蝇的Rosenbaum在纽约观察员报上写了一个专栏,“亲爱的Dmitri请不要烧了Laura!”。)
Can be subsequently Gadfly team who won a great deal of trust and respect, we completely changed his views.(可到后来,牛虻赢得了全队人极大的信任和尊敬,彻底改变了大家对他的看法。)
She'd been there 30 years but was still a gadfly.(尽管在那儿干了30多年,她与职工之间依然直来直去,有时也刺儿你一下。)