George Will, a conservative columnist, notes that Disraeli's gibe about Gladstone might well apply to Mr Obama-he is "inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity".(保守派专栏作家乔治·威尔更是写到,当年英国首相迪斯雷利对其前任格拉德斯通的评价用在奥巴马身上再合适不过了,“陶醉于自己的‘裹脚布’中不能自拔。”)
The latest controversy surrounds Ethiopia’s colossal Gibe III dam.(最近的争议围绕着埃塞俄比亚的巨型大坝——GibeIII大坝。)
He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer.(他从不谈什么柔情,除非是嘲笑、讥讽它。)
If you buy two. I'll gibe you a discount.(如果买两条,我给你打个折。)
"Please don't gibe me," Lydia said. "I feel as repulsive and small as one of those deadly germs often portrayed in the horror movie genre."(“请不要嘲笑我,”利迪娅说。“我觉得自己令人讨厌,渺小,像恐怖类电影描述的那些致命的细菌那样。”)
Could you gibe me some advice on how to learn English well?(关于怎样学好英语你可以给我一些建议吗?)
Survival International, which lobbies for tribal people's rights, says the livelihood and culture of 200, 000 people in the Omo river basin could be ruined by Gibe III.(国际生存组织专门替部落居民争取权利。它提到,200,000生活在Omo河流域的人们,他们的生计以及文明会因GibeIII大坝项目而遭到破坏。)
And we should gibe others our smiles too.(我们也该向别人微笑。)
It's easy enough for you to gibe at them, but could you do any better?(笑话人家很容易,可是你能做得更好吗?)