1·A rescue party was sent out, and an Irish convict named John Graham, who had previously lived in the bush as an escapee and who spoke the Aboriginal language, ultimately negotiated her release.
当局派出一个营救小组。一位名叫约翰·格雷汉姆的爱尔兰罪犯以前曾经逃到这片灌木林,生活了一段时间,会说土著人语言。他最终说服土著人放了爱丽莎。
2·To all appearances, it was an occasion for preaching him a little sermon, and of impressing the Bishop on the convict, so that a mark of the passage might remain behind.
在那种场合,似乎很可以告诫他几句,并且可以把主教压在罪犯的头上,暂时给他留下一个印象。
3·A recent study by Israeli scientists found that judges were much more likely to grant a convict parole if they had just eaten a meal than if they were at the end of a session.
最近以色列科学家发现法官刚吃过饭后开庭为其更容易赦免罪犯。
4·Cool Hand Luke was a powerhouse prison saga, casting Newman as the rambunctious convict turned Christ-like martyr.
《铁窗喋血》(Cool Hand Luke, 1967)是一部监狱传奇,纽曼饰演的角色从一个吵闹的罪犯转变为殉道者。
5·As one of the soldiers, who carried a basket in lieu of a gun, went down on his knee to open it, my convict looked round him for the first time, and saw me.
有一个士兵身上没有扛枪,却带了一个篮子。他蹲下来,掀开篮子盖。我认识的罪犯这才第一次向四周打量了一下,并立刻看到了我。
1·He was another convict for life, who had come from the galleys, and was dressed in red, like Chenildieu, was a peasant from Lourdes, and a half-bear of the Pyrenees.
这个受着终身监禁的囚犯,和舍尼杰一样,也是从狱中提出来的,也穿一件红衣,他是卢尔德地方的乡下人,比利牛斯山里几乎近于野人的人。
2·Insider tip: the hotel is almost located on the spot where Captain Arthur Phillip landed in 1788 and established Australia's first convict colony.
内幕消息:酒店几乎位于Arthur Phillip队长在1788年登陆的地方,他成立了澳洲的第一个囚犯殖民地。
3·I'd rather die than be a convict.
我宁愿死也不愿做个囚犯。
4·The warden's clock ticked, the young convict's pen scratched busily in the big book .
监狱长办公室里的钟滴答滴答地走着,那个年轻的囚犯在大本上不停地写着。
5·A convict escaped from prison and shook off the policemen trying to follow him.
一个囚犯越狱并摆脱了警察的追踪。