1·Can you throw me that towel?
请把那条毛巾扔给我好吗?
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Frustrated after hundreds of hours of observation, they one day noticed a woman do with a paper towel what people do all the time: wipe something up and throw it away.
经过数百个小时的观察,他们感到沮丧。有一天,他们注意到一个女人拿着纸巾在做一件人们一直在做的事情:把东西擦干净,然后扔掉纸。
3·Failure doesn't mean that you sit down and never throw in another attempt because throwing in the towel only means that you quit for this time not for all time.
失败并不是说你就只能坐在板凳上,在也不去企图尝试了。因为扔条毛巾(认输)仅仅是说你放弃了这一次,而不是永远放弃。
4·Half of slimmers throw in the towel due to lack of willpower, while a quarter of respondents said that they give up because their strict diet regime leaves them moody or depressed.
有一半的节食者因缺乏毅力而半途而废,四分之一的受访者说他们之所以放弃是因为过于严格的饮食“规定”让他们情绪烦躁、心情低落。
5·Every successful person has faced many fears, made many mistakes, and wanted to throw in the towel countless times.
每一位成功者都面临过无数的恐惧,犯过许多的错误,有过很多时候想认输。
6·On the opposite side of the argument, some prison reformers worried that rewarding guilty pleas further might put undue pressure on innocents to throw in the towel.
辩论反方争辩道,一些监狱改革者担心加大对认罪减刑的幅度可能给无辜市民施加过度的压力放弃反抗。
7·Most businesses do not throw in the towel.
大多数企业没有认输。
8·Everyday isn't going to be smooth sailing and there will be times when you want to throw in the towel.
每一天并不会一帆风顺的过去,也会有想要放弃的时候。
9·Matt says that they never got to the point that they thought they should throw in the towel but "we did see that it would be a long road to glory."
迈特说,他们从未想到这点,他们想他们像扨进塔里,但我们确实看到说服建议被采纳是一个漫长的路程。
10·Please throw me that towel.
请把那条毛巾扔给我。