2. Over the decades, our courtyard's central open space has been crowded by jerry-built kitchens and additional rooms. 多年来,我们院子里的空地被各种自建的简易厨房和临时搭建的房间占满了。
3. Then the depression had thrown almost everybody out of work and the jerry-built houses had been neglected, and as rudolph's mother complained, the entire town had become a single slum. 接着,经济萧条差不多使所有的人都失了业,那些偷工减料盖成的房子也都无人照料;正如鲁道的母亲所抱怨的那样,整个市镇简直成了一个贫民窟。
4. Enterprising locals have built riverside bars hawking the national pride, "Beerlao, " and jerry-rigged flywires over the river. 有进取的当地人在河岸建设具有民族自豪感的酒吧,“老挝啤酒”,而英国人操纵着这条河流。
5. While Jerry Seinfeld famously insisted on "no hugs and no learning," "Modern Family" is built around the opposite idea: no problem is too big it can't be swept under a hug. 《宋飞正传》里的宋飞坚持“不拥抱、不学习”,而《摩登家庭》的理念与此恰恰相反:没有什么问题是一个拥抱解决不了的。