1. Their most magnificent coup was a collection of royal cast-offs, Stuart furniture and tapestries, just when everyone was modernising. 当处处开始革新之时，他们却在收集皇室用过的衣物、斯图亚特时期的家具和挂毯。
2. Only a cynic would suggest that domestic manufacturers had encouraged this updating of fuel-economy standards—for there is indeed a case for modernising tests last revised in 1985. 也许只有犬儒主义者才会联想到是美国国内的汽车厂商怂恿了这一燃油经济性标准的更新—因为在1985年确实有这么一个更新测试方法以修订标准的案例。
