1. The shops had still a pleasant quaintness. 店铺里依然弥漫着一种亲切的古雅气氛。
2. The “Buy America” clause in the $787 billion stimulus package signed into law on Tuesday has a certain quaintness to it. 美国7870亿美元刺激计划中的“购买美国货”条款签署成为法律有些奇妙。
3. Time rocked on, however. Roy and I are now accustomed to the 10 quaintness of our table for two and we enjoy our lives together. 然而时光荏苒,现在,我和罗伊已经习惯了新奇有趣的“二人餐”,享受两人世界。
4. At first my students were struck by the small size and quaintness of the old books compared with the large, colourful ones in current use. 开头,我的学员们觉得,和现今使用的色彩鲜艳的大开本教科书相比,这些书显得太小、太古怪了。
5. What I started to notice about those newly rare occasions when the TV came back on, aside from their quaintness, was how much TV viewing actually promotes passivity in viewership. 除了有趣特别的节目,当电视回归生活中,我开始注意到最近极少的情况,就是电视在多大程度上让观众们变得被动了。