1.
One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
1. 巧妇难为无米之炊。
2.
You can't make something out of nothing.
巧妇难为无米之炊。
3.
No Input,No Output:on "teaching for thinking";
巧妇难为无米之炊:也谈“为思维而教”
4.
Richard could not go to a library and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw.
理查德不能去图书馆，那么要写这份报告无异于要他作无米之炊。
5.
It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such preposterous impertinence.
面对着述种荒谬无礼的行为，很难处之泰然。
6.
Hamid: It wouldn't last for long. We're just going to have to bite the bullet and get a professional in to fix it.
哈米德:那无法耐久,我们勉为其难,屋顶也要找个专业工人修理。
7.
It's hard not to feel giddy, watching the dominoes fall.
当看着多米诺骨牌渐次倒下，我们很难不为之眼花缭乱。
8.
Working with Zimmie was a joy, but it presented its own special challenge.
与齐米一块工作是件乐事，但是也有其特殊的为难之处。
9.
It is difficult to rid clothes of cooking smell.
把厨炊的烟火气从衣服上去掉是很难的。
10.
Isn't there anything we can do about it?
难道我们就无能为力了？
11.
Conscription, government bonds, economic controls, famine relief and war relief, all without exception have become money-making opportunities for corrupt officials.
举凡兵役也，公债也，经济之统制也，灾民难民之救济也，无不为贪官污吏借以发财之机会。
12.
This is often difficult to determine, for there are no set nlles surrou nding the definitions of love or infatuation.
要确定两者之间的差异常是件难事，因为爱情和迷恋的界定并无一定之规。
13.
This effort has included attempts to modify for unmanned flight the MiG-21 (ph) and with greater success an aircraft called the L-29 (ph).
这些无人飞行器中包括改进的无人飞行器米格-21和称之为L-29的飞机。
14.
Insofar as you are in difficulties, it is because you forget nature; for you create for yourself unlimited fears and desires.
你之所以困难重重，乃因为忘却天性；是你为自己设置了无穷的恐惧与欲望。
15.
Plans for the picnic are still in the air since we can't decide where to go.
因为去的地点不能定下来，所以野炊仍未定下来。
16.
The cooker isn't working because of an electrical fault.
这个炊具不能用了，因为出了电气方面的故障。
17.
In the words of Simis, it continues because of "the eternal, ineradicable bribe".
西米斯认为，它之所以无法根除，主要原因是存在着“根深蒂固的贿赂行为”。
18.
He who is not ashamed doing whatever he likes .
无耻之徒，为所欲为。