中英互译

press-gang

英 /ˈpres ɡæŋ/美 /ˈpres ɡæŋ/

基本释义

The whole gang of sailors, likewise, observing the press of spectators, and learning the purport of the scarlet letter, came and thrust their sunburnt and desperado-looking faces into the ring.
那帮水手们也注意到了人群拥到了一处，并且弄明白了红字的涵义，便也凑近来，把让太阳晒得黑黑的亡命徒的面孔伸进了圈子。
He was freed a week later for an unknown ransom, though the local press say the gang was beaten down to a mere 1.4m naira plus the actor's fancy car.
一周以后他被释放，赎金不为外人所知。但据当地媒体报道，他付出的赎金仅为14万奈拉，外加他的那辆名贵小汽车。
Zhu Gang, Ed. Twentieth Century Western Critical Theories. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Education Press, 2001.
朱刚编，《二十世纪西方文艺批评理论》，上海：上海外语教育出版社，2001年。