The atlas contains forty maps.
这个地图集有四十幅地图。
Does each cup contain the same amount of milk?
每个杯子里的牛奶都一样多吗?
This book contains all the information you need.
这本书包含你所需的一切资料。
I could hardly contain my curiosity.
我简直无法克制我的好奇心
Try to contain your anger!
设法抑制你的怒火!
She couldn't contain herself for joy.
她高兴地难以自制。
This drink doesn't contain any alcohol.
这种饮料不含任何酒精。
Her statement contained one or two inaccuracies.
她的陈述有一两处不准确。
a brown envelope containing dollar bills
装有钞票的棕色信封
The bottle contains (= can hold) two litres.
此瓶容量为两升。
She was unable to contain her excitement.
她无法抑制内心的激动。
I was so furious I just couldn't contain myself (= I had to express my feelings) .
我气愤极了,简直无法克制自己。
to contain an epidemic
防止流行病的蔓延
Government forces have failed to contain the rebellion.
政府军未能遏止叛乱。
The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans.
这个委员会包括11名民主党人和9名共和党人。
More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant...
上百名消防队员仍在试图控制工厂的火势。
The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
市政府称宵禁遏制住了暴力事件。
But he was bursting with curiosity, and one day he just couldn't contain himself. 'What are you going to do?' he asked...
但他满心好奇,一天,他真的忍不住了。“你打算做什么?”他问道。
Evans could barely contain his delight: 'I'm so proud of her,' he said.
埃文斯喜不自禁:“我真为她骄傲。”他说。
The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.
这两张唱片还包含了布里顿两首不甚知名的声乐套曲。
This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor...
这张单子列出了病人可能会向医生提出的一系列问题。
The bag contained a Christmas card...
这个包里装着一张圣诞卡。
Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings...
工厂车间里陈设着种类繁多的廉价家具。
Greek yogurt contains much less fat than double cream...
希腊酸奶比高脂浓奶油所含脂肪要少得多。
Many cars run on petrol which contains lead.
很多车使用含铅汽油。
It'says on the packet that these crisps contain no additives.
包装上说这些炸薯片不含添加剂.
Our observations may contain a grain of truth for you to refer to.
我们的意见也许会有千虑一得之处,供你参考.
There has been an overall growth in population, despite some draconian efforts to contain it.
尽管有严厉的遏制措施,人口还是在全面增长.
She could scarcely contain herself with delight when she opened the parcel.
当她打开这个包裹的时候,她简直抑制不住自己兴奋的心情。
When he was told the story for the second time, he could not contain himself with anger.
当人们第二次把这件事告诉他时,他不禁火冒三丈。
The rock..contains a good deal of iron.
出自:J. TyndallThe next letter..contained..a statement of his position.
出自:T. Hardy查找图书
A:Excuse me. Can you tell me how to find some books on social science?
请问,能告诉我怎样查找社会科学书籍吗?
B:Sure. You see all these little drawers here and all the way around the walls?
当然。你看到靠墙排列的这一个个小抽屉了吗?
A:Yes.
看见了。
B:These drawerscontain cards describing every book in our library. Together they constitute the library’s “card catalog”.You can see that each drawer runs from one part of the alphabet to another. For example, this drawer goes from SCA to SCM.
这些抽屉里装着这本图书馆所有图书的卡片,它们构成了图书馆的“卡片目录”。你可以看出每只抽屉都是从字母表中的一部分排到另一部分。比如说这只抽屉,就是从SCA 排到SCM。
contain
A:So if I’m looking for a look called A History of Western Society, I’d just look under “A”.
这么说,如果我要找一本《西方社会史》的话,就在“A”的分类下找。
B:No. You’d look under “W”. The articles “a” and “the” don’t count in our alphabetization, and card are generally omitted for extremely common words and phrases such as “history of”, “introduction to”, “story of” and so forth.
不。应该“W”下找。冠词“a”和“the”不包括在字母排列中。一般来说,目录卡片往往省略一些特别常用的词和词组。如“history of”,“introduction to”,“story of”等等。
contain的意思
A:What if I don’t know the title of the book?
如果不知道书名怎么办?
B:When you can look under the author’s name.
那你可以在作者名下找。
A:Could you give me an example?
能举个例子吗?
B:Suppose you want to find a book by your professor, William Smith. You’d look under SMITH and then WILLIAM. Since that’s a very common name, you may have to go through several “William Smith” until you come to the one who wrote book on the subject you’re interested in.
假如你要找一本你的导师威廉?史密斯教授写的书,你可以在SMITH 栏下寻找,由于William Smith 是一个很常见的姓名,你可能得查阅很多William Smith 才能找到你所感兴趣的书的那位William Smith。