為了能在他現在土地使用范圍再造所房子的計劃得以批準,瓊斯政務(wù)員一定是在背后拉了線(xiàn)。
Councilor Jones must have pulled a few strings to obtain planning permission to build another house in the grounds of his present one.
敵人就在背后,而前面橫跨在深谷之上的橋已經(jīng)腐朽不堪,搖搖晃晃。他處在兩難之中,猶豫了起來(lái)。
His enemy was close behind him, and the bridge over the ravine was rotten and swaying. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, he hesitated.
他低聲地說(shuō),他的雙手放在背后。
He said in a low voice, both his hands (being) on his back.