British

I was invited to a party at the embassy simply by virtue of being British.

我应邀参加在大使馆举行的聚会，只不过因为我是英人。

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.

英的现行政治制度是经过几个世纪逐步发展而成的。

At eighty, he is the grand old man of the British film industry.

八十高龄的他是英电影业的元老。

According to radio the British electorate are going to vote tomorrow.

据电台广播英选民定于明天投票选举。

British) any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food.

（英）几种粗糙的食用鱼（如角鲨鱼、狼鱼）。

The British were formerly dominant in India.

英人从前统治印度。

British workers had been gulled into inflicting poverty and deprivation upon themselves.

英的工人受到欺骗而使自己遭受贫困和剥削。

Disturbances are relatively infrequent in British prisons.

相对来说，英监狱不常发生骚乱。

British intelligence has been able to secure numerous local informers.

英情报人员发展了无数当地情报人员。

British) a person owning or renting a smallholding.

（英）拥有或租赁小块农田的人。

British industrial operatives remained locked in primitive tribal attitudes.

英工业工人仍固守旧有的行业观念。

I am by no means gloomy about the prospects for British industry.

我对英工业的前景一点也不悲观。

They assumed that this martial behaviour would be accepted by the British Government.

他们猜想这一军事行为也许会被英政府接受。

Her British accent is just a mannerism picked up on her visit to London.

她的英口音是她访问伦敦学会的。

The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.

英政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.

英格兰的君主政体在英文化中起重要作用。

The British nation has not risen up in a generation.

英民族并非在一代时期崛起。

I patiently filled him in on the British tradition of sherry tippling.

我耐心细致地给他讲述了英人畅饮雪利酒的传统。

The British and French colonized the Americas.

英人和法人共同在美洲建立殖民地。

The new tax is another nail in the coffin of the British film industry.

新的税收使不景气的英电影业雪上加霜。