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聚会，只不过因为我是英国人。

The British present political system has evolved over several centuries.

英国现行政治制度是经过几个世纪逐步发展而成。

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

八十高龄他是英国电影业元老。

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

据电台广播英国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.

（英国）几种粗糙食用鱼（如角鲨鱼、狼鱼）。

The British were formerly dominant in India.

英国人从前统治印度。

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

英国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，英国监狱不常发生骚乱。

British intelligence has been able to secure numerous local informers.

英国情报人员发展了无数当地情报人员。

British) a person owning or renting a smallholding.

（英国）拥有或租赁小块农田人。

British industrial operatives remained locked in primitive tribal attitudes.

英国工业工人仍固守旧有行业观念。

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

我对英国工业前景一点也不悲观。

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国政府接受。

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

她英国口音是她访问伦敦学会。

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

英国政府现已暂停对这一地区人道主义援助。

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

英格兰君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。

The British nation has not risen up in a generation.

英国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国人畅饮雪利酒传统。

The British and French colonized the Americas.

英国人和法国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.

新税收使不景气英国电影业雪上加霜。