A prism decomposes sunlight into various colors.

棱镜把阳光分析成不同的颜色。

The great hall was decorated with flowers.

大厅里装饰着花朵。

Christmas decorations.

圣诞节装饰品。

She is wearing all her bridal decorations.

她穿戴着所有的新娘装饰品。

There was a decrease in the number of children in school.

在校的儿童人数有所减少。

Fate decreed that Ulysses travel long and far.

命运注定尤里西斯要作长途跋涉的旅行。

The decrepit old man led a poor life.

这个老翁贫困潦倒。

The Greeks dedicated a shrine to the god.

希腊人把一座庙奉献给神。

From this fact we may deduce that he is sick.

从这个事实我们可推断他生病的事。

I deem it an honor to serve you.

我认为为您服务是一项光荣。

He lost the tennis match by default.

他因不出场而输了网球赛。

Some countries may be defeated but can never be conquered.

有的国家可能被打败，但决不能被征服。

Everyone has the defects of his qualities.

每个人都有美中不足之处。

He said that he killed the man in self defence.

他说是因自卫而杀死那个人的。

The prisoner's defence was rather weak.

这犯人的辩护是相当无力的。

The defendant was extremely tense.

被告极为紧张。

I will defer going till I have more money.

我要延期到我有更多钱时才去。

This caused us a deficit of about 2, 000 dollars.

这个给我们造成两千美元左右的亏空。

The river has been defiled by waste from factories.

这条河流已经被工厂中的废物污染。

Let's fix a definite date for the next meeting.

我们定一下下次开会的确切日期吧。