A holiday will help his depression.

度假会帮助他改善抑郁情绪。

The criminals were deprived of their civil rights.

罪犯们被剥夺了公民权。

John will be my deputy while I am on holiday.

我度假的时候, 约翰将是我的代理人。

He descended from a royal family.

他出身贵族。

He traces his descent from an old Norman family.

他追溯他的祖先是属于一个古诺曼人家族。

He gave a description of what he had seen.

他描述了他所见到的一切。

Nobody likes to live in the desert.

没有人喜欢生活在沙漠。

It is impossible to make plants grow in a desert without irrigation.

未经灌溉，植物在沙漠中不可能生长。

They explored this desert region in 1923.

他们于 1923年在这荒漠地区探险。

If you do wrong, you deserve the punishment.

你如做错事, 应当受罚。

He did not deserve such fortune.

他不配得到这种好运气。

This experiment is designed to test the new drug.

实验的目的是试验新药。

Architects know how to design buildings to fit into the land.

建筑师知道怎样设计得使建筑物与地形相协调。

He designated me to work for him.

他指定我代他工作。

It is most desirable that he should attend the meeting.

他能参加此次会议，是最好不过的了。

He soon gave up the attempt in despair.

他很快就失望地放弃尝试。

He was desperate when he lost all his money.

当他丢了所有的钱时, 他绝望了。

Honest students despise cheating.

诚实的学生鄙视作弊。

After dinner, we had ice cream for dessert.

正餐之后, 我们吃冰淇淋作为甜点。

It took us a whole day to reach the destination.

我们花了一整天才到达目的地。