A mammoth undertaking that involved digging into the side of a cliff face.

　　一項鑿進崖面的巨大任務。

　　It was the will of a merciful God that all should be saved.

　　拯救所有的人是慈悲上帝的意愿。

　　Part of why we cleave to sports is that excellence is so measurable.

　　我們堅持體育運動的部分原因是優(yōu)異成績很容易測評。

　　[with obj.]a heatwave so intense that it shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard.

　　一個強得使所有葡萄園里的葡萄都枯萎的熱浪。

　　Is she going?’ ‘That's just it — she can't make up her mind.

　　’ “她去嗎？”“那正是問題所在——她拿不定主意。

　　I thought that I would fly a kite for a somewhat unfashionable theory.

　　我想要為有點不合潮流的理論試探一下輿論。