The Oscars are not supposed to reward popularity, the Academy’s defenders retort. They recognise eternal greatness.(学院奖的捍卫者反驳,奥斯卡奖不应该奖励流行影片,它嘉奖的是永恒的伟大作品。)
Naysayers of these assertions will likely have the same retort – quality is key.(反对者的声音中一致的声音就是——质量是关键。)
Optimists retort that is no bad thing.(乐观人士反驳说这或许并不是一件坏事。)
Rarely has that retort looked more persuasive than this week.(这一反问本周就显得不是那么有说服力。)
The pessimists retort that recent discoveries are still not enough.(而悲观者反驳到即使有最近的新发现,石油还是会供不应求。)
But liberal Jewish groups retort that it represents only a sliver of Jewish opinion.(但自由派犹太团体反驳道,AIPAC代表的仅是整体犹太人立场的冰山一角。)
Let your children see you react to rudeness with a kind word instead of a retaliatory retort.(让孩子看到你友善地面对粗鲁的语言,而不是恶狠狠的反击。)
The carmakers retort that being in Chapter 11 will poison their business.(汽车制造商们反驳说将他们列入《破产法案第11章》会毁了他们的生意。)
Some now retort: not good enough for what?(目前一些人反驳道:到底哪点让它不满意?)
Goldman's retort is that it had nothing to disclose - Paulson's role wasn't material, it maintains.(高盛反驳说,它没有什么要披露的;它坚持认为,鲍尔森公司的角色不是实质性的。)