a great crowd of people were standing all round the stone table and though the moon was shining many of them carried torches which burned with evil-looking red flames and black smoke.
石桌周围站着好大一堆人,尽管是在月光下,仍然有好多人手里拿着火把,火把燃烧时吐出一团邪气的红焰和黑烟。
a big pit had been dug out near the post, and the freshly turned-up earth was heaped up by it. a great crowd of people formed a semicircle about the pit and the post.
柱子后面是掘好的一个大坑,边沿有新垒起的泥土,土坑和柱子附近,呈半圆形站着一大群人。
she was walking along a highway with a great crowd of people who seemed so tired and burdened.
梦中她和一大群疲倦、背重担的人,同在一条大路上行走。
because he never wanted a great crowd of people around begging him to show them miracles. such a crowd would hinder his main work of preaching the gospel.
因为祂不想身边经常围着一大班群众,要求祂显示各种神迹,那只会妨碍祂将福音传开。