a bosnian official who is seething about the failure of the country’s leaders to tackle the issue told me dryly that this was leading to a 「rather a bizarre situation」.
一个预料到国家领导人无法应对这一问题的波斯尼亚官员冷淡的告诉我,这件事将陷入一个「不寻常的状况」。
with unemployment rising, citizens talk openly about defaulting on their home and car loans (those flashy range rovers are now known dryly as 「game overs」).
随着失业率上升,市民开始公开谈论拖欠房贷和车贷(那些炫目的「陆虎」现在都成了「陆鼠」了)。
for example, she testified that the white house was on high alert before 9/11, but, he dryly notes, 「the historical record does not reflect this.」
as a friend dryly noted over im this morning: 「in brightest day, in darkest night...beware my power..green lantern」s light!」.
正如一个朋友早上在即时通讯中说的那样:「在最亮的白天,在最黑的夜晚。。。
wiktionary dryly explains that it is better to have a small, actual advantage than the chance of a greater one.
维基词典干瘪的解释为,拥有小的、真切的优势,比拥有获得更大优势的机会更可靠。
one striking portrait is of richard lower, a london surgeon of steely nerve who named his dog spleen - because, a contemporary dryly noted, the mutt's 「spleen was taken out」.