文字

• They used abbreviations of words and a few symbols to describe operations .
  他们用缩写文字和一些记号来描述运算。
• He had not been brought up to strive with men, but with words .
  他从小受到的教育是和文字打交道，不是和人打交道。
• His insistence upon precision of language is apt to seem fussy .
  他斤斤计较文字的精确性，有时到了小题大作的程度。
• I think that phonological writing should be for the use of linguists only .
  依我看，音位文字只能留给语言学家使用。
• Probably picture language and oral language developed side by side .
  绘图文字和口头语言很可能是并驾齐驱发展起来的。
• Writing may retard the process of language change under certain conditions .
  在某些情况下，文字可能延缓语言的变化。
• The jury was not entitled to pronounce on the issue of libel or no libel .
  陪审团无权就有无文字诽谤的争议作出判决。
• I thought his prose style was about the level of general eisenhower's .
  我原以为他的文字水平并不比艾森豪威尔将军高明哩。
• After that, a lot of latin american literature merely aped european models .
  从那时起，拉丁美洲的文字不过是照搬欧洲模式。
• Israel's insecurity was so pervasive that even words were daggers .
  以色列感到到处都有危险，甚至纸面上的文字也是刀枪林立。