- 父亲常常在空闲时间读侦探小说。
Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
- 我们如何来探测时光的推移？
How do we detect the passage of time?
- 他突然喜欢上了侦探小说。
He suddenly took a liking to detective stories.
- 他常常在吃过晚饭后看侦探小说。
He would often read detective stories after supper.
- 这本侦探小说我才看到一半。
I am halfway through this detective story.
- 古代的探险家用星星来辨别方向。
Early explorers used the stars for navigation.
- 我不敢探查得太深， 以免发现可怕的事实。
I dare not probe too deeply, lest I uncover the awful truth!
- 你们大概会以为她告诉了我她当时正在去探望生病的祖母。
You probably think she told me she was on her way to visit her sick grandmother.
- 「你鼻子怎么了？」「我刚才倒车的时候，想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有
"What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
