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The guards occasionally improved their rather sparse rations by the addition of a little venison.是什么意思？

The guards occasionally improved their rather sparse rations by the addition of a little venison.

這些衛兵時而要弄點鹿肉來改善一下那低劣的伙食.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指說話人與聽者已知的人（物），用于獨一無二的事物前，與形容詞最高級和序數詞連用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他對該國的確知之甚多。

guards

n. 衛兵( guard的名詞復數 )，警戒，警衛隊，防護裝置；v. 保護，控制( guard的第三人稱單數 )；

例句
...the bright uniforms of the guards parading at Buckingham Palace.
參加白金漢宮閱兵式的衛兵們色彩鮮艷的制服

occasionally

adv. 偶爾，偶然，有時候；

例句
There have now been well authenticated reports that the use of this drug is very occasionally responsible for heart attacks.
現在已有非常可靠的報告證明該藥物偶可引發心臟病。

improved

adj. 改良的；v. 改善，改進，提高( improve的過去式和過去分詞 )，提高（土地、地產）的價值，利用（機會），抓緊（時間）；

例句
Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s...
航空安全自從20世紀70年代得到顯著提高之后，至今再沒有任何改善。

their

pron. 他（她，它）們的，在提及性別不詳的人時，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他們對孩子的放任折射出他們自身生活的放浪形骸。

rather

adv. 稍微，有點，相當，頗，寧愿，相反地；int. 當然啦，怎么不；

例句
These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
這些酒可能喝著比較沖并且有股酸味。

sparse

adj. 稀疏的，稀少的；

例句
Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water...
袋鼠與牛羊爭奪稀少的食物和水。

rations

n. 定量( ration的名詞復數 )，配給量，正常量，合理的量；v. 限量供應，配給供應( ration的第三人稱單數 )；

例句
Aid officials said that the first emergency food rations of wheat and oil were handed out here last month...
救助官員說第一批緊急援助的小麥和食用油是上月發放到這里的。

by

prep. 在…旁邊，表示方式，由于，經過；adv. 經過，表示保留或保存時用，短暫拜訪；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我們所見的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂貴化妝品

addition

n. 加，增加，附加，[數]加法，增加的人或事物；

例句
There's a postage and packing fee in addition to the repair charge.
除修理費之外還有郵寄和包裝費。

of

prep. 關于，屬于…的，由…制成；aux. 助動詞 [非標準用語、方言] =have [主用于虛擬語氣]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他對該國的確知之甚多。

little

adj. 小的，瑣碎的，嬌小的，幼小的；adv. 不多，略微，少許，一點，短時間地；n. （表示否定）微少，沒有多少，短時間；det. （數量上）微少的，少到幾乎沒有的，（a little）少量的，一些；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多數人不難理解為什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

venison

n. 鹿肉，<古>野味，獵獸；

例句
Some of the commercially produced venison resembles beef in flavour...
有些商業化養殖的鹿肉味道和牛肉很相似。

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飛機減速的螺旋形氣流渦旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我隨后就來。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;疼愛兒子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
詳情請致電414 3925,轉分機2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切爾女男爵的主張在很多人看來是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收獲。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
該法令迫使工會推遲罷工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索權當有支付義務的第一方不能支付時，可以向商業票據的背書人要求支付的權力。

Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'd expect.
他們的作品一如既往地引人入勝、氣韻瀟灑、新穎別致，不會讓你失望。

She's always cringing to the boss.
她在上司面前總是卑躬屈膝.

She wagged her finger with mock severity.
她故作嚴厲地擺了擺手指.

Her panache at dealing with the world's media is quite astonishing.
她應付世界媒體的派頭非常令人吃驚。

Recently covenants have become so weak as to be ineffective.
近來的借款條款太過寬松,以致有等于無.

We presented him a basketball on his birthday.
他生日那天我們送給他一個籃球。

His eyes are going; he says he has glaucoma...
他的視力在下降，他說自己得了青光眼。

His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
他現在所受的困苦足夠懲罰他從前的胡作非為了.

Such matters transcend human understanding.
這些事情是人類所無法理解的.