There they were, merrily describing their 16-hour working days while simultaneously claiming to be happily married...是什么意思？

There they were, merrily describing their 16-hour working days while simultaneously claiming to be happily married...

他們一面高興地描繪著每天16個小時的工作，一面又聲稱自己婚姻幸福。

there

adv. 在那里，那里，在那一點上；pron. 表示某物或某人的存在或某事的發生（常用作be, seem或appear的主語）；int. （表示滿足、煩惱）你瞧，好啦，得啦；

例句
If nature abhors a vacuum, journalists abhor a transition, when there is little news to cover.
好比自然界拒絕真空一樣，新聞工作者則厭惡沒有多少新聞可供報道的過渡時期。

they

pron. 他/她/它們，人們，大家，政府，當局，她們；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他們繞過合恩角時，暴風雨已經減弱。

were

be的過去時復數和第二人稱單數形式，有時代替 was,用于條件從句、動詞 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店鋪、房子和車輛全都陷于火海。

merrily

adv. 快樂地，愉快地，興高采烈地；

例句
There they were, merrily describing their 16-hour working days while simultaneously claiming to be happily married...
他們一面高興地描繪著每天16個小時的工作，一面又聲稱自己婚姻幸福。

describing

v. 描寫( describe的現在分詞 )，敘述，畫出（圖形等），形容；

例句
She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test...
她在敘述自己如何因為拒絕接受呼吸測試而被捕時再也控制不住情緒。

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。

working

adj. （涉及）工作的，（人）有工作的，（時間）用于工作上的，（想法等）可作為基礎的；v. （使）工作( work的現在分詞)，（使）運作，運轉，（使）產生效果；n. 工作，活動，制作，操縱；

例句
The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
工人們最近一直在呼吁縮短工作時間。許多公司于是轉成了一周五天工作制。

days

n. 天，時期，一天( day的名詞復數 )，白天，時期，工作日；adv. 每天，在白天；

例句
There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this.
近來這類計劃資金充足。

while

conj. 在…期間，與…同時，雖然，

例句
A Dr Matthew Owens was reported missing while on an expedition to north-eastern Turkey.
據報道，一位叫馬修·歐文斯的博士在前往土耳其東北部考察的途中失蹤了。

simultaneously

adv. 同時地，一壁，齊，一齊；

例句
Hundreds of fireworks burst simultaneously in midair...
成百上千朵煙花在半空中同時綻放。

claiming

v. 要求（應得權利）( claim的現在分詞 )，聲稱，需要，奪走；

例句
It is important, I think, for everyone to be careful about claiming victory.
我想,每個人宣布勝利時都應該慎重。

to

prep. 向，朝著，到，關于，屬于；adv. 朝一個方向的，到某種狀態，關閉；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建議你把它留給專家來解決。

be

v. 是，有，存在，做，成為，發生；aux. 用來表示某人或某物即主語本身，用來表示某人或某物屬于某一群體或有某種性質；

例句
The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal...
那個年紀稍大的孩子應當會做一頓簡單的飯菜。

happily

adv. 快樂地，幸運地，幸福地，巧合地，適當地，〈古〉偶然；

例句
I could happily move back into a flat if it wasn't for the fact that I'd miss my garden...
如果不是因為我會想念自己的花園的話，我會很樂意搬回公寓住。

married

adj. 已婚的，與…結為夫妻的，婚姻的；n. <非正>已婚的年輕人；v. （使）結婚( marry的過去式)，娶，嫁，緊密結合的；

例句
I married above myself — rich county people...
我高攀了一門親事，是縣里的富有人家。

...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。

Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned...
松一松插銷，好轉動門閂。

Nina had been playing the piano...
尼娜一直都在彈鋼琴。

We are trying to make politics more relevant to younger people.
我們試圖使政治活動更加貼近年輕人。

A rotund, smiling, red-faced gentleman appeared.
一位身材圓胖、面帶笑容、滿臉通紅的先生出現了。

My fate was bound up with hers...
我和她的命運緊密相連。

...the Chicago school of economists...
芝加哥經濟學派

Gold has been a poor investment over the past 20 years, and will continue to be so...
最近 20 年來投資黃金的收益很差，今后仍會如此。

My new place is just around the corner.
我的新家就在附近。

His council had had to perform miracles on a tiny budget...
他的委員會不得不以極少的預算去創造奇跡。